Ven. K. Wacheeswara Thero and others vs. The Public Service Commission and others – CA WRIT/45/2019-2023

In the case between 52 Petitioners (members of the Sri Lanka Teacher Educators’ Service, including M. S. Saliya and others) and the Public Service Commission (PSC), the Education Service Committee, and certain public officers, the court addressed whether a writ of Mandamus could be issued to compel the PSC to grant promotions when some respondents had ceased to hold office, and whether official designation rather than individual naming of respondents was proper. The court held that, while substitution of respondents by official designation is permissible under Rule 5 of the Court of Appeal (Appellate Procedure) Rules 1990, the application must be dismissed because Article 61A of the Constitution bars the review of PSC decisions, thereby precluding grant of the relief sought. This holding r