IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Edirisinghe Arachchige Chandrasiri Edirisinghe, Polwatte Clinic, Debathgama, Kegalle.

Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant Edirisinghe Arachchige Saumya Subashini Edirisinghe of G 134/2/A, Thalewela, Hettimulla.

Substituted Plaintiff-Respondent-

Appellant SC APPEAL NO: SC/APPEAL/245/2014 HCCA NO: SP/HCCA/KAG/683/2010 DC MAWENELLA NO: 13163/P Vs.

1. Edirisinghege Dayawathie Edirisinghe of B 238/1, Debathgama, Kegalle.

1st Defendant-Appellant-

Respondent

1a. Thushara Dilrushki of B 238/1, Debathgama, Kegalle.

Substituted 1st Defendant-

Appellant-Respondent

2. Medagoda Durayalage Gunasena of B 238, Debathgama, Kegalle.

2a. Medagoda Durayalage Wasantha Manel Rajkumar of B 238/1, Debathgama, Kegalle.

2b. Thushara Dilrushki of B 238/1, Debathgama, Kegalle.

3. Edirisinghe Pedige Hemadasa of Polwatte, Debathgama, Kegalle.

4. Edirisinghe Pedige Gunathileke, C/O E.D. Hemadasa of Polwatte, Debathgama, Kegalle.

4a. Priyantha Edirisinghe Edirisinghe of C/O E.D. Hemadasa of Polwatte, Debathgama, Kegalle.

5. Edirisinghe Pedige Nimal Chandrasiri of Polwatte, Debathgama, Kegalle.

6a. Edirisinghe Pedige Nancy Edirisinghe of Debathgama, Kegalle. (also 7a and 12th Defendants)

7. Edirisinghe Pedige Seeladasa Edisiringhe of Near School, Debathgama, Kegalle.

7a. Edirisinghe Pedige Nancy Edirisinghe of Debathgama, Kegalle. (also 6a and 12th Defendants)

8. Edirisinghe Pedige Jayasena Edirisinghe of Aluthkumbura, Debathgama, Kegalle.

9. Anton Gamini Edirisinghe of C/O Jayasinghe Edirisinghe, Debathgama, Kegalle.

9a. Edirisinghege Jayasinghe of Debathgama, Kegalle.

10a. Edirisinghege Sunil Edirisinghe of Debathgama, Kegalle.

11a. E. Ramya Kumari Dissanayake of Debathgama, Kegalle.

12. Edirisinghe Pedige Nancy Edirisinghe of Debathgama, Kegalle. (also 6a and 7a Defendants)

13. Edirisinghege Raja Wijesena alias Edirisinghege Wijeratne of Debathgama, Kegalle.

14. Edirisinghege Hemachandra of Udabage, Debathgama, Kegalle.

15. Ranhawadi Gedara Thilakawathie of Udabage, Debathgama, Kegalle.

Defendant-Respondent-

Respondents Before: Hon. Justice S. Thurairaja, P.C.

Hon. Justice Kumudini Wickremasinghe Hon. Justice Mahinda Samayawardhena Counsel: Dr. Sunil F.A. Coorey with Sudarshani Coorey for the Substituted Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant.

Sapumal Bandara with Vishmi Abeywardena 1st Defendant-

Appellant-Respondent.

Written Submissions:

By the Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant on 02.02.2015 By the 1st Defendant-Appellant-Respondent on 24.04.2015 Argued on: 18.03.2024 Further Written Submissions:

By the Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant on 06.05.2024 By the 1st Defendant-Appellant-Respondent on 02.05.2024 Decided on: 16.07.2024 Samayawardhena, J.

The plaintiff filed this action in the District Court of Mawanella naming 11 defendants seeking to partition the land called Gederawatte alias Kospelawatte in extent of 18 lahas of paddy sowing area. The 12th to 15th defendants intervened subsequently. The contest was between the plaintiff and the 1st defendant, the plaintiff’s sister, regarding the identification of the corpus, not the pedigree. The 1st defendant sought dismissal of the action on that basis. The District Court held in favour of the plaintiff and partitioned the land accordingly. The High Court of Civil Appeal of Kegalle allowed the appeal of the 1st defendant and dismissed the plaintiff’s action. The plaintiff is now before this Court against the judgment of the High Court. The appeal is confined to the question of identification of the corpus.

In the plaint, the plaintiff sought to partition the land known as Gederawatte alias Kospelawatte bounded on the North by Aswedduma Kumbura, Ela Wella; East by Aluth Kumbure Ivura; South and West by Aluth Kumbure Hene Agala in extent of 18 lahas of paddy sowing area.

The contention of the 1st defendant is that Gederawatte alias Kospelawatte is one land, while Kospelawatte is another land. The plaintiff combined both lands and created a fictitious land not identifiable on the ground.

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