Tissa Attanayake v. Commissioner General of Election and others – SC SPL. L.A. NO. 55/2011-2011

In the case between Tissa Attanayake (Petitioner, General Secretary, United National Party) and the Commissioner General of Election, Returning Officer for Puttalam District, and others (Respondents), the court examined whether an application for special leave to appeal should be dismissed for non-compliance with mandatory procedural requirements prescribed by the Supreme Court Rules, 1990—specifically Rule 8(3) concerning the proper tendering of notices. The application arose from the petitioner’s challenge to a refusal of interim relief regarding a nomination paper for the Chilaw Pradeshiya Sabha Election 2011. Preliminary objections were raised based on a failure to comply with procedural mandates. The court determined that the mandatory notice requirement had not been fulfilled, warran