IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA SC APPEAL 133 /2013 Weerasinghe Arachchige Ramenike alias SC/HCCA/LA/No.244/2012 Weerakkody Arachchige Rammenike, SP/HCCA/RAT/No.380/2007(F) Bulutota, D.C. Embilipitiya Case No.6167/Land Sooriyakanda.

PLAINTIFF Vs.

Peter Fernandolage John, Kada Muduna, Sooriyakanda.

DEFENDANT AND Peter Fernandolage John, Kada Muduna, Sooriyakanda.

DEFENDANT-APPELLANT Vs.

Weerasinghe Arachchige Ramenike alias Weerakkody Arachchige Rammenike, Bulutota, Sooriyakanda.

PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT AND BETWEEN Weerasinghe Arachchige Ramenike alias Weerakkody Arachchige Ramenike, Bulutota, Sooriyakanda.

PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT-APPELLANT Vs.

Peter Fernandolage John, Kada Muduna, Sooriyakanda.

DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-

RESPONDENT Before : Jayantha Jayasuriya, PC, CJ.

E. A. G. R. Amarasekara, J.

Arjuna Obeyesekere, J.

Counsel : Harsha Soza, PC with Anuruddha Dharmaratne for the Plaintiff – Respondent-

Appellant.

Z.A. Ammen Hussain instructed by Hussain Ahamed for the Defendant-

Appellant-Respondent Argued On : 28.10.2021 Decided On : 30.10.2024 E A G R Amarasekara, J The Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner (Hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Plaintiff) instituted the