M.A.D.A.K. Mallikarachchi vs Dr.P.V.N.P. Amarasinghe et al. – CA WRIT/474/2021-2023

In the case between M.A.D.A.K. Mallikarachchi (Plaintiff) and Dr. P.V.N.P. Amarasinghe, Dr. V.R. Gunasekara, Dr. W.D.C.U. Dias, S.H. Munasinghe, S.J.S. Chandragupta, Induka Mudumali, Dr. Ishani Kollure, and associated government officials (Defendants), the legality of the petitioner’s transfer from the Medical Research Institute (MRI) to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) was addressed. The court held that the transfer, executed without official release from the public service in accordance with statutory and procedural requirements, was invalid, and the disciplinary actions taken—including the issuance of charge letters and vacation of post—were lawful. The principle reaffirmed is that expectations or unilateral decisions by public officers do not substitute for statutory compliance whe