The Court of Appeal yesterday fixed for today (10) to support a writ petition filed by five members of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).
They sought a writ of Mandamus order directing the Returning Officer appointed to the Maharagama Urban Council to accept the nomination paper delivered to the Election Officer by the the SLPP for the Maharagama Urban Council.
The Court Appeal bench comprised Justice L.T.B. Dehideniya and Justice Shiran Gunaratne.
The nomination paper delivered by the SLPP had been rejected on the ground that such nomination paper did not contain the total number of women candidates in terms of subsection (2A) of section 28 of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance.
Five petitioners who nominated themselves as candidates for election for the constituting wards of the electoral area of the Maharagama Urban Council also seeking an Interim Order restraining the Election Commission from taking further steps under the provisions of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance to proceed with holding the election to the Maharagama Urban Council.
This petition was filed through senior counsel Kanishka Vitharana and counsel H.M.Tillekaratne.
The petitioners Nishantha Wimalachandra, Savithri Gunasekera, Angoda Liyanage Pradeep Chaminda, Wanniarachchige Don Amarapala and Inoka Anuradha Ranaweera had cited Damayanthi Wanigasinghe, Assistant Commissioner of Elections (Colombo District), SLFP General Secretary Dumminda Dissanayake, UNP General Secretary Kabir Hasheem and JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva as respondents.
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