Karnahalupedige Duliyes Fernando alias Dulip Weerarathne vs. Minister of Lands and Land Development – CA WRIT 125/2020-2024

In the case between Karnahalupedige Duliyes Fernando alias Dulip Weerarathne (plaintiff) and respondents including the Minister of Lands and Land Development, the Divisional Secretary of Homagama, the Secretary of the Ministry of Roads and Highways, and associated Road Development Authority officials (defendants), the central issue concerned the misdescription of land known as “Iriyagahapillewa” in Gazette Notifications and the alleged inadequacy of compensation for its acquisition. The court held that the petitioner’s application for writ relief was not maintainable due to an inordinate and unexplained delay of over 12 years and the petitioner’s failure to exhaust the alternative remedy provided under Section 22 of the Land Acquisition Act. It was reaffirmed that delays without adequate e