Wijesinghe Arachchige Don Osmand Premasiri Wijesinghe vs Mahara Pradeshiya Sabhawa – 874/2007-2013

In the case between Wijesinghe Arachchige Don Osmand Premasiri Wijesinghe (Plaintiff) and Mahara Pradeshiya Sabhawa together with its Enforcement and Officer in Charge, Uruwalperuwa Sub Office, Mahara Pradeshiya Sabhawa (Defendants), the court addressed the issue arising from the petitioner’s previous application for a license regulated by the local authority. It was determined that the petitioner’s counsel would undertake to make a proper application for the license for the year 2013 to the 1st Respondent, and that the respondent’s counsel would consider it upon receipt. The writ application was thereby withdrawn. The application was accordingly dismissed, with no order as to costs. This determination reaffirmed that procedural withdrawals render the substantive matters academic, consiste