S.A. Kanthi Suraweera vs Commissioner of Agrarian Services – CA 854/2009-2013

In the case of S.A. Kanthi Suraweera (Petitioner) v. Commissioner of Agrarian Services and Others (Respondents), the court addressed whether the orders (P31 and P32) issued by the 2nd Respondent under Section 90 of the Agrarian Services Law No. 46 of 2000, pertaining to cultivation and threshing rights and use of a threshing floor, should be quashed by writ of certiorari. It was held that Section 90 serves to safeguard cultivation and threshing rights irrespective of title and is procedural in nature to protect agricultural activities, not to determine ownership. The findings established that no denial of natural justice or statutory breach had occurred, as the Petitioner declined to participate in the official inquiry despite ample opportunity. The orders were made with proper statutory c