Puhulwella Hewage Kumaralal Gamini et al. v. Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation et al. – CA WRT/451/19-2023

In the case between officials and representatives of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (as Petitioners) and the Board members and appointees of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, including the 8th to 11th Respondents (as Respondents), the court addressed whether the letter marked “P21” issued by the Additional Secretary (Administration) of the Ministry of Mass Media constituted an appointment order that is amenable to writs of Certiorari and Mandamus. It was determined that “P21” is a letter recording non-objection rather than an appointment order, with the authority to appoint resting exclusively with the Board as provided by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act No. 6 of 1982. The findings established that grant of interim relief was unwarranted and that the court’s jurisdiction