K.W.Karunaratne vs The Secretary, Administrative Appeals Tribunal – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO: 271/2010-2012

The case between K.W. Karunaratne (Provincial Surveyor General, Provincial Survey Office, Trincomalee) and others (Petitioners) and the Secretary, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and others (Respondents) addressed the issue of whether the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s directive—requiring the Public Service Commission/Secretary of the Ministry of Land and Land Development to promote the 7th Respondent and amend the seniority list—was lawful. The court held that the Tribunal’s order was in accordance with the 2006 Service Minutes, which positioned absorption and seniority on the previous substantive post and abolished the separate classification for supernumerary posts. This reaffirmed the principle that revisions to service structure and seniority must be governed by the current regula