Wijewardana v. Director of Local Government and Others – sllr 2004 volume 1 page 179

In the case between Wijewardana (the petitioner, Grade I clerk, Local Government Service) and the Director of Local Government and others (including the Provincial Commissioner of Local Government, Southern Province), the court addressed whether a Provincial Commissioner of Local Government could lawfully exercise disciplinary control delegated by the Local Government Service Commission (LGSC), focusing on the validity of the petitioner’s interdiction and charge sheet amid constitutional and statutory changes. It was held that delegation of disciplinary powers under section 9(1) of the Local Government Service (Amendment) Act, No. 10 of 1985, extended to the Provincial Commissioner, with such powers retrospectively operative from 30/5/1989 pursuant to the Provincial Councils (Consequential