Ayagama Lekamlage Indika Wijelal Jayawardana Pahalawatta and others Vs. Mr. D.L.P.R. Abeyrathna and others – CA WRIT 154/2012-2012

In the case between Ayagama Lekamlage Indika Wijelal Jayawardana and Pradeep Chandimal Hapugodarachchi (Roshan Communication) (Petitioners) and Mr. D.L.P.R. Abeyrathna, Post Master General, with others (Respondents), the court addressed the validity and implementation of the recruitment scheme utilized in the 2010 limited competitive examination for the postmasters group B grade 1 (b) position. The determination was that challenges to the shift from a limited to an open competitive examination, premised on an unapproved recruitment scheme by the Public Service Commission, could not be sustained. It was reaffirmed that allocation of vacancies and examination frameworks constitute policy matters beyond the court’s jurisdiction. This holding was founded on principles restricting judicial revi