Lanka Green and Eco Produce (Pvt) Ltd vs Kaushalya Galappatthi, Divisional Secretary – CA WRIT 126/23-2024

In the case between Lanka Green and Eco Produce (Pvt) Ltd and Andreas Boen Wiik (Petitioners) and Kaushalya Galappatthi, Divisional Secretary, and S.M. Chandrasena, Hon. Minister of Lands and Land Development (Respondents), the court addressed the legality of issuing a quit notice based on the assertion that the disputed land constituted State Land. It was held that the Respondents acted illegally and unreasonably in determining that the land was State Land, and that the Petitioners established private ownership through corroborated documentary evidence. The court quashed the impugned quit notice and issued a writ of prohibition restraining further eviction steps, reaffirming the principle that public officials must exercise statutory powers with reasonableness and on the basis of cogent e