Kariyawasam Dantharage Amarasekara vs Amarasinghe Wasala – CA PHC APPEAL NO.22/2008-2012

In the case between Kariyawasam Dantharage Amarasekara (Applicant/Respondent) and Amarasinghe Wasala (Respondent/Appellant, deceased; with Wasala Mudiyanselage Wasantha Kumara Wasala seeking substitution), the court addressed the procedural issue of whether an appeal before the Court of Appeal should proceed after the appellant obtained administrative relief and sought to withdraw the appeal. It was determined that, as the requested administrative relief had already been granted to the appellant, there remained no further justiciable controversy. The appeal was accordingly dismissed. This decision reaffirmed the principle that courts may permit the withdrawal of an appeal when the substantive grievance has been resolved outside of the court’s process, thereby conserving judicial resources