Centre for Environmental Justice and others Vs. Central Environmental Authority and others (Muthurajawela Sanctuary) – CA WRIT/43/2021-2021

In the case between Centre for Environmental Justice (Guarantee Limited) and Withanage Don Hemantha Ranjith Sisira Kumara (Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Justice) (Party A) and Central Environmental Authority and others (Party B), the court addressed whether respondents should be compelled by writ of mandamus to demarcate and clarify the legal boundaries of the Muthurajawela Sanctuary and Environmental Protection Area for ecological preservation. It was held that the respondents had undertaken sufficient measures to physically demarcate the sanctuary and protect the wetland from illegal encroachments, thereby satisfying the principal reliefs sought by petitioners. The principle reaffirmed is that public authorities are required to act in furtherance of statutory environmental