IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Hewa Kulasuriyage Anura Nimal, Inspector of Excise, Excise Office, Mahawa. Petitioner SC/FR/402/2013 Vs.

Commissioner General of Excise, Sri Lanka Excise Department, No. 28, Staple Street, Colombo 2.

1st Respondent Chairman and Members of the Public Service Commission, No. 177, Nawala Road, Narahenpita.

2nd-10th Respondents Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12.

11th Respondent Before: Hon. Justice P. Padman Surasena Hon. Justice Mahinda Samayawardhena Hon. Justice K. Priyantha Fernando Counsel: Manohara De Silva, P.C. with Sasiri Chandrasiri for the Petitioner.

Yuresha De Silva, D.S.G. for the Respondents.

Argued on: 01.07.2024 Decided on: 09.10.2024 Samayawardhena, J.

The petitioner filed this fundamental rights application against the 1st respondent, the Commissioner General of Excise, and the 2nd to the 10th respondents, the Chairman and the Members of the Public Service Commission, seeking a declaration that his fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 12(1) of the Constitution have been violated by the decision contained in the document marked P22.

According to P5, the petitioner was promo