Ediri Munige Kumari Sudharma Senarath vs National Water Supply and Drainage Board and Others – CA WRT/0299/2019-2019

In the case between Ediri Munige Kumari Sudharma Senarath (petitioner) and the National Water Supply and Drainage Board with its General Manager, D. U. Sumanasekera, and Additional General Manager Human Resources, G. K. Iddamalgoda (respondents), the court examined whether exclusion of the petitioner from the interview for the post of Chief Accountant was lawful in light of disciplinary action and a pending appeal. It was held that a pending appeal against disciplinary findings does not suspend enforcement of the imposed punishment, and the resultant exclusion from the interview process was found to be justified. Reliefs sought via writs of certiorari, mandamus, and prohibition under Article 140 of the Constitution were denied, reaffirming the principle that disciplinary sanctions remain o