Ananda Thero v. Appuhamy and Others – sllr 1988 volume 1 page 292

In the case between the Viharadhipathy and Trustee of the Malwatte Vihara (Plaintiff/Appellant) and Appuhamy and others (including her estate and the 4th defendant, as well as the 2nd and 3rd defendants), the court addressed the validity of an assignment of leasehold interests under a Last Will in the absence of Public Trustee consent, as required under the Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance, and whether subsequent rent receipts established a landlord-tenant relationship invoking Rent Act protections. It was held that the purported assignment of lease to Appuhamy was null and void due to the lack of mandatory consent, and that rent receipts did not create a legal tenancy or afford Rent Act protection. The principle reaffirmed was that statutory and contractual requirements for landlord appro