The vehicle, Gal Oya Plantations, is a 51 percent government owned joint venture with Lanka Orix Leasing Company and Brown & Company, both listed firms.
Sooriyaarachchi listed 20 persons including Treasury Secretary P B Jayasundera, the brother of Sri Lanka's president and his senor advisor Basil Rajapakse, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal who was attached to the planning ministry at one time, former chairman of the privatization commission W M Bandusena and other officials as respondents in his fundamental rights petition.
He alleged that the transfer of assets was outside the proper tender procedure.
Sooriyaarachchi said originally four firms, Da