Kalidasage Roshan Chaminda Wijewardhana v. Kurunegala Plantations Limited – SC FR. APPLICATION NO. 24/2013-2014

In the case between Kalidasage Roshan Chaminda Wijewardhana and Kurunegala Plantations Limited, S.K. Nillegoda (CEO of KPL), and the Attorney General, the court addressed whether the dispute regarding the refusal to extend a lease agreement for quarry operations constituted a matter of purely contractual nature or engaged executive and administrative action attracting constitutional scrutiny, specifically under Article 12(1) on equality. The findings established that, while ordinary contractual issues fall under common law remedies, actions taken by public entities may import constitutional duties, particularly the requirement of non-arbitrary action. It was determined that the conduct in question carried elements of administrative action, warranting review under constitutional guarantees