IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of an application for restitution in integrum and/or revision in terms of Article 138 of the constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka. Application No: Resti CA/RII/0001/2020 District Court of Pugoda Case No: 747/P 01. Rankiri Pathirage Yasaseeli Uparanjani

02. Rankiri Pathirage Hemasiri Dayananda (deceased)

02(a). Rankiri Pathirage Yasaseeli Uparanajni

03. Singappuli Arachchige Mary Nona

03(a). Rankiri Pathirage Yasaseeli Uparanjani All are at No. 109/03, Malinda, Kapugoda.

Plaintiffs Vs.

01. Rankiri Pathirage Nancy Nona

02. Rankiri Pathirage Auwdin Singho

02(a). Rankiri Pathirage Thushara Neil Prasanna

03. Rankiri Pathirage Domiyal Singho All are at Malinda, Kapugoda.

04. Rankiri Pathirage Kithsiri

05. Rankiri Pathirage Champa Ranjani

06. Rankiri Pathirage Badra Suwarnakanthi

07. Rankiri Pathirage Darma Sandaseeli All are at No. 109/03, Malinda, Kapugoda.

08. I.M. Chandradasa No. 109/02, Malinda, Kapugoda.

09. Rankiri Pathirage Piyasena

111/A, Malinda, Kapugoda.

Defendants AND NOW

01. Lokuthambugala Ralalage Somawathi

02. Rankiri Pathirannehalage Saman Nilantha Both are at No.112/1, Malinda, Kapugoda.

03. Rankiri Pathirannehalage Thushari Nilmini No.112/1, Malinda, Kapugoda.

04. Rankiri Pathirannehalage Punchi Nona Palugama, Dompe.

05. Rankiri Pathirannehalage Jepin Nona Dangalla, Papiliyawala.

Petitioners Vs.

01. Rankiri Pathirage Yasaseeli Uparanjani

02. Rankiri Pathirage Hemasiri Dayananda (deceased)

02(a). Rankiri Pathirage Yasaseeli Uparanjani

03. Singappuli Arachchige Mary Nona

03(a). Rankiri Pathirage Yasaseeli Uparanjani All are at No.109/03, Malinda, Kapugoda.

Plaintiff – Respondents

01. Rankiri Pathirage Nancy Nona

02. Rankiri Pathirage Auwdin Singho

02(a). Rankiri Pathirage Thushara Neil Prasanna

03. Rankiri Pathirage Domiyal Singho All are Malinda, Kapugoda

04. Rankiri Pathirage Kithsiri

05. Rankiri Pathirage Champa Ranjani

06. Rankiri Pathirage Badra Suwarnakanthi

07. Rankiri Pathirage Darma Sandaseeli All are at No.109/03, Malinda, Kapugoda.

08. I.M. Chadradasa No.109/2, Malinda, Kapugoda

09. Rankiri Pathirage Piyasena No.111/A, Malinda, Kapugoda.

Defendant – Respondents Before: D.N. Samarakoon – J C.P. Kirtisinghe – J Counsel: Dr. Wijedasa Rajapaksha PC with Dasun Nagashena Rakitha Rajapaksha Madawa Jayawardena and Harsha Liyanaguruge for the petitioners Romesh Samarakkody for the 1^st and 3a plaintiff – Respondents Argued On :23/02/2021 Decided On :29/04/2021 C.P. Kirtisinghe – J The petitioners have made this application for revision and/ or restitutio in integrum to set aside the judgement, interlocutory decree and final decree entered in case no. 747P in the District Court of Pugoda, to direct the District Judge of Pugoda to exclude the lot no. 01 of the preliminary plan no. 2005P from the corpus in favor of the petitioners and for other relief and interim relief prayed for in the prayer to the petition.

It is the case of the petitioners that the aforesaid lot no. 01 depicted in the preliminary plan which is claimed by the petitioners had been wrongly included in to the corpus of this partition action without notice to the petitioners and their predecessor in title.

The plaintiffs – respondents had instituted this partition action to partition the land called lot no. 10 of Galabodawatta depicted in plan no. 5257 filed of record in the case no. 2966 බ in the District Court of Gampaha. The aforesaid lot no. 10 which is the corpus in this case is a block of land partitioned in an earlier partition action no. 2966 බ . The commissioner in this case A.C.P. Gunasena LS has shown the aforesaid disputed lot no. 01 as a part of the aforesaid lot no. 10 in his preliminary plan no. 2005P. According to the final decree entered in case no. 2966P, marked පෑ 01 the adjoining lot no. 08 had been allotted to Rankiri Pathirage Daniel who was the 11^th defendant in that case. There is no dispute that the aforesaid Daniel is the predecessor in title of the petitioners. According to t