H.M. Janaka Ravindra Kalupahanga vs Naween Dissanayaka – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO. 418/16-2017

In the case between H.M. Janaka Ravindra Kalupahanga (Basnayake Nilame, Soraguna Kuda Kataragama Devalaya) and Naween Dissanayaka (Minister of Plantation Industries), the Land Reform Commission, and others, the court addressed the issue of whether the Land Reform Commission had failed to implement its decision to release land under the Buddhist Temporalities Act. It was held that the Commission had already instructed the release of the land, and the actual dispute lay between the petitioner and Agarapatana Plantation Limited. The application was found to lack merit and notice was refused. This decision reaffirmed the principle that judicial review is unwarranted when administrative action has already been duly performed, as supported by the available documentary evidence, emphasizing that