N. A. Pulwansa Chandada et al. vs The Chairman et al. – 424/2014-2022

In the case between N. A. Pulwansa, Vijitha Pushpakumara, Upul Chandranath Weerasingha, K. T. Thabrew, R. C. Hettiarchchi, and others (employees of State Timber Corporation) and the Chairman and senior officers of State Timber Corporation, the court addressed the legality and procedural fairness of a promotion process for the post of Assistant Regional Manager. The dispute centered on whether the promotion decisions made by the respondents were ultra vires, arbitrary, malafide, or capricious, with particular focus on the alleged unfair allocation of marks in the evaluation scheme. It was determined that the promotion process, based on individually maintained and signed mark sheets and transparent evaluation criteria, did not reveal sufficient evidence of bias, malafides, or procedural irre