Camco Enterprises (Private) Limited vs Anandaram Thevasanathipathy and others – CA PHC 263/2019-2025

In the matter of Camco Enterprises (Private) Limited and Thevendrarasa Pulendran, the court addressed the issue of land possession under the Primary Court’s Procedure Act, No. 44 of 1979. The court held that the appeal against the High Court’s order was dismissed, reaffirming the principle that claims for restoration of possession must fall within the statutory two-month period immediately preceding the filing of information. This decision relied on the Primary Court’s Procedure Act, emphasizing that contradictory evidence regarding the date of dispossession, which places the event outside the statutory period, invalidates a claim for restoration.

Damith Thotawatte, J. – The appeal against the order of the Provincial High Court of the Eastern Province was dismissed. The High Court had s