IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Hettiarachchige Hemasiri Perera, “Nilmala”, Morris Road, Attiligoda, Galle.

Plaintiff C.A. No 1374/99(F)

DC (Galle) Case No:10054/T Vs.

1. Ranjani Dahanayake, “Nilmala”, Morris Road, Attiligoda, Galle.

2. Devika Amarasinghe (nee Dahanayake), No. 32, Rocksmead Road, Sunbary of Thames, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

3. Indranee Arachchige Subasinghe (nee Dhanayake), No. 359, Wackwella Road, Galle.

4. Nadule Aroshini Indunil Mohottige (nee Hettiarachchige Aroshini Indunil Perera), “Nilmala”, Morris Road, Attiligoda, Galle.

5. Hettiarachchige Chandani Kaushalya Perera, Giyan Franco Pasaro Lucilio, 15, Napoli, Italy (80132), Appearing by her Power of Attorney, Aroshini Mohottige (nee Hettiarachchige Aroshini Indunil Perera), “Nilmala”, Morris Road, Attiligoda, Galle.

Defendants AND NOW BETWEEN Hettiarachchige Hemasiri Perera, (Deceased) “Nilmala”, Morris Road, Attiligoda Galle.

Nadule Aroshini Indunil Mohottige (nee Hettiarachchige Aroshini Indunil Perera), “Nilmala”, Morris Road, Attiligoda, Galle.

Substituted – Petitioner-Appellant VS

1. Ranjani Dahanayake, “Nilmala”, Morris Road, Attiligoda, Galle.

1a. Devika Amarasinghe (nee Dahanayake), No. 32, Rocksmead Road, Sunbary of Thames, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

And Now

3 Victor Road, Glenfield Leicester, LE38AS, United Kingdom.

2. Devika Amarasinghe (nee Dahanayake), No. 32, Rocksmead Road, Sunbary of Thames, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

3 Victor Road, Glenfield Leicester, LE38AS, United Kingdom.

3. Indranee Arachchige Subasinghe (nee Dhanayake), (Deceased)

No. 359, Wackwella Road, Galle.

3a. Mewan Lasith Subasinghe Arachchi, No. 359, Wackwella Road, Galle.

4. Nadule Aroshini Indunil Mohottige (nee Hettiarachchige Aroshini Indunil Perera), “Nilmala”, Morris Road, Attiligoda, Galle.

5. Hettiarachchige Chandani Kaushalya Perera, Giyan Franco Pasaro Lucilio, 15, Napoli, Italy (80132), Defendants-Respondents Before : P. Kirtisinghe J &

R. Gurusinghe J Counsel : Shiral Lakthilaka for the substituted-Petitioner-Appellant With N.J.P. Silva Respondents are absent and unrepresented.

Argued on : 02.05.2023 Decided on : 15.06. 2023 R. Gurusinghe J The deceased Petitioner-Appellant (hereinafter referred to as the Petitioner) made an application to prove a purported Last Will (hereinafter referred to as the Will) of the late Henry Wilson Dahanayake and to obtain letters of administration.

The purported Will was dated 10^th August 1960. The application for Proof of Will was filed on 19^th November 1991.

The case was taken up for inquiry on the 5th of June 1996. Nine admissions were recorded and seven issues were raised by the petitioner. Issue nos. 8 and 9 were raised by the respondents.

As per the admissions, the following facts were admitted by the parties;

1. Wilson Dahanayake died on 15th June 1964.

2. Wilson Dahanayake’s heirs were his Wife Nellie and daughters Mangala, Ranjani, Devika and Indra.

3. Mangala died on 2^nd January 1991, leaving her husband the petitioner and the children.

4. Nellie, the wife of Wilson Dahanayake, died on 20^th June 1991.

In the inquiry, only the Petitioner gave evidence in Court and produced documents marked P1 to P10. The respondents did not call any witnesses.

After the inquiry, the learned Additional District Judge of Galle pronounced the order on 24^th June 1999, rejecting the application of the petitioner. Being aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner-appellant preferred this appeal.

On behalf of the Appellant, following issues were raised.

විසඳිය යුතු කරුණු:

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නීතීඥ ඡයවර්ධන මහතා විසින්.

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01. පෙත්සපේ 2වන පෙදපසේ සදහන් ⷁᮅසිද්ද පනාතාරිසේ එේ. එල්. එේ. වි⶧ᮅමසිිංහ මහතා විසින් 1960.3.10 වන දින සහතික කරනලද අිංක 1995 දරණ අන්තීම කැමැති ෙⶺᮅය, පහන්රි විල්සන් දහනායකපේ අවසාන කැමැති ෙⶺᮅයද?

02. ඒක විල්සන් දහනායක, පෙත්සපේ උෙ පල්ඛණපේ සදහන් පද්ෙල තබා මිය ගිපේද?

03. ඉහත සදහන් නඩුපේ අන්තිම නැමැති ෙⶺᮅය ඒක පහන්රි විල්සන් දහනායක ජීවත්ව සිටි කාලපේදී ඉල්ලා අසකේ ර පෙන පහෝ අවලිංගු කරපෙන ඇත්ද?

04. ඉහත සදහන් පහන්රි විල්සන් දහනායකපේ දියණිය ව