The Municipal Council, Anuradhapura and others Vs. Sanath Banduma Meddekanda and others – CA PHC REVISION APPLICATION NO:101/2012-2012

In the case between the Municipal Council, Anuradhapura (including Sampath Rohana Dharmadasa, Municipal Commissioner) and Sanath Banduma Meddekanda, the court examined whether prerogative writs of mandamus and certiorari could be issued in the context of a contractual dispute involving the extension of a lease agreement, where one party is a public authority. The primary holding established that writ jurisdiction does not extend to enforcing obligations arising solely from contractual arrangements absent a statutory public duty, reaffirming the established principle that judicial intervention through prerogative writs is limited to instances involving statutory public duties. This decision relied upon prior precedents including Jayaweera vs Wijeratne and Jayawardena vs The People’s Bank, e