Present: Drieberg J.

In the Matter of an Application for a Writ of quo warranto.

WIJEYRATNE v. OBEYESEKERE.

    Writ of quo warranto-Election of Village Committees-Notice of adjourned meeting-Legal defect-Motives of applicant-Village Communities Ordinance, No. 9 of 1924, s. 10 (2).

Where a meeting, which had been duly summoned for the election of a Village Committee under the Village Communities Ordinance, No. 9 of 1924, was adjourned by the presiding officer, who did not at the time of adjournment notify the time and place of the adjourned meeting as required by section 10 (2) of the Ordinance,-

Held, that the election could not be set aside on the ground of a legal defect, unless the Court was satisfied that the application was a bona fide one and was directed to relive a real grievance.

APPLICATION by way of quo warranto to set aside the election of a Committee for the village of Kosgoda held under the Village Communities Ordinance, No. 9 of 1924.

The application was made on the ground that the presiding officer in adjourning a previous meeting had not announced, as required by section 10 (2) of the Ordinance, the date of t