Shanakiya Ragul Rajaputhran Rasamanikkam vs. Ceylon Petroleum Corporation – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO. 37/2021-2021

In the case between Shanakiya Ragul Rajaputhran Rasamanikkam (Petitioner) and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation & Others (Respondents), the court addressed the legality of the actions leading to the reinstatement of the 13th Respondent, Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Chaminda Prasad Samarakoon. The primary issue was whether the recommendations or decisions of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCOI)—and resultant actions to reinstate the 13th Respondent—were lawfully made within jurisdiction, and whether the petitioner’s claims justified the grant of writs of certiorari and prohibition. It was held that insufficient evidence was presented to establish any actionable recommendation or decision by the PCOI regarding reinstatement, and that the Board of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation made an independ