IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of a Rule issued in terms of Section 42(2) of the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978, as amended, on E. A. Vajira Dissanayake, Attorney-at-

Law.

SC Rule No: 02/2021 Ashanthi Weerakoon, No. 262, Kotte Road, Nugegoda.

COMPLAINANT Vs.

E. A. Vajira Dissanayake, No. 181, Kajugahawatta, Gothatuwa New Town, Angoda RESPONDENT Before: Jayantha Jayasuriya, CJ P. Padman Surasena, J Arjuna Obeyesekere, J Counsel: Shiral Lakthilaka for the Respondent Maheshika Silva, Deputy Solicitor General for the Attorney General Rohan Sahabandu, PC for the Bar Association of Sri Lanka Inquiry on: 4^th April 2023, 18^th January 2024, 29^th February 2024, 30^th April, 2024, 24^th July 2024 and 1^st August 2024 Decided on: 26^th November 2024 Obeyesekere, J The Respondent was admitted and enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court on 10^th July 1993.

By way of a written complaint dated 23^rd April 2012, Ashanthi Weerakoon [the Complainant] informed the Hon. Chief Justice as follows:

(a) She had signed as a guarantor to a loan taken by Udaya Nilantha De Silva [the Borrower] to purchase a motor vehicle;

(b) Due to the non-payment of the mon