Alin Padmini Ediriweera Wijesuriya vs Commissioner General of Excise – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO.722/2010-2012

In the case between Alin Padmini Ediriweera Wijesuriya (petitioner) and the Commissioner General of Excise, P.H. Chandrasiri Silva, Assistant Commissioner of Excise (Sabaragamuwa), and the Hon. Attorney General of Sri Lanka (respondents), the issue concerned entitlement to a writ of certiorari relating to actions of Excise authorities under Section 56 of the Excise Ordinance, the return of security deposit, and the grant of an Excise Licence. The matter was resolved through an administrative settlement recorded in court, requiring payment of Rs. 1,000,000 by the petitioner (without admission of liability), refund of a Rs. 1,000,000 security deposit, issuance of an Excise Licence for 2012, a request to DCSL for liquor supply, and mutual withdrawal of further claims. The application was with