Jayasekara Withanage Samantha Udaya Prabhath v. R.A.T.D.N. Thennakoon et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO: 143/2016-2016

The case between Jayasekara Withanage Samantha Udaya Prabhath (Petitioner) and R.A.T.D.N. Thennakoon, R.H.U. Gunawardana, Dr. R.R.A. Wijekoon, Damayanthi Konara, and the Hon. Attorney General (Respondents) addressed the lawfulness of the Petitioner’s transfer within the Department of Agriculture pursuant to letter P11, and whether such transfer should be quashed through a Writ of Certiorari and reinstatement directed through a Writ of Mandamus. It was held that, due to subsequent events—including the Petitioner’s re-transfer following disciplinary allegations—the original transfer order was rendered inoperative, making judicial relief against it futile. This reaffirmed the principle that courts will not grant relief where the subject matter of the writ is moot, and that orders of Certiorar