Kavindra Dasanayake vs Lt. Gen. Jagath Jayasooriya et al. – CA 819/2010-2011

In the case between Kavindra Dasanayake, Captain, Sri Lanka Army (Petitioner) and Lt. Gen. Jagath Jayasooriya, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, with others (Respondents), the court addressed the lawfulness of the Captain Confirmation Board’s decision to discharge the Petitioner on disciplinary grounds and the eligibility for writs of Certiorari, Prohibition, and Mandamus. The core determination established that failure by an applicant to truthfully and fully disclose all material facts—specifically, prior disciplinary convictions—amounted to fatal nondisclosure, precluding discretionary relief by way of prerogative writs. This principle, reaffirmed by the court, relied on established jurisprudence requiring utmost good faith and transparency in applications for prerogative writs, clarifyin