Samarapala Angoda Liyanage vs J.J. Rathnasiri et al. – CNWRIT/30/2014-2014

In the case between Samarapala Angoda Liyanage and others (Petitioners) and J.J. Rathnasiri (Divisional Secretary/Government Agent) and others (Respondents), the court addressed the validity of the appointment of the 7th Respondent as Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the respective divisions. The Petitioners sought to quash the appointment by writ of Certiorari and requested a writ of Mandamus compelling the appointment of one among them, additionally contesting the legality of the process due to the omission of the 7th Respondent’s name from a public notice. The court held that the omission was a correctable procedural irregularity and determined that the core issues raised had been conclusively settled in a prior Supreme Court proceeding, applying the doctrine of res judica