Colombage v. Jiffry and Others – SLR – sllr 2000 volume 3 page 367

In Colombage v. Jiffry and Others, the court addressed the issue of whether the Commissioner of National Housing possessed the authority to vest houses based on an inaccurate property ownership declaration under the Ceiling on Housing Property Law and its special provisions. It was determined that a false or incomplete declaration, such as the failure by A.C.H. Jiffry and his deceased brother to declare all houses owned, triggered the vesting process according to statutory provisions. The findings established that the Commissioner’s vesting decision was valid as it directly resulted from the erroneous declaration, falling within the statutory framework. The relevant legislative provisions included Ceiling on Housing Property Law No. 1 of 1973 and the Ceiling on Housing Property (Special Pr