Gannoruwe Gamini Sirisena and Parakrama Hetti Gamage vs Director-General of Establishment – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO.248/08-2013

In the case between Gannoruwe Gamini Sirisena, Parakrama Hetti Gamage, and others (plaintiffs) and the Director-General of Establishment, Ministry of Public Administration, Secretary, Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development, and others (defendants), the Court addressed whether a writ of mandamus could compel the implementation of the Human Rights Commission’s recommendation to backdate the plaintiffs’ absorption as Livestock Development Technicians to 01-05-1977. It was held that there exists no enforceable legal right for the plaintiffs to have the recommendation implemented through judicial writ in these circumstances, reaffirming the principle that recommendations of the Human Rights Commission do not, by themselves, create rights enforceable by writ without relevant statu