Gunasinghe v. Hon. Gamini Dissanayake, and Others – sllr 1994 volume 2 page 132

The case between Gunasinghe (Plaintiff) and Hon. Gamini Dissanayake and Others (Defendants) addressed the legality of land acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, specifically the conclusiveness of a declaration published under Section 5(2) and whether allegations of mala fides (bad faith) and political motivation were sufficiently established to warrant intervention by writ of certiorari. The holding established that publication under Section 5(2) is conclusive evidence of acquisition for a public purpose and immunizes ministerial policy decisions underlying such declaration from judicial review. This determination reaffirmed the principle that, under the statutory regime, only the procedural compliance is open to challenge, not the substantive policy determinations. The decision reli