Weragama v. Eksath Lanka Wathu Kamkaru Samithiya and Others – sllr 1994 volume 1 page 293

In the case between Weragama (Plaintiff) and Eksath Lanka Wathu Kamkaru Samithiya and Others (Defendants), the court addressed whether the High Court of a Province holds jurisdiction to issue writs of Certiorari and Mandamus against the President of a Labour Tribunal under Article 154P of the Constitution and pertinent legislation. It was held that the High Court lacks such writ jurisdiction, as neither constitutional provisions nor legislation—including the Thirteenth Amendment—confer authority for the issuance of writs against Labour Tribunal Presidents. Precedential case law and the legislative framework were analyzed, with emphasis placed on the absence of jurisdictional grant via parliamentary or statutory enactment. The impugned High Court order was set aside, and the appeal was allo