Lt Col Wijesundara Pathiranage Hector Manchanayake vs Maj Gen R. M. D. Rathnayake – CA WRIT 15/2003-2013

In the case between Lt Col Wijesundara Pathiranage Hector Manchanayake and Maj Gen R. M. D. Rathnayake with other officers, the court addressed whether a Writ of Certiorari should be issued to quash the findings of a military Court of Inquiry which held the Petitioner responsible for unaccounted funds and directed payment of Rs. 1,424,500.00. It was determined that the Petitioner’s explicit admission of responsibility before the Court of Inquiry provided sufficient basis to uphold the findings, and judicial review was unwarranted. The court reaffirmed the principle that certiorari is not available where an applicant has conceded liability in the underlying proceedings. Reliance was placed on procedural fairness and the finality of admissions before quasi-judicial inquiries, underscoring th