Kumari Nirmali Corea and Shanthi Lilani Corea Dharmaratne v. Ceylon Electricity Board et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO.31/20 17-2017

In the case between Kumari Nirmali Corea and Shanthi Lilani Corea Dharmaratne (petitioners) and the Ceylon Electricity Board and others (respondents), the court addressed the lawfulness of the respondents’ actions in constructing new electricity transmission towers and drawing way leave over the petitioners’ land, focusing on procedural compliance and available remedies post-construction. It was held that the respondents had adhered to required notice and statutory procedure under the Electricity Act, and given the completion of construction, the court found that no effective relief could be granted to the petitioners. The principle reaffirmed is that when statutory procedure is followed and works are already complete, equitable or injunctive relief may not be extended. The decision was ba