Mahen Gopallawa J.

The Petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court in terms of Article 140 of the Constitution and sought a writ of Mandamus directing the 2nd Respondent to take necessary steps for the demolition of the wall standing on the western boundary of the Petitioner’s land, which is described in the schedule to the petition and depicted in Plan No. 4203 dated 27.11.2004 made by H. R. Samarasinghe, Licensed Surveyor and annexed to the petition marked P2.

The 1^st Respondent is the party who is alleged to have constructed wall in issue, the 4^th Respondent is the Wattala Pradeshiya Sabha, within whose territorial limits the land is situate, and the 2^nd and 3^rd Respondents are respec Pradeshiya Sabha. The said Respondents have filed objections objecting to the relief sought by the Petitioner.

The Petitioner states that the land described in the said schedule to the petition and depicted as Lot 4 of the aforementioned Plan No. 4203 marked P2 is owned by him by virtue of a Deed of Gift No. 2049 dated 31.03.2017 attested by Christopher Jehan Croospulle, Notary Public executed in his favour, which is annexed to the petition marked P1. In the Plan marked P2, the western bound