Kavindra Kumara Bodhipakse vs National Police Commission et al. – CA WRIT 0492/2019-2022

In the case between Kavindra Kumara Bodhipakse and the National Police Commission, its Chairman and Members, the Public Service Commission, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and related officials, the court addressed whether the decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), which upheld the Petitioner’s dismissal from police service for misconduct, should be quashed by a writ of certiorari. It was held that the AAT’s decision was lawful, based on sufficient admissible evidence, and in accordance with the principles of natural justice, reaffirming the principle that quasi-judicial decisions must be founded on material evidence even if not bound by strict rules of evidence. This determination relied on the Establishments Code and relevant case law, emphasizing that judicial inter