Ranjth Ananda de Alwis Gunasekera v Ceylon Electricity Board – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO.749/2010-2010

In the case between Ranjith Ananda de Alwis Gunasekera and the Ceylon Electricity Board, along with its officers, the Court addressed the issue of whether the proposed drawing of electricity lines should proceed after the respondents withdrew both their application for electricity connection and the deposited amount. The holding established that since the respondents had withdrawn their application and deposit, the Electricity Board would not pursue the project, and the petition was accordingly withdrawn at the petitioner’s request, with liberty reserved to seek future relief if the Board sought to proceed. This disposition reaffirmed the principle that withdrawal of an application with return of deposit negates a live legal dispute, relying on established procedural norms regarding mootne