Additional District Registrars’ Union of the Development Registrar General, Patha Dumbara Divisional Secretariat office, Pitiyegedara, Wattegama v. W.A. Dharmadasa – CA512/2009-2009

In the case between Additional District Registrars’ Union of the Development Registrar General, Patha Dumbara Divisional Secretariat Office, Pitiyegedara, Wattegama, and two others (plaintiffs) and W.A. Dharmadasa, Director General of Establishments (Acting) of the National Salaries and Cadre Commission (respondent), the court addressed the procedural issue of the termination of appeal proceedings following the finalization of a recruitment scheme. It was held that, upon submission and finalization of the recruitment scheme, the proceedings before the court were terminated. The principle established is that once the relevant administrative process is duly completed and communicated to the court, pending proceedings regarding the matter may be concluded as moot. The decision cited the final