Dilini Nadehani Dissanayake vs. G.D. Keerthi Gamage – CA WRIT 294/23-2024

In the case between Dilini Nadehani Dissanayake (Petitioner) and G.D. Keerthi Gamage, Commissioner General of Lands, Divisional Secretary of Pallama, Harin Fernando (Minister of Tourism and Lands), Secretary to the Ministry of Tourism and Lands, and others (Respondents), the court addressed the validity of administrative decisions regarding land succession and the registration of nominations under the Land Development Ordinance. It was held that the decision granting equal shares to both parties, based on an unregistered nomination document, failed to comply with the mandatory provisions of Section 60 of the Ordinance. The court reaffirmed the legal principle that nominations affecting land succession must be registered before the death of the permit holder to have legal effect. The judgme