Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Chnadrika vs. Joseph George Christy – CA PHC NO: 38/2014-2022

In the case between Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Chandrika Priyadarshani, Competent Authority, Ministry of Plantation Industries (Applicant–Respondent–Respondent) and Joseph George Christy (Respondent–Petitioner–Appellant), the court addressed the issue of whether the Provincial High Court of Nuwara Eliya possessed jurisdiction to entertain and determine revision applications concerning state land matters. It was held that the Provincial High Courts retain revisionary jurisdiction under Article 138 and Article 154P(3)(b) of the Constitution in state land matters, notwithstanding the prohibition against issuing writs under Article 154P(4). This holding reaffirmed the principle that the exclusion of writ jurisdiction does not curtail the High Court’s power to exercise revisionary authority in suc