The Lighthouse Hotel PLC vs K.G. Piyatissa – CA WRIT NO. 458/2010-2013

In the case between The Lighthouse Hotel PLC (Petitioner) and K.G. Piyatissa (Provincial Commissioner of Revenue, Southern Provincial Council), K.L.R. Surasena (Senior Assessor, Southern Provincial Council), and the Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed whether documents P12 and P16 issued by the Respondents should be quashed by writ of certiorari as sought by the Petitioner. It was determined that, upon the Respondents’ undertaking to not act on the disputed documents, the relief sought by the Petitioner was effectively satisfied. The application for withdrawal was therefore allowed, and the matter was dismissed pro forma without costs. This outcome reaffirmed the principle that voluntary undertakings by administrative authorities may render judicial relief unnecessary, cons