N and A Engineering Services Private Limited vs People’s Bank – CA 603/2021-2024

In the case between N and A Engineering Services Private Limited, Y.N. Premasiri, and associated entities (petitioners) and People’s Bank, its Chairman, Directors, and officers (respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether writs of certiorari and mandamus could be issued to quash the respondents’ completed actions concerning the auction and sale of land. It was determined that the relief sought would be futile as the impugned resolution and subsequent transfers had already been completed. The holding reaffirmed the established principle that writs are discretionary remedies and should not be issued where enforcement is concluded or the outcome would be vexatious, futile, or unjust. This decision relied on established precedents such as Siddeek vs Jacolyn Seneviratne, P.S. Bus Co.