IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Don Premaratne Wijesinghe, No. 559, Peradeniya Road, Kandy. Plaintiff SC APPEAL NO: SC/APPEAL/58/2018 SC LA NO: SC/HCCA/LA/388/2016 HCCA/KANDY NO: CP/HCCA/KANDY/63/2013 (FA)

DC MATALE NO: L 5896 Vs.

1. Ekanayake Mudiyanselage Sarath Bandara Ekanayake, Pologolla.

2. District Land Registrar, Land Registry, Matale.

Defendants AND BETWEEN Don Premaratne Wijesinghe, No. 559, Peradeniya Road, Kandy.

Plaintiff-Appellant Vs.

1. Ekanayake Mudiyanselage Sarath Bandara Ekanayake, No. B 2, Mahaweliniwasa, Polgolla. 2. District Land Registrar, Land Registry, Matale.

Defendant-Respondents AND NOW BETWEEN Don Premaratne Wijesinghe, No. 559, Peradeniya Road, Kandy Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellant Vs.

1. Ekanayake Mudiyanselage, Sarath Bandara Ekanayake, No. B 2, Mahaweliniwasa, Polgolla.

Defendant-Respondent-Respondent Before: P. Padman Surasena, J.

Janak De Silva, J.

Mahinda Samayawardhena, J.

Counsel: J.P. Gamage with Namal Ralapanawa and Nisansala Pathirana for the Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellant.

Harindra Rajapaksha with Subhashini Priyanthika for the Defendant-Respondent-Respondent.

Argued on : 05.05.2022 Written submissions:

by the Plaintiff