Waduge Jayasiri v. Divisional Secretary et al. – CA APPLICATION WRIT NO. 359/2013-2016

In the case between Waduge Jayasiri (Petitioner) and, among others, the Divisional Secretary, Negenahira Nuwaragam Palatha, and Waduge Ajith Amarananda (8th Respondent), the court addressed the issue of succession to State land under a government permit originally granted to the petitioner’s and the 8th respondent’s late father. The main legal question concerned whether alleged fraudulent nomination and record alteration made the 8th respondent’s succession invalid, thereby entitling the petitioner to the permit, and whether writs of certiorari and mandamus should be issued to effect changes to the succession record. The determination held that, due to disputed facts and the existence of a concurrent District Court action concerning the same succession dispute, writ jurisdiction was inappr