Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Mukthar vs. Justice N. E. Dissanayake et al. – CA WRT/0530/2019-2023

In the case between Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Mukthar (Plaintiff) and various state and administrative officers including the Chairman and members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Secretary of the Public Service Commission (Respondents), the court addressed the judicial reviewability of actions undertaken by administrative bodies, particularly under the restrictive provisions of Article 61A of the Constitution. The core legal issues included the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal to review and quash orders of administrative bodies, the applicability of res judicata and issue estoppel to repeated challenges by the petitioner, and the impact of alleged suppression or misrepresentation of material facts on the writ application. It was held that, while certain aspects of the challeng