IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of an application under Article 140 of the Constitution for mandates in the nature of writs of certiorari and prohibition

1. Dr. D.P. Sriyani Nanayakkara, Oval View Residencies, 223A24, Serpentine Road, Colombo 08 CA Writ Application: 473/2022

2. Dr. Kamani Dammika Jayalath, Base Hospital, Kiribathgoda.

3. Dr. Mallika Arachchi Chandradasa, No. 47/D, Horahena, Hokandara.

4. Dr. Peduru Arachchige Siripala, 282/7, Sriyakantha Waththa, Kelaniya.

5. Dr. Wathu Dura Asoka Kanthi Ganewatta, No. 572/E/1, Piliyandala Road, Errawwala, Pannipitiya.

6. Dr. D.M.S Samarakoon, 16, Mount Pleasant, Baseline Road, Colombo 9.

PETITIONERS Vs

1. Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Independence Square, Colombo 07.

2. Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Independence Square, Colombo 07.

3. Secretary, Minister of Health, SUWASIRIPAYA No. 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo 10.

4. Keheliya Rambukwella, Minister of Health, SUWASIRIPAYA No. 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo 10.

5. Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, No. 19, 1 Chaithya Road, Colombo 01.

6. Hon. Douglas Devananda, Minister of Fisheries, New Secretariat, Maligawatta, Colombo 10.

7. Hon. Achchige Don Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Education Ministry of Education, Isurupaya, Battaramulla.

8. Hon. Bandula Gunawardena, Minister of Transport and Highways, Minister of Mass Media, 7th Floor, Sethsiripaya Stage II, Battaramulla.

9. Hon. Amaraweera Mahinda, Minister of Agriculture Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation, No. 1090, Sri Jayawardenapura Mawatha, Rajagiriya.

10. Hon. Wijayadasa Rajapaksha, Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, Superior Courts Complex, Colombo 12.

11. Hon. Nalaka Jude Hareen Fernando, Minister of Tourism and Lands, 7^th Floor, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, Galle Road, Colombo 03.

12. Hon. Ramesh Pathirana, Minister of Plantation Industries Minister of Industries, 11th Floor, Sethsiripaya 2nd Stage, Battaramulla.

13. Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga, Minister of Urban Development and Housing, 17th and 18th Floors, "SUHURUPAYA"

Subhuthipura Road, Battaramulla.

14. Hon. M.U.M. Ali Sabry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Baron Jayathilake Mawatha, Colombo 01.

15. Hon. Vidura Wikramanayaka, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, 135 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 07.

16. Hon. Kanchana Wijesekera, Minister of Power and Energy, No. 437, Galle Road, Colombo 03.

17. Hon. Ahamed Zenulabdeen Naseer, Minister of Environment, Sobadam Piyasa, 416/C/1, Robert Gunawardana Mawatha, Battaramulla.

18.Hon. Anuruddha Ranasinghe Arachchige Roshan, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Minister of Irrigation, No.500, T. B. Jaya Mawatha, Colombo 10.

19.Hon. Maligaspe Koralege Nalin Manusha Nanayakkara, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, 6th Floor, Mehewara Piyasa, Narahenpita, Colombo 05.

20. Hon. Tiran Ailes, Minister of Public Security, 14^th Floor, Suhurupaya, Battaramulla.

21.Hon. Kachchakaduge Nalin Ruwanjiwa Fernando, Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security No 27, CWE Secretariat Building, Vauxhall Street, Colombo 02.

22. E. M. S. B Ekanayake, Secretary to the President, Presidential Secretariat, Galle Face, Colombo 01.

23. Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General's Department, Colombo 12.

24. Dr. Darshana Sirisena, President, Government Medical OfÏcers'

Association, 275, Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPASL, 75 Prof Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha, Colombo 7.

RESPONDENTS Before: N. Bandula Karunarathna J. (P/CA)

&

M. Ahsan R. Marikar J.

Counsel: Romesh de Silva, PC with Niran Anketell instructe