Sampath B. Abayakoon, J.

This is an appeal preferred by the petitioner appellants (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner appellants) on the basis of being aggrieved by the judgment pronounced by the Provincial High Court of the Central Province holden in Kandy while exercising its civil appellate jurisdiction (hereinafter referred to as the High Court) in the Revision Application No. CP/HCCA/21/2019 (REV). The said judgment has been pronounced on 27 01 2015, and for the reasons set out in the judgment, the learned Judges of the High Court have dismissed the said revision application.

When this matter was supported for the granting of Leave to Appeal on 16 05 2017, this Court granted Leave to Appeal on the questions of law as set out in sub paragraphs (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (x) of paragraph 15 of the petition dated 27 02 2015.

In addition to the above, two additional questions of law as proposed by the learned President’s Counsel who represented the defendant defendant respondents (hereinafter referred to as the respondents) has also been permitted.

The said questions of law that need consideration in this appeal read as follows;

1. Did the learned Civil Appellate High Court Judg