Dayaratne, v. Rajitha Senaratne, Minister Of Lands And Others – sllr 2006 volume 1 page 007

In the case between Dayaratne (Plaintiff) and Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Lands, and Others (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether a Section 2 Notice under the Land Acquisition Act—issued for preliminary investigations regarding land acquisition—is subject to judicial review by way of certiorari or mandamus. It was determined that such a notice is investigatory in nature, not a final determination affecting legal rights, and thus not amenable to judicial review at this stage. The decision reaffirmed that ministerial acts undertaken for fact-finding under the Land Acquisition Act do not constitute decisions subject to review, drawing on relevant statutes, procedural rules such as Court of Appeal (Appellate Procedure) Rules 1988, and precedents. This outcome reinforced the