Ratnayake vs. Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Others – sllr 2013 volume 1 page 331

In RATNAYAKE VS. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS, the petitioner challenged the dismissal of an appeal concerning a decision by the Public Service Commission before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and the subsequent proceedings in the Court of Appeal. The principal legal issue was whether the Court of Appeal retained jurisdiction to consider applications for special leave to appeal decisions of the AAT and actions of the PSC, given the purported ouster under Article 61A of the Constitution and related statutory provisions. The court determined that Article 61A and Section 8(2) of the AAT Act No. 4 of 2002, read with Section 22 of the Interpretation Ordinance, did not bar the Court of Appeal’s jurisdiction in such matters. As a result, the preliminary objection to juris