Liyanage and Others vs. Minister of Power and Renewable Energy and Others – sllr 2021 volume 2 page 443

In the case between Liyanage and Others (accountants and employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board) and the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy and Others, the court addressed the issue of whether the application alleging violation of fundamental rights due to a change in salary scales was time-barred under Article 126(2) of the Constitution. It was held that the application was not maintainable as it was filed outside the mandatory one-month period and that the alleged infringement did not amount to a continuing violation but resulted from a single impugned decision. This determination reinforced the principle that the consequences of a one-off administrative act do not constitute continuing infringement for constitutional limitation purposes. The decision relied on constitutional prov