Jayaweera v. Asst. Commissioner of Agrarian Services Ratnapura and Another – sllr 1996 volume 2 page 070

The case between Jayaweera (Plaintiff) and the Assistant Commissioner of Agrarian Services, Ratnapura and another (Defendants), addressed the issue of whether the petitioner was entitled to relief by way of quashing a notice of eviction issued under the Agrarian Services Act No. 58 of 1979. It was held that the application for a writ of certiorari was not sustainable due to the petitioner’s failure to provide essential evidentiary support, including certified copies of the proceedings, and because significant delay in filing further undermined the claim. The findings reaffirmed the principle that there is a presumption in favor of the regularity of judicial and quasi-judicial acts, citing both local and English precedents, and concluded that a self-serving affidavit at the appellate stage