Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Mukthar vs H.E.M.W.G. Dissanayake and Others – CA WRIT 212/2016-2016

In the case between Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Mukthar (General Secretary, Sri Lanka Educational Administrative Service Union, Eastern Province) and H.E.M.W.G. Dissanayake (Secretary, Provincial Public Service Commission, Eastern Provincial Council, Eastern Province) and others, the court addressed whether the Provincial Public Service Commission (Eastern Province) was the appropriate authority to advertise and manage applications for the post of Zonal Director of Education, given the procedure in the Service Minute and the Provincial Councils Act. It was held that the Provincial Public Service Commission was the lawful appointing authority under the delegations established by the Provincial Councils Act, and that the Service Minute could not override these statutory provisions. The petition was