M.A. Maithri Mahendran and others Vs. Inspector General of Police and others – CA WRT 0083/24-2025

This case involves an application by Community Coordinating Officers, who are graduates recruited under a 2005 scheme, seeking writs of certiorari and mandamus. The petitioners requested the quashing of decisions by the National Pay Commission and the Department of Management Services that rejected a recommendation by the Inspector General of Police to absorb them into the Police Reserve. They also sought to compel their recognition and assignment of rank within the Police Reserve. The Court, delivered by K. M. G. H. Kulatunga, J., dismissed the application. The key legal issues revolved around whether the Police Reserve is still active, whether the petitioners had a legitimate expectation to be absorbed into a non-existent post, and the impact of the petitioners’ unexplained delay in fili