Ediriweera Jayasooriya Arukattu Patabedige Iyan Samudra Ediriweera vs. Jebaraj Krishnamoorthy – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO: 165/2019-2021

In the case between Ediriweera Jayasooriya Arukattu Patabedige Iyan Samudra Ediriweera (Petitioner) and Jebaraj Krishnamoorthy, Food Commissioner, Food Commissioner’s Department (Respondent), the court addressed the validity of a quit notice issued under the Government Quarters (Recovery of Possession) Act, the availability of a Writ of Certiorari to quash the notice, and whether the dispute was subject to public law judicial review or should be resolved through contractual remedies. It was held that the quit notice was valid, and the Petitioner—whose lease had expired without renewal and who had changed employers—had no continuing statutory or contractual right to remain. The court reaffirmed that disputes arising from expired government leases are not generally amenable to review by Writ