Abdul Rahuman Lebbe Uduma Lebbe and others Vs. The Pradeshiya Sabha Lankapura and others – CA NO 77/2014-2014

In the matter between Abdul Rahuman Lebbe Uduma Lebbe, Wijeyakoon Mudiyanselage Susantha Priyabandara, Anura Rajamanthri (Petitioners) and the Pradeshiya Sabha Lankapura, K.M. Kamalawathie Manike (Secretary), W.T.A. Manel (Commissioner of Local Government), A.A.G.M.S. Alutwatte (Chairman) among others (Respondents), the court addressed whether, under Section 169 (as amended) and Section 185 of the Pradeshiya Sabha Act, the 8th Respondent (Chairman) was deemed to have resigned after the failure to pass the 2014 budget upon its second submission, and whether interim relief, including suspension of any contrary decision and suspension of the Chairman, should be granted. It was determined that the relief sought at the interim stage was substantively identical to the final relief, and granting