Kalawila Pathirage Janaka Chandana vs Commissioner General of Examinations – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO :- 1/2008-2014

In the case between Kalawila Pathirage Janaka Chandana (petitioner) and the Commissioner General of Examinations, Department of Examinations, Pelawatta, Battaramulla (respondent), along with several added respondents, the court addressed whether a writ of Mandamus could be issued against the “Commissioner General of Examinations” concerning an alleged leaked examination paper, when that office is not recognized as a legal or natural person under the relevant statute. It was determined that the application for a writ could not proceed on the basis that the respondent office lacks separate legal personality. The principle reaffirmed is that public law remedies such as mandamus are only available against natural or legal persons. The decision was grounded on statutory interpretation and relev