Former Sri Lanka Cricket stalwart Nishantha Ranatunga has filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an interim injunction preventing Thilanga  Sumathipala running for SLC presidency again. 

Ranatunga has also requested the Court of appeal to prevent Sumathipala from functioning as the SLC President after 31 of this month.

The petitioner had named 27 parties, including Sumathipala, as defendants  in his petition. 

Ranatunga, the younger brother of Minister Arjuna Ranatunga, is a candidate at the Sri Lanka Cricket election this year.