IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Captain M.B.A. Dissanayake, No. 126/5A, Old Puttalam Road, Tisa Wewa, Anuradhapura.

Petitioner SC APPEAL NO: SC/APPEAL/15/2021 SC LA NO: SC/SPL/LA/147/2019 CA APPLICATION NO: CA/WRIT/299/2013 Vs.

1. General Jagath Jayasooriya, Chief of Defence Staff, Block 05, BMICH, Colombo 07.

2. Lieutenant General R.M.D. Ratnayake, Army Headquarters, Colombo 03.

3. Brigadier D.D.U.K. Hettiarachchi, Army Headquarters, Colombo 03.

4. Colonel S.S. Waduge, Army Headquarters, Colombo 03.

5. Colonel H.G.P.M. Kariyawasam, Office of Chief of Defence Staff, Block 05, BMICH, Colombo 07. Respondents AND NOW BETWEEN Captain M.B.A. Dissanayake, No. 126/5A, Old Puttalam Road, Tisa Wewa, Anuradhapura.

Petitioner-Appellant Vs.

1. General Jagath Jayasooriya, Chief of Defence Staff, Block 05, BMICH, Colombo 07.

2. Lieutenant General R.M.D. Ratnayake, Army Headquarters, Colombo 03.

3. Brigadier D.D.U.K. Hettiarachchi, Army Headquarters, Colombo 03.

4. Colonel S.S. Waduge, Army Headquarters, Colombo 03.

5. Colonel H.G.P.M. Kariyawasam, Office of Chief of Defence Staff, Block 05, BMICH, Colombo 07.

Respondent-Respondents Before: Buwaneka Aluwihare, P.C., J.

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