Mrs. Nawalage Thilaka Kanthie Cooray v. National Insurance Trust Fund Board et al. – CA APPLICATION NO.518/2009-2017

In the case between Mrs. Nawalage Thilaka Kanthie Cooray and others (Plaintiffs) and the National Insurance Trust Fund Board and others (Defendants), the court addressed whether a writ of mandamus should issue to require the insurance entities to honour a loan protection insurance claim under the Agrahara scheme following the death of a government employee. It was held that the obligations under the Agrahara scheme, as implemented through administrative circulars, constituted statutory duties enforceable by writ, and that liabilities relating to previous loans continued despite the transition from the initial insurer (Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited) to the successor (National Insurance Trust Fund Board). Relying on the construction of the governing circulars—particularly Section 1