Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Chandrika Priyadarshani Vs. Gowindasamy Siwakumara – CA PHC 38/18-2022

In the case between Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Chandrika Priyadarshani, representing the Plantation Management Monitoring Division, Ministry of Plantation Industries (Applicant-Respondent-Respondent), and Gowindasamy Siwakumara (Respondent-Petitioner-Appellant), the court addressed the issue of whether Provincial High Courts possess jurisdiction to entertain revision applications regarding State lands under Article 154P(3)(b) of the Constitution, in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Superintendent, Stafford Estate and Others v. Solaimuthu Rasu. It was held that the limitation imposed by Solaimuthu Rasu is confined to writ jurisdiction under Article 154P(4) and does not restrict the appellate or revisionary jurisdiction under Article 154P(3)(b), thus confirming that the Provincial High