Yakupitiya Kuruppu Arachchige Rohanajith vs. Justice N. E. Dissanayake et al. – WRT-0136/20-2023

In the case between Yakupitiya Kuruppu Arachchige Rohanajith (petitioner) and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Public Service Commission, the Secretary of the Public Service Commission, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Relations (respondents), the issue concerned the entitlement to overseas service allowances at Ambassadorial rank from a backdated Grade-I promotion (28.03.2012) rather than the formal Ambassador appointment date (01.03.2014). The holding established that entitlement to Ambassadorial allowances arises only upon formal appointment to the Ambassadorial rank, and not merely from earlier promotions or recommendations. Jurisdictional analysis under Article 61A of the Constitution determined that Public Service Commission decisions were outside the scope of jud