Rangana Prasad Weerasooriya v. Debt Conciliation Board – CA CASE NO. WRT-0174/20-2023

In the case between Rangana Prasad Weerasooriya (Petitioner) and the Debt Conciliation Board (Respondent) along with its members, the court considered the scope of the Board’s power to review its own orders under Section 54 of the Debt Conciliation Ordinance. The primary issue was whether the Board’s order declaring a deed as a mortgage, made after a preliminary inquiry, qualified as a reviewable order. The findings established that Section 54 confers review jurisdiction only in four specific cases — dismissal of an application, grant of a certificate, approval of a settlement, and orders prior to full payment of compounded debt. Since the order in question did not fit these categories, it was determined that no review was permissible and the petition was dismissed. This decision reaffirm