Mohomed Pradeep Carder vs The Colombo Municipal Council – CA WRIT 841/2024-2025

In the case between Mohomed Pradeep Carder, Mohamed Razik Mohamed Faizal (trading as “LC Global Services and Suppliers”), Premier Constructions and Services (Pvt) Ltd, and the Colombo Municipal Council with its officials, the court addressed the legality of the disqualification of the Petitioners from bidding on a tender for roadside parking fee management. The Petitioners were disqualified on the ground of alleged arrears in parking rental payments, which they contested on the basis that arrears resulted from an economic crisis, with unspecified concessions, and that no clear computation of arrears was communicated. The holding determined that, while discretionary judicial relief may be available in principle, such relief could be justifiably denied if the conduct of the applicant, such a