Wimala Rubasinghe vs Lazarus Peter George and Chandra Gunasekara – SC APPEAL 88/2016-2019

In the case between Wimala Rubasinghe (Plaintiff/Respondent-Appellant) and Lazarus Peter George and Chandra Gunasekara (Defendants, with Chandra Gunasekara as Appellant), the court considered the entitlement to possession of a property allocated by the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) following the death of Gunasiri Rubasinghe. The central issues concerned the evidentiary value of allocation documents, the consideration of alleged marital status and joint contributions by the 2nd Defendant, and the appraisal of factual findings from both the District Court and the Provincial High Court of Civil Appeal. It was held that the Plaintiff was entitled to possession, as the opposing claims were not substantiated with sufficient evidence. The principle reaffirmed was that allocations