Mohamed Mukthar Mohamed Rains vs Commissioner of National Housing – CA PHC/APN/37/2013-2016

In Mohamed Mukthar Mohamed Rains v. Commissioner of National Housing, Central Province, and Casim Marikkar Ahamad Hussain, the court addressed the Petitioner’s entitlement to a writ of certiorari to quash a decision permitting the demolition and redevelopment of premises he occupied under section 18A of the Rent Act. The court held that the Petitioner’s revision application was fatally delayed with an insufficient explanation for the lapse and that the challenged redevelopment was substantial, supported by both factual and procedural compliance, distinguishing it from a mere alteration. The legal principle reaffirmed is that revisionary relief is discretionary and subject to strict timeliness; unexplained delays and procedural defaults bar such relief. Reliance was placed on precedent such