IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of an application for Orders in the nature of Writs of Certiorari and Mandamus under and in terms of Article 140 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Sirisena Hettiarachchi, Thotupola Road, Pitigala.

PETITIONER C.A. Case No. WRT/0548/25 Vs.

1. Divisional Secretary, Divisional Secretariat Office, Niyagama.

2. Director, Department of Agrarian Services, Colombo.

3. Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12.

RESPONDENTS BEFORE : K.M.G.H. KULATUNGA, J COUNSEL : Mahinda Nanayakkara with Wasantha S. Widanage instructed by Ms. N. Dissanayake, for the Petitioner.

Dilantha Sampath, SC, for the Respondents.

SUPPORTED ON : 24.06.2025 DECIDED ON : 30.06.2025

ORDER

K.M.G.H. KULATUNGA, J

1. The petitioner is seeking to quash the decision/opinion of the 1st respondent dated 21.06.2023, contained in the P-12 Quit Notice, and the application filed in the Magistrate’s Court of Elpitiya for eviction under Land Acquisition Act No. 09 of 1950, and to quash the affidavit filed along with the application made to the Magistrate’s Court and the relevant decision/opinion conta