Millaniyage Duminda Perera v. S M Chandrasena, MP et al – CA WRIT/637/2021-2021

In the case between Millaniyage Duminda Perera (petitioner) and S M Chandrasena, MP, Minister of Lands, the Urban Development Authority, M. M. K. Dilrukshi Walpola (Divisional Secretary, Maharagama), Nishantha De Zoysa (Senior Superintendent of Police, CID), and others (respondents), the court addressed the validity and effect of writ applications concerning the acquisition and vesting of land by the State and its agencies. It was held that failure to comply with procedural rules relating to document filing could dismiss the application, but substantive issues were also examined. The findings established that the petitioner acquired property post-State acquisition, and remedies sought were not available via judicial review where questions of title and alleged fraud required independent adj