T.R.B. Mallawarachchi vs Southern Provincial Development Authority and others – CA WRT/395/19-2024

In the case between T.R.B. Mallawarachchi (Petitioner – former Director General of the Southern Provincial Development Authority) and the Southern Provincial Development Authority and certain of its officers, the court addressed the issue of whether the Governor possessed constitutional and statutory authority to interdict the Petitioner and initiate disciplinary proceedings under Articles 154C and 154F of the Constitution during the dissolution of the Provincial Council and in the absence of a functioning Board of Management. It was held that the application by the Petitioner was dismissed without costs, as the substantive constitutional question regarding the Governor’s authority required referral to the Supreme Court under Article 125, which retains exclusive jurisdiction for constituti