Jagath Ruwankumara Gajaweera vs. Hon. Chanima Wijebandara and Pallimulla Hewa Geeganage Sanja Nalini – CA WRIT/290/2022-2022

In the case between Jagath Ruwankumara Gajaweera (Petitioner) and Pallimulla Hewa Geeganage Sanja Nalini (Respondent) along with the Honourable Learned Magistrate Chanima Wijebandara, the court addressed the issue of whether mandates in the nature of writs of Certiorari and Mandamus should be granted in view of available statutory remedies. It was held that the petitioner’s application was invalid due to failure to comply with the timing and procedural requirements prescribed by the Supreme Court Rules and for not exhausting the appellate remedy provided by the Maintenance Act before approaching the court for judicial review. The principle reaffirmed was that judicial review is only available where statutory remedies have been exhausted or where there is clear evidence of miscarriage of ju