Peiris v. Ramya Goonewardena – sllr 1998 volume 1 page 081

In the case between Peiris (Plaintiff) and Ramya Goonewardena (Defendant), the court addressed whether the consolidation of three premises into one, along with a resultant new assessment, removed the premises from the ambit of the Rent Act and if an entry in the assessment register is conclusive upon landlord and tenant. It was held that the consolidation, effected without tenant consent and later administratively cancelled, did not result in a new premises assessment for Rent Act purposes. The separate original assessments continued to apply, and entries in the assessment register, under these circumstances, were not binding. The decision reaffirmed that administrative changes unsupported by substantive statutory requirements do not alter the status of premises under the Rent Act, referen