Porakara Mudiyanselage Aruna Samantha Kumara vs United National Party et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO: 238/2020-2021

In the case between Porakara Mudiyanselage Aruna Samantha Kumara and T.A.C.N. Thalangama (Returning Officer, Gampola Urban Council) alongside members of the United National Party Working and Disciplinary Committees, the court addressed the maintainability of an application for writs of certiorari and prohibition concerning the petitioner’s expulsion from the United National Party and loss of his local council seat. It was determined that the decisions in question, stemming from a private party body, are not subject to judicial review by writ except where specifically permitted by law. Reliance was placed on constitutional and statutory provisions, and authoritative case law, reaffirming the principle that the internal decisions of voluntary associations governed by private law are not gene