Athauda Arachchige Patrine Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe vs. Dr. Prathap Ramanujam – SC APPEAL NO 89/2024-2025

In the case between Athauda Arachchige Patrine Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe and Dr. Prathap Ramanujam together with members of the Public Service Commission (PSC), the court addressed whether actions challenging PSC decisions or the individual acts of its members are maintainable in light of Article 61A of the Constitution. It was determined that Article 61A operates as a constitutional ouster clause, precluding the jurisdiction of lower courts to review the decisions or orders of the PSC, and that only specified alternatives such as the Administrative Appeals Tribunal or fundamental rights jurisdiction are available for relief. The decision emphasized the principle that the constitutional bar extends to collective decisions of the PSC and prohibits direct actions against individual membe