Palipana Walawwe Udaya Bandara et al. v. K.N. Yapa et al. – SC FR APPLICATION NO. 276/2016-2019

Brief
In the case between Palipana Walawwe Udaya Bandara, Kuruppu Arachchilage Champa Nalinie Senevirathne (and others) and the Director General, Department of National Botanical Gardens, and related government officials, the court addressed the issue of whether petitioners, initially appointed under the Graduate Development Programme and absorbed into the Department of National Botanical Gardens, were entitled to an increased quota (from 30% to 90%) for closed category recruitment into the Sri Lanka Scientific Service, and whether their Fundamental Rights Application was barred by Article 126(2) of the Constitution due to the one‑month time limit. It was held that the application was out of time, and the preliminary objection was upheld, leading to dismissal of the petition with costs. Th