Thenkuttige Suneetha Hemamalee Bolder and others Vs. Home Lands Holding Private Limited and others – 53/2020-2021

In the case between Thenkuttige Suneetha Hemamalee Bolder and Sobaya Bungalow Private Limited (Petitioners) and Home Lands Holding Private Limited, Ceylon Electricity Board, and others (Respondents), the issue concerned the lawfulness and procedural propriety of decisions by public authorities permitting the installation of high voltage electricity lines near the Petitioners’ property without the use of plastic-covered cables. The court held that the Respondents acted within their administrative discretion by providing adequate reasons—namely, the economic and practical infeasibility of alternatives and lack of direct impact on residential property—thus dismissing the application for writs of Certiorari and Prohibition. The principle reaffirmed is that administrative authorities must furni