Kasudeen Mohomed Nihar vs Anuradha Yahampath et al. – CA WRIT/12/2022-2022

In the case between Kasudeen Mohomed Nihar (Petitioner/Chairman, Kinniya Pradeshiya Sabha) and Anuradha Yahampath (Governor–Eastern Province) along with other provincial officials, the court addressed whether the Chairman was lawfully deemed to have resigned after failing to secure passage of the annual budget for 2022 as mandated by the Pradeshiya Sabhas Act No. 15 of 1987. It was determined that the procedural requirements for the budget—specifically, the need for a majority to approve the budget at either the initial or a subsequent meeting—were observed. Upon defeat of the budget at the second submission, the statutory framework compelled the conclusion that the Chairman was automatically deemed to have resigned. The court relied on sections 168 and 169 of the Pradeshiya Sabhas Act and