G. Kumarage vs National Salaries and Cadres Commission – CA 263/07-2013

In the case between G. Kumarage (Petitioner/Chief Translator (Sinhala), Legal Draftsman’s Department) and the National Salaries and Cadres Commission and others (Respondents), the court addressed whether the Chief Translator (Sinhala) was entitled to be placed on the same executive salary scale as positions such as the Deputy Registrar of the Court of Appeal, pursuant to relevant public administration circulars and restructuring schemes. The court held that the Petitioner was not entitled to such a placement and refused to issue a Writ of Certiorari to quash the salary code assigned to the post. The principle established was that administrative structuring of public service salary scales, including differentiation between executive and field/office-based posts, is justified where substanti