Hettiarachchige Sunil, Police Sergeant 15724 and 12 others vs Kodagoda Vithanage Nelson Wijetilake, Chief Inspector of Police, Kelaniya Police Division and 552 others – 204/2020-2022

In the case between Hettiarachchige Sunil (Police Sergeant 15724, Police Station, Deyandara) and others (Petitioners) and Kodagoda Vithanage Nelson Wijetilake (Chief Inspector of Police, Kelaniya Police Division), the Inspector General of Police, the Attorney General, and others (Respondents), the court addressed the maintainability of a writ application for Mandamus concerning police promotions and the procedural propriety of an amended Petition. It was held that the application did not fall within the constitutional bar under Article 61A since the relief sought related to the fair application of criteria rather than the challenge of a decision. The court further determined that the amendments to the Petition were clarificatory in nature and caused no prejudice to the Respondents, thus al