Dingiri Bandara Aldeniya vs The Secretary, Administrative Appeals Tribunal – CA APPLICATION 504/2010-2013

In Dingiri Bandara Aldeniya v. The Secretary, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the court addressed the validity of disciplinary findings and penalties imposed on a former Deputy Director of Education by the Public Service Commission and upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The core issue concerned whether the Tribunal’s decision, which found the petitioner guilty of authorizing payments for in-service teacher training sessions that did not occur and imposed penalties on the petitioner’s pension entitlements, could be quashed by writs of Certiorari, Mandamus, and Prohibition. The court held that no legal grounds existed to disturb the Tribunal’s findings, reaffirming the principle that disciplinary authorities and appellate tribunals are entitled to rely on factual investigations