Wijeratne and Another v. The People’s Bank and Another – sllr 1984 volume 1 page 001

The case between Wijeratne and Another (security officers of the People’s Bank) and the People’s Bank and Another addressed whether the reorganization of security services, which resulted in security officers being regraded to a lower category despite receiving higher salaries, constituted a violation of constitutional rights to equality and equal opportunity under Article 12 and Article 4(c) & (d) of the Constitution. It was determined that actions of the People’s Bank, in its commercial capacity, did not amount to executive or administrative action within the meaning of constitutional provisions governing fundamental rights applications. The applications were dismissed, reaffirming the principle that not all acts of statutory bodies performing commercial functions will attract constituti