CUMBERLAND v. FERNANDO.

Present: The Hon. Sir Joseph T. Hutchinson, Chief Justice,

and Mr.  Justice Wendt.

 

CUMBERLAND v. FERNANDO.

 

D.C.,  Colombo, 339 (Special).

 

Surveyor, inquiry into conduct of-" Aggrieved  person"-Assistant Government Agent-Ordinance No. 15 of 1889, s. 8.

 

Where a licensed surveyor employed to define the boundaries of a private land included within the boundaries of the said land property belonging to the Crown, and where the Assistant Government Agent, in his official capacity, petitioned the District Court to inquire into the conduct of the surveyor under the provisions of Ordinance No. 15 of 1889-

 

Held, that the Assistant Government Agent was an person " within the meaning of section 8 of Ordinance No. 15 of 1889, and was entitled to ask for an inquiry under the Ordinance.
 

Baumgartner  v.   Van Rooyan 1[1 (1905) 8 N.  L. R. 298.] followed.

 

APPEAL   from   an   order   of   the   District   Judge   cancelling   the appellant's license as a surveyor.

The facts sufficiently appear in the judgment of the Chief Justice.

 

Hayley, for the appellant.

 

Walter Pereira, K.C., S.-G., for the Crown.

 

Cur.

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