Hewawasam Gamage Jayasundara vs Irangani Weerasinghe – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO. 380/2013-2013

In the case between Hewawasam Gamage Jayasundara (Petitioner) and Irangani Weerasinghe, Divisional Secretary, Bulathsinghala, with other unnamed respondents, the court addressed whether a document labeled P1G (or P16), constituting a request for a land survey relating to alleged unauthorized state land possession, was amenable to review by writ of certiorari under the Court of Appeal’s jurisdiction. It was held that the document did not amount to a final or binding administrative decision, and no enforceable legal right of the petitioner was affected, reaffirming the principle that writ jurisdiction requires a demonstrably justiciable administrative act impacting legal rights. The decision relied on established administrative law principles, emphasizing that mere procedural or preliminary