Competent Authority vs. Pandiyan Punyarajah – CA/PHC/0086/2016-2024

In the case between the Competent Authority, Plantation Industries Monitoring Division under the Ministry of Plantation Industries, and Pandiyan Punyarajah, the court addressed the issue of jurisdiction under Article 154P(3) of the Constitution concerning revision applications against eviction orders under the State Land (Recovery of Possession) Act. It was held that revision applications of this nature properly fall within the jurisdiction of the Provincial High Court pursuant to Article 154P(3) and are not limited by the constraints attached to writ jurisdiction under Article 154P(4). The holding reaffirmed the principle that High Courts are vested with revisionary powers under the Constitution where express provision exists, distinguishing such jurisdiction from broader appellate review