Godayalage Thilakapala vs Liyanaarachchige Romel Nona – SC/APPEAL/102/2019-2025

The Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka addressed a partition dispute under case number SC/APPEAL/102/2019 involving Godayalage Thilakapala as the Substituted Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellant and Liyanaarachchige Romel Nona and others as Defendants-Respondents-Respondents. The case originated in the District Court of Kegalle on 08.05.1987 and was amended on 23.09.1988 following a preliminary survey and the intervention of an additional defendant. The District Court dismissed the case on 18.10.2001, and the High Court affirmed this decision on 19.05.2009. A retrial was ordered by the Supreme Court on 01.10.2010 due to incomplete substitution of deceased parties. The land in question was referred to as Paranawatta by the plaintiff and Hitinawatta by the defendants, w