Gangodawilage Sumanapala Perera vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council – CA 1045/08-2013

In Gangodawilage Sumanapala Perera v. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council and others, the court addressed the issue of whether the Municipal Council’s revocation of an approved building plan (No — W2/CN/216/2004) and certain related actions were valid. The court held that, pursuant to settlement terms accepted by both the petitioner and respondents, the cancellation of the plan’s approval and contested correspondences would be withdrawn, with the council also agreeing to withdraw related proceedings in the Magistrate’s Court. This outcome reaffirmed the principle that judicial proceedings may be terminated by mutual agreement of parties, particularly when official bodies consent to reverse contested administrative acts. The decision relied on the parties’ formal representations an