Bogodage Hemachandra Perera vs Hon. Mahindananda Aluthgamage – CA WRIT 393/2012-2013

In the case between Bogodage Hemachandra Perera (Plaintiff) and, among others, Hon. Mahindananda Aluthgamage (Minister of Sports) and Sri Lanka Cricket Board officials (Defendants), the court addressed whether the petitioner’s termination by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was improperly executed and if the Minister’s failure to respond to an appeal warranted judicial intervention via writ. It was held that the claim for a writ was rendered moot by a subsequent settlement reached between the petitioner and the Cricket Board, under which compensation was received by the petitioner. The principle reaffirmed that once a dispute has been conclusively settled between parties, legal claims based on the original cause are no longer justiciable. The decision relied on the finality accorded to settleme