Egoda Weerasekarage Thilak Pushpakumara vs Nanda Mallawarachchi, Former Secretary, Ministry of Law and Order – SC FRA 47/2014-2025

In Egoda Weerasekarage Thilak Pushpakumara vs Nanda Mallawarachchi, decided by the Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on an unspecified date, the issue of promotion eligibility under the police service recruitment schemes was addressed. The Petitioners, previously absorbed into the Regular Force as Sub-Inspectors under a 1998 scheme that required acceptance of a lower rank, sought recognition of past Reserve Force service for promotion to Chief Inspector of Police.

It was determined that the past service, having already been considered during promotion to Inspector, was not eligible to be added for subsequent promotion, and that the administrative scheme distinguishing those absorbed at different times was to be maintained to preserve procedural uniformity an