Litro Gas Lanka Limited vs. W.K.S. Karunarathne – CA RTI/REV/08/2022-2024

In the case between Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Litro Gas Terminal Lanka (Private) Limited (Respondent–Petitioners) and Mr. W.K. Sudarshan Karunarathne (Appellant–Respondent), the court addressed whether the petitioners qualified as “public authorities” under the Right to Information Act and whether disclosure of salaries and allowances of top management constituted permissible release of “personal information” in the public interest. It was held that the companies met the criteria for “public authorities” under section 43(e) of the RTI Act due to the controlling state interest established through financial and governance structures. It was further determined that while salaries and allowances are personal information, the overriding public interest in transparency justified disclosure. Th