Kuranage Jayasuriya Henry Perera vs Hon. Attorney General – CA 186/2015-2015

In the case between Kuranage Jayasuriya Henry Perera (Petitioner) and the Hon. Attorney General and others, including Her Excellency the former President (Respondents), the court addressed the issuance of a writ of certiorari seeking to quash a presidential land grant made to Anohamy, the nominee and successor of the original permit holder, Banda. The court held that the writ could not be granted due to the prolonged and unexplained delay of approximately 18 years from the time of the grant, and because the grantee, Anohamy, had already sought judicial remedy for possession of the land in the District Court. This upheld the principle that extraordinary remedies such as certiorari demand a prompt application and are unavailable where legal remedies have been pursued and administrative delay