Anagipura Ashoka Sepala vs Hon. Lalith U. Gamage and Others – CA PHC APN NO: 135/2020-2020

In the case between Anagipura Ashoka Sepala, Chairman of the Talawakelle–Lindula Urban Council, and Hon. Lalith U. Gamage, Governor of the Central Province, along with other respondents, the court addressed whether the Governor’s suspension of the Council Chairman under Section 184 of the Urban Councils Ordinance was lawful and whether the Court of Appeal should revise the High Court’s refusal of interim relief against that suspension. It was held that there was no legal basis to interfere with the High Court’s decision declining interim relief, and no exceptional circumstances were demonstrated to justify revision. The decision reaffirmed that the grant of interim relief is governed by established principles requiring a prima facie case, balance of convenience, and irreparable harm, and t