Marasinhage Premasiri Vs. D.S.R Wanagura and others – CA WRIT 215/12-2012

In the case between Marasinhage Premasiri (Petitioner) and D.S.R. Wanagura, Deputy Inspector General, Welfare Division, Police Headquarters, Colombo 01, and others (Respondents), the court addressed whether the petitioner, who was interdicted from service in 1992 and reinstated in 1996 without back wages, was entitled to benefits for the period of interdiction and whether the decision in P9 dated 02.08.2008 should be quashed by writ of certiorari. It was determined that the petitioner challenged the denial of benefits after an undue delay of four years and failed to contest the non-payment of back wages upon reinstatement. The findings established that the period of interdiction was rightly treated as ‘no pay leave’ and that no prima facie case for judicial review was presented. Relief was