Edirisooriya and Others vs. National Salaries and Cadre Commission and Others – sllr 2011 volume 2 page 221

Brief
In the case between Edirisooriya and Others (petitioners, representing Technical Education Demonstrators and similarly situated public officers) and the National Salaries and Cadre Commission and Others (respondents, including relevant government entities), the court addressed whether the placement of petitioners in salary scale category MT-1-2006, as opposed to MT-2-2006, was wrongful, arbitrary, or ultra vires. The court determined that salary structuring decisions, made by the National Salaries and Cadre Commission and acted upon by the Cabinet, fall within the proper remit of government policy and are not open to judicial review unless clear illegality or ultra vires conduct is established. The holding reaffirmed the principle that prerogative writs are not issued as of right for