Sri Lanka, March 29 -- The National People's Power (NPP), the ruling party of Sri Lanka, filed three separate writ petitions challenging the rejection of their nomination papers submitted for the Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha, Medawachchiya Pradeshiya Sabha, and Damana Pradeshiya Sabha for the Local Authorities Election 2025.

NPP Secretary Dr. Nihal Abesinghe and several others filed these writ petitions, naming the relevant Returning Officers, District Election Officers, the Chairman and Members of the Election Commission and several others as respondents.

The petitioners are seeking an interim order restraining the relevant returning officers from conducting the Local Authorities Election 2025 for these three Pradeshiya Sabhas, scheduled...