Gammedi Liyanage Don Vijaya v. The Chairman, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment et al. – CA WRIT NO. 341/2013-2013

In the case between Gammedi Liyanage Don Vijaya (petitioner) and The Chairman, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, Meegahapota Arachchige Niluka Chandima, and Nayomi Sandamali Wimalagunarathna (respondents), the court addressed whether a writ of Mandamus should be issued directing the Bureau and its Chairman to take legal action against the private respondents for alleged unlawful receipt of money regarding overseas employment. It was held that the application was not maintainable, as the failure to complete the Bureau’s inquiry was attributable to the petitioner’s own absence from proceedings, rather than any refusal by the Bureau to perform its statutory duty under Section 44. The judgment reaffirmed the legal principle that a precondition