The First Members,
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Hon. Sir John Curtois Howard |
K.C., Chief Justice |
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Hon. Edwin Arthur Lewis Wijeyewardene |
K.C., Puisne Justice |
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Hon. Chellappah Nagalingam |
K.C.. Puisne Justice |
Col. E. Mervyn Joseph, a Class I Grade I officer of Ceylon Judicial Service was appointed as the first secretary of the Judicial Service Commission on 23rd October, 1947.
The inaugural meeting
According to the records available at the Office of the Judicial Service Commission, the inaugural meeting was held in the Chief Justice's Chambers on Tuesday, 25th November, 1947.
Changes made in 1972
The Judicial Service Commission so established continued until 1972 whenl it was replaced by the Judicial Advisory Board under the provisions of the Administration of Justice Law.
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Hon. Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington |
1802 |
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Hon.Edmund Henry Lushington |
1807 |
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Hon. Sir Alexander Johnston |
1811 |
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Hon. Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard |
1820 |
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Hon. Sir Richard Ottley |
1827 |
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Hon. Sir Charles Marshall |
1833 |
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Hon. Sir William Norris |
1836 |
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Hon. Sir Anthony Oliphant |
1838 |
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Hon. Sir William Ogle Carr |
1854 |
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Hon. Sir William Carpenter Rowe |
1857 |
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Hon. Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy |
1860 |
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Hon. Sir William Hackett |
1877 |
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Hon. Sir John Budd Phear |
1877 |
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Hon. Sir Richard Cayley |
1879 |
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Hon. Jacobus Petrus de Wet |
1882 |
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Hon. Sir Bruce Lockhart Burnside |
1883 |
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The Rt.Hon. Sir John Winfield Bonser |
1893 |
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Hon. Sir Charles Peter Layard |
1902 |
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Hon. Sir Joseph Turner Hutchinson |
1906 |
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Hon. Sir Alfred George Lascelles |
1911 |
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Hon. Sir Alexander Wood Renton |
1914 |
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Hon. Sir Thomas Anton Bertram |
1918 |
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Hon. Sir Charles Ernest St.John Branch |
1926 |
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Hon. Sir Stanley Fisher |
1926 |
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Hon. Sir Phillip James Macdonell |
1931 |
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Hon. Sir Sydney Solomon Abrahams |
1936 |
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Hon. Sir John Curtois Howard |
1939 |
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Hon. Sir Edwin Arthur Lewis Wijeyewardene |
1949 |
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Hon. Sir Edward George Perera Jayetileke |
1950 |
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Hon. Sir Allan Edward Percival Rose |
1952 |
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Hon. Hema Henry Basnayake |
1956 |
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Hon. Miliani Claude Sansoni |
1964 |
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Hon. Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando |
1966 |
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Hon. Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva |
1973 |
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Hon. Victor Tennekoon |
1974 |
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Hon. Neville Dunbar Mirahawatte Samarakoon |
1979 |
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Hon. Suppiah Sharvananda |
1984 |
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Hon. Parinda Ranasinghe |
1988 |
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Hon. H.D.Thambaia |
1991 |
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Hon. G.P.S. de Silva |
1991 |
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Hon. Sarath N Silva |
1996 |
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Hon. J.A.N. de Silva |
2009 |
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Hon. Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake |
2011 |
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Hon. Mohan Peiris |
2013 |
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Hon. K.Sripavan |
2015 |
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Hon. W.P.G Dep |
2017 |
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Hon. H.N.J. Perera |
2018 |
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Hon. J.C.Jayasuriya
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2019 |
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Name |
From |
To |
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Mr.E.M.C.Joseph
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23.10.1947
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23.06.1948 |
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Mr.K.D.De Silva |
24.06.1948 |
30.09.1949 |
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Mr.T.P.P.Goonethilake |
01.10.1949 |
31.05.1953 |
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Mr.Y.Manicavasagar |
01.06.1953 |
01.05.1955 |
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Mr.D.E.Wijeyewardene |
02.05.1955 |
02.06.1958 |
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Mr.S.R.Wijeyatilake |
03.06.1958 |
07.03.1962 |
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Mr.N.A.De S.Wijesekera |
08.03.1962 |
05.05.1964 |
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Mr.N.Edirisinghe |
06.05.1964 |
02.03.1965 |
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Mr.C.E.Jayawardene |
03.03.1965 |
28.09.1966 |
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Mr.D.Wimalarathne |
29.09.1966 |
13.03.1967 |
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Mr.S.Amarasinghe |
14.03.1967 |
31.03.1971 |
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Mr.L.Samaratunga |
01.04.1971 |
21.05.1972 |
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Name |
From |
To |
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Mr.L.Samarathunga
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22.05.1972 |
31.03.1974 |
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Mr.D.G.Jayalath |
01.04.1974 |
06.05.1977 |
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Mr.D.S.D.P.R.Senanayake |
07.05.1977
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06.09.1978 |
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Name |
From |
To |
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Mr. A.S.Wijethunga |
02.10.1978
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04.06.1986 |
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Mr. K.L.S.Peiris |
13.06.1986
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22.09.1994 |
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Mr. S.Withanachchi |
23.09.1994
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28.02.1998 |
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Mr. Dhammika Kitulgoda
(1998.01.01 – 1998.02.28 As Acting) |
01.01.1998
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14.02.1999 |
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Mr. D.N.Samarakoon (Acting) |
15.02.1999
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30.09.1999 |
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Mr. A.W.A.Salam |
01.10.1999 |
30.06.2002 |
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Mr. P.W.D.C.Jayathilake |
01.07.2002 |
16.07.2009 |
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Mr. D.N.Samarakoon (Acting) |
17.07.2009 |
15.09.2009 |
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Mr. M. P. De Silva (Acting) |
15.09.2009 |
03.12.2009 |
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Mr. M. P. De Silva |
04.12.2009 |
19.07.2010 |
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Mr. R. A. P. W. De Silva (Acting) |
20.07.2010 |
14.10.2010 |
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Mr. R. A. P. W. De Silva |
15.10.2010 |
07.06.2011 |
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Mr. S. N. Gopallawa |
08.06.2011 |
11.04.2012 |
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Mr. H. M. R. M. Tilakaratne (Acting) |
17.04.2012 |
09.05.2012 |
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Mr. H. M. R. M. Tilakaratne |
10.05.2012 |
04.02.2013 |
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Mr. R.M.S.K. Rathnayake (Acting) |
05.02.2013 |
08.03.2015 |
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Mr. R.P.D.P.P. Ratnayake (Acting) |
09.03.2015 |
13.01.2016 |
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Mr. G.M.W.P Jayathilake
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14.01.2016 |
20.12.2016 |
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Mr. G.M.W.P Jayathilake (Acting) |
21.12.2016 |
29.12.2017 |
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Mr. H.S. Somaratne |
02.01.2018 |
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