Perera v. Perera – 1978_79 volume 2 page 191

In the case between the plaintiff-respondent (associated with Perera) and the 16th defendant-petitioner regarding the partition of Galabodawatta, the court addressed the issue of whether an application under section 48(4)(c) of the Partition Law, No. 21 of 1977, was made within the statutory thirty-day period following the surveyor’s return. It was determined that the relevant thirty-day deadline commenced from the actual date of the surveyor’s return (20.9.1978) rather than from the court-fixed date for the return of the commission. The petitioner’s application, filed on 15.11.1978, was outside the prescribed period. The principle reaffirmed requires strict compliance with statutory time limits as stipulated under the Partition Law. This decision relied on the interpretation of section 48