Thurairajah v. Sirimevan Bibile, Chairman, Board of Review Ceiling On Housing Property Law and Others – sllr 1992 volume 1 page 116

In the case between Thurairajah (petitioner) and Bibile, Chairman, Board of Review Ceiling on Housing Property Law, and others (including Dias as 7th respondent), the court addressed the interpretation of Section 12 of the Ceiling on Housing Property Law No. 1 of 1973, specifically concerning the eligibility to purchase an excess house and whether a sub-tenant may claim statutory priority over a primary tenant in such purchases. It was determined that eligibility to purchase under the statute is granted solely to a tenant with a direct tenancy with the property owner, and not to a sub-tenant. The reversal of the initial offer to sell the property to the sub-tenant, Dias, by the Commissioner, and the subsequent grant of the right to the petitioner, was found to be lawful. This decision reaf