Wadduwa Gurunanselge Erandi Anushka Senanayaka Vs. G.W. Nandasena Silva and Others – CA WRIT/529/2019-2019

In Wadduwa Gurunanselge Erandi Anushka Senanayaka v. G.W. Nandasena Silva and Others, the court addressed whether a Deed of Transfer dated 12.10.2007 in favor of the 1st Respondent should be quashed by writ of certiorari due to absence of ministerial approval or other procedural illegality, and whether the petitioner’s application should be dismissed for undue delay and concurrent proceedings in the District Court. The court held that the presumption of regularity applied where the Deed explicitly referenced ministerial approval, and that the petitioner’s delay, coupled with the existence of parallel proceedings, constituted grounds for dismissal. It was reaffirmed that a writ will not issue where statutory requirements appear satisfied and procedural improprieties are unsubstantiated, wit