Ganitha Gedera Piyasena & Others vs. Rohitha Sanjeewaa Arambewela & Others – CA PHC 09/2014-2023

In the case involving the appellants (1st, 3rd, and 4th Respondents – Respondent-Appellants) and the 2nd Respondent, Rohitha Sanjeewa Arambewela, the court addressed the issue of rightful possession of disputed premises, specifically whether the 1st Appellant was in possession at the relevant time and whether forcible dispossession occurred within the statutory two-month period preceding the police information under section 66(1) of the Primary Courts’ Procedure Act. It was held that the 1st Appellant had been dispossessed within the required time frame, and the order of the Additional Magistrate restoring possession to the Respondent-Appellants and ejecting the 2nd Respondent ought to prevail over the subsequent High Court order. The principle reaffirmed was that restoration of possession