Fernando vs Municipal Council of Anuradhapura – CA PHC/217/2005-2005

In the case between A. Fernando and the Municipal Council, Anuradhapura, the court addressed whether the High Court correctly dismissed the appellant’s application for a writ of certiorari to quash a notice issued by the Municipal Council’s Chairman and whether the appellant was entitled to an order preventing the Council from instituting proceedings against him based on said notice. It was held that the High Court’s dismissal was legally valid, as the Municipal Council was duly empowered to enforce the law, and the appellant retained the opportunity to present his defense in the appropriate legal forum. The legal reasoning rested on the authority vested in local councils under the relevant statutes and reiterated the principle that writ relief should not be granted to circumvent establish