Jamis v. Yapa and Others – sllr 1987 volume 1 page 350

In the case between JAMIS (appellant) and YAPA and others (respondents), the court addressed whether paddy land was cultivated as two distinct lots, impacting the devolution of tenancy rights upon the death of the original tenant cultivator, and whether the correct body adjudicated this succession dispute under the Agrarian Services Act. It was held that any dispute regarding the character of cultivation and the devolution of tenancy rights under sections 8 and 9 of the Agrarian Services Act should be referred to the Commissioner for determination, not resolved by the Agrarian Services Committee. This holding underscores the jurisdictional boundaries established by statute, and clarified that decisions made without such jurisdiction are void. The court relied on the interpretation of the A