Mansoor and Another v. O.I.C. Avissawella Police and Another – sllr 1991 volume 2 page 075

The case between Mansoor and another (petitioners) and O.I.C. Avissawella Police and another (respondents) addressed the issue of whether an evicted tenant cultivator of paddy land may seek relief through the general procedures of the Primary Courts Procedure Act when a specialized statutory remedy exists under the Agricultural Lands Law and the Agrarian Services Act. It was determined that the proper jurisdiction for addressing such unlawful eviction claims rests exclusively with the mechanisms set forth in the specialized statutes governing agricultural tenancies. The holding reaffirmed the principle that when legislation prescribes a specific forum and procedure for redressing a statutory right, parties must adhere to that statutory route and may not resort to more general remedies prov