Center for Environmental Justice (Guarantee Limited) and others vs Geological Survey and Mines Bureau – CA WRIT/53/2021-2021

In the case between Center for Environmental Justice (Guarantee Limited) and others (Petitioners) and Geological Survey and Mines Bureau and others (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether writs of Mandamus and Certiorari could be issued to compel public authorities to perform general statutory and regulatory duties concerning environmental oversight in Madampe, Sri Lanka, absent specific incidents or live factual disputes. It was held that such broad, generalized relief cannot be granted in judicial review proceedings, reaffirming the legal principle that judicial intervention is confined to reviewing the exercise of specific administrative powers in the presence of concrete facts. Reliance was placed on precedent and the restrictions articulated under Article 140 of the Co