Welikala Vithanalage Beatrice Rodrigo v. Pradeep Kumara Dissanayaka and Lokuketagodage Gunaseeli Chandralatha – SC APPEAL 01/2019-2023

In the case between Welikala Vithanalage Beatrice Rodrigo (plaintiff) and Pradeep Kumara Dissanayaka with Lokuketagodage Gunaseeli Chandralatha (defendants), the court considered the legal issue of title and boundary demarcation of land. The court held that both survey plans under dispute—plan 860 and plan 279—essentially governed the same boundary issue, and that the evidence established plan 279 as properly derived from plan 860 with no material difference between them. Relying on the surveyor’s uncontested testimony and the established principles governing boundary disputes, the decision reaffirmed that a finding by lower courts supported by expert evidence and consistent factual background would not be disturbed, even on appeal. The appeal was dismissed with costs, emphasizing that the