Fairway Holdings (Pvt) Ltd v. Urban Development Authority et al. – CA WRIT NO. 428/2016-2016

In the case between Fairway Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (Petitioner) and Urban Development Authority, Mr. Jagath Nandana Munasinghe, and Mr. K. L. W. Perera (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the Petitioner was entitled to interim relief restraining the Respondents from interfering with their possession and use of a land, absent a formal lease agreement and ministerial approval. The court held that the arrangement between the Petitioner and the Urban Development Authority was a private transaction not amenable to writ jurisdiction, and declined to grant interim relief, reaffirming the principle that only matters involving the exercise of public law powers may be subject to such relief. This decision relied on statutory requirements mandating ministerial approval for public leas