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SAMARAKOON, C. J., SAMERAWICKRAME, J. AND SHARVANANDA, J.
S.C. APPEAL 10 OF 1980-C.A. APPLICATION 1539/79.
FEBRUARY 9 AND 10, 1981.
Ordinance can be a public body-Whether decision of such a body amenable to certiorari.
application. The petitioner appealed to the Supreme Court.
the requisite characteristics of a Public body so as to make it amenable to the writ.
cannot be reviewed by a superior court by way of writ and the petitioner's application must therefore fail.
(1) R. v. Fulham Rent Tribunal, 1951 (1) All E. R. 482.
(3) R. v. Criminal Injuries Commission ex P. Lain, (1967) 2 AllE.R. 770(1967) 2 Q.B. 864(1967) 3 W.L.R, 348.
(4) R. v. Electricity Commissioners, (1924) 1 K.B. 171130 L.T. 16493 L.J.K.B.390.
(5) Ridge v. Baldwin, (1963) 2 All E. R. 66(1963) 1 Q. B. 539(1963) 2 W. L. R. 935(1964) A. C. 40.
(6) Saloman v. Saloman & Co., (1897) A. C. 22(1895-9) A// E. R. Rep. 3375 L. T. 42613 T.L.R. 46.
(7) Macaura v. Northern Assurance Co., (1925) A.C. 619(1925) All E.R. Rep. 51.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Appeal.
H. L. de Silva, with E. D. Wickramanayake and D. S. Wijesinghe, for the petitioner-appellant.
K. N. Choksy, with Ronald Perera, for the respondent-respondent.
sale and export of batiks, handlooms and other textiles and was also engaged in the business of tailoring garments.
company was established is to carry on hotel business and other business connected therewith.
declining to grant the tenancy of its shop to the petitioner, it was not deciding on the legal rights of the petitioner.
Court to see that inferior Courts confine themselves to their own limited sphere".
subjects who may have to submit to their jurisdiction".
as general remedies for the control of administrative decisions affecting rights.
and having the duty to act judicially, acts in excess of their legal authority".
This definition has been authoritatively interpreted and applied by the House of LordsintheleadingcaseofRidgev.
and 778 clarified the present scope of the remedy.
where there was no is in the strict sense of the word, but where immediate or subsequent rights ofcitizenswereaffected.
character, has to determine matters affecting subjects, provided always that it has a duty to act judicially."
The Board are clearly therefore performing public duties."
public and not merely of a private nature.
Establishment, which was a Government Corporation incorporated by Statute.
a public body". In my view, this conclusion is not tenable in law.
The fundamental attribute of an incorporated company is that the company is a legal entity distinctfromitsshareholders.
members are regarded as a body incorporate or a corporation aggregate when the new person begins to functionasanentity.
any shape or form, except to the extent and in the manner provided by the Companies Act."
company is not the alias, agent, trustee or nominee of its members.
ordinary framework of the Central or Local Government.
the company is the property of the State, or the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment.
tenants or licencees of its premises.
its business, can be reviewed by this Court by way of writ.
necessary to examine the other objections raised by Mr. Choksy.

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