MICO Food Products (Private) Limited vs Minister of Lands and Land Development – CA WRT/0579/2021-2023

In the case between MICO Food Products (Private) Limited and several state authorities, including the Minister of Lands and Land Development and associated officials, the court addressed whether the cancellation of a 30-year lease due to non-payment of arrears was a matter subject to judicial review through writ proceedings or should be resolved as a private contractual dispute. It was held that the dispute was contractual in nature and not amenable to writ remedies such as certiorari and mandamus, reaffirming the principle that issues arising solely out of contractual obligations between parties must be adjudicated within the ordinary civil jurisdiction. Reliance was placed on established precedents clarifying the scope of writ jurisdiction, emphasizing that administrative law remedies ar