Julian v. Sirisena Cooray, Minister of National Housing and Construction and Others – sllr 1993 volume 1 page 238

In the case between the tenant-appellant (purchaser-applicant, long-term tenant since 1958) and the respondents including Sirisena Cooray (Minister of National Housing and Construction), the Commissioner for National Housing, and others, the Supreme Court addressed the legality of rejecting the appellant’s application to purchase premises at No. 54, Cripps Road, Galle. The principal issue concerned whether the failure of the 2nd respondent (Commissioner for National Housing) to communicate his decision against vesting the property invalidated later administrative rejections and affected the appellant’s statutory rights. It was held that this procedural failure vitiated the subsequent decisions, particularly that of the 1st respondent, and that proper communication of decisions under the Ce