Giridage Sirisena vs Society Co-operative Registrar and Commissioner of Co-operative Development – CA PHC 28/2018-2024

In the case between Giridage Sirisena, W. Nishantha Weragala, Hewa Kankanamalge Nihal Perera and others (Appellants), and the Commissioner of Co-operative Development and related parties (Respondents), the court addressed the challenge to the Provincial High Court of Kegalle’s refusal to grant a writ of certiorari against an arbitrator’s decision relating to financial loss from defective printing machines purchased by the Ruwanwella Cooperative Society. It was held that the Appellants failed to demonstrate any error of law, manifest unreasonableness, or breach of natural justice justifying the setting aside of the High Court and arbitrator’s determinations. The decision reaffirmed the principle that judicial review through certiorari is limited to cases of patent unreasonableness, excess o