Ratnayaka Muiyanselage Jayawarana vs. W.R. Anurasena et al. – CA P.H.C. 122/2014-2022

In the case between R.M. Ajith Pathmakumara (substituted for the late Ratnayaka Muiyanselage Jayawarana) and, among others, W.R. Anurasena and the Assistant Commissioner of Agrarian Development, the court addressed whether natural justice was denied during the proceedings that resulted in the Petitioner-Appellant’s ejectment from paddy land as a tenant cultivator and the legitimacy of orders under the Agrarian Development Act related to such eviction. The court held that the Petitioner-Appellant failed to establish denial of natural justice or any illegality or ultra vires action on the part of the Respondents, and further failed to exhaust statutory remedies provided by law. It was determined that a Writ of Mandamus could not be issued under the circumstances due to a failure to identify