A.R.M. Ratnayake v. The Commissioner General of Agrarian Development et al. – 371/2014-2017

In the case between A.R.M. Ratnayake and The Commissioner General of Agrarian Development and others, the court addressed the issue of whether the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to hear and determine an application seeking to quash an order under Section 90(1) of the Agrarian Development Act, in light of constitutional and legislative amendments, or whether such jurisdiction was vested solely in the Provincial High Courts. It was held that jurisdiction to review orders made under Section 90(1) lies exclusively with the Provincial High Courts, reaffirming the principle that judicial access to agrarian law matters has been decentralized pursuant to the 13th Amendment and relevant statutory enactments. Reliance was placed on Article 154(P) of the Constitution, Section 90 of the Agrarian Dev