Bastian Koralage Udaya Nirmalee Rodrigo and others Vs. Prof. H. Janaka De Silva and others – CA WRT APPLICATION 0406/2017-2021

In the case between Bastian Koralage Udaya Nirmalee Rodrigo and three others (Petitioners) and Prof. H. Janaka De Silva (Director, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo) and others (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of the withdrawal of an application for writs of Certiorari, Prohibition, and Mandamus under Article 140 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka. It was held that, upon the petitioners’ request to withdraw and in the absence of objection or request for costs by the respondents, the application should be dismissed without costs, thereby bringing the proceedings to a formal conclusion. The decision reaffirmed the principle that parties are permitted to withdraw applications with leave of court, especially where there is no opposition and no dispute regardin