Batuwana Dewage Lionel Hemakumara vs Ruwan Gunasekara et al. – SC FR APPLICATION NO. 451/2016-2020

In the case between Batuwana Dewage Lionel Hemakumara (petitioner) and respondents including Ruwan Gunasekara, Ajith Rohana, Pujitha Jayasundara, members of the National Police Commission, and the Attorney General, the court addressed whether the petitioner’s fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution were violated by administrative actions taken during disciplinary proceedings and whether the petitioner, as a reservist, was entitled to back wages for a period of suspension. The court held that the petitioner’s application was time barred under Article 126(2) due to non-compliance with the mandatory one-month time limit. It was further determined that, as a reservist, the petitioner was not entitled to back wages for the suspension period. The holding reaffirmed the princip