Lanksakara Kulathunga Mudiyanse Ralahamillage Mohan Anuruddha Bandara Alawala and others vs. The Inspector General of Police and others – SC FR. CASE NO. REF 219/15-2016

Brief
In the case between a group of police officers (Petitioners, including Special Task Force personnel) and the Inspector General of Police, the Commander of the Special Task Force, and related state authorities (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the Petitioners’ non-promotion to the rank of Inspector of Police violated Article 12(1) of the Constitution and whether their fundamental rights application was time-barred under Article 126(2). It was determined that the application was filed outside the constitutionally mandated one-month period following proceedings before the Human Rights Commission, with no satisfactory explanation for the delay. The application was dismissed on the basis that the preliminary objection regarding time limitation was upheld, reaffirming