Thalayarathne Mudalige Jagath Wickramasekara vs. State Mortgage and Investment Bank and others – CA WRT 506-22-2024

In the case between Thalayarathne Mudalige Jagath Wickramasekara (plaintiff) and State Mortgage and Investment Bank and its officials (defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether the petitioner’s application for writs of Certiorari and Mandamus could override the alternative remedies available under the bank’s appeal procedure and the Industrial Disputes Act, in response to disciplinary action imposed for alleged misconduct. The court held that judicial review is a remedy of last resort and emphasized the necessity of exhausting all alternative remedies before seeking judicial intervention. The holding reaffirmed the principle that administrative decisions should not be disturbed where statutory or internal remedies exist and laches or procedural impropriety are not clearly estab