Mayadunne Corea J

The Petitioner in this Application, inter alia, sought the following reliefs:

“(b) Grant and issue a mandate in the nature of a writ of Mandamus directing the 1^st Respondent and/or his servants or their successors in office thereof, to forthwith register the Special Purpose vehicle bearing chassis numbers KDH201-0130862 & VW2E26-016295 as “DUAL PURPOSE VEHICLES subject to the only condition that MOBILE WORKSHOP FITTED which is the applicable registration procedure available at the time of importation of above vehicles to the country.

(c) Grant and issue a mandate in a writ of Mandamus compelling the 1^st Respondent to reply to the letter marked as P16(a) stating their position to refuse the registration of these vehicles as “DUAL PURPOSE VEHICLES” subject to the only condition that MOBILE WORKSHOP FITTED which was the applicable registration procedure available at the time of importation of above vehicles to the country.

(d) Grant and issue a mandate in a writ of Prohibition preventing the 1^st Respondent from registering the vehicles in question under the Department of Motor Traffic Number Series of “PZA” in terms of Gazette Notification No. 2224/24 dated 22^nd April 20