This measure has been taken on the directive of President Maithripala Sirisena on the complaint of a depositor, reports say.

Although the payments should be done to the court ruling on Oct. 23, 2009 with regard to the SC(FR)191/2009 case, the former CBSL governor had misled the judiciary and secured a court order on March 30, 2014 to pay back just 41% of the deposit.

Afterwards, the courts had ordered on July 29, 2013 to pay back 50% of the deposit instead of the 41%.

However, the depositor's complaint had cited that the CBSL was preparing to payback the depositors overlooking this court order, providing the respondents the opportunity of getting away with paying less.