Golden Star Beach Hotel (Private) Limited vs U.P.G. Udadeniya – CA WRIT NO. 389/2010-2012

In the case between Golden Star Beach Hotel (Private) Limited (petitioner) and U.P.G. Udadeniya (Provincial Commissioner of Revenue), T.H.D. Padmasiri, G.P. Menaka Fonseka, D.A.S. Dadigama, and the Hon. Attorney General (respondents), the Court addressed the issue of the petitioner’s challenge to the issuance of certain letters (P12 and P13) by the respondents, related to revenue administration by the Western Provincial Council. The Court held that, based on the undertaking given by the respondents through the Deputy Solicitor General that no further action would be taken regarding the impugned letters, the proceedings were terminated. This approach reaffirmed the principle that when an undertaking is provided to the Court by a public authority, and no further administrative step is intend