Rohan Ajith Senanayake v Raja Gunaratne and Others – CA WRIT/81/13-2021

In the case between Rohan Ajith Senanayake (Petitioner) and the Commissioners of National Housing, Ministers of Housing and Urban Development, Randolf Bernard Lakshman Ediriweera Wijesooriya, and Cartland (Private) Limited (Respondents), the court addressed whether the Petitioner was entitled to a writ of certiorari to quash Deed No. 17547 dated 02.01.2012 concerning the transfer of premises at 43, 2/2 Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7, and whether the Petitioner had legal standing to challenge the transfer. It was determined that the Petitioner lacked locus standi as he was not a party to the relevant contract and that matters previously adjudicated by the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court could not be relitigated. The application for judicial review was held to be an inappropriate forum for reso