Rankoth Gedara Samarasinghe vs. Kundasale Co-operative Society Limited, W.M.P.K Weerasekara, and B.G. Chandrasena – CA PHC/214/2015-2015

In the case between Rankoth Gedara Samarasinghe (Appellant) and Kundasale Co-operative Society Limited (Menikhinne) and others (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the arbitrationally determined liability for shortages of goods attributed to the Appellant as storekeeper—together with the alleged procedural improprieties in the inquiry and subsequent administrative and judicial review processes—deprived the Appellant of procedural fairness or was otherwise unlawful. It was held that no illegality, irrationality, or procedural impropriety had been established in the impugned proceedings and that the processes had afforded the Appellant adequate opportunity to participate and present objections. The principle reaffirmed is that, absent demonstrable procedural injustice or l