The Public Services United Nurses Union v. Montague Jayewickrema, Minister of Public Administration and Others – sllr 1988 volume 1 page 229

In the case between the Public Services United Nurses Union (with its Secretary as the 2nd petitioner) and Montague Jayewickrema, Minister of Public Administration and Others, the court addressed the issue of whether a Cabinet decision granting ad hoc, selective salary increments to certain public officers violated the fundamental right to equality under Article 12 of the Constitution and complied with the statutory procedure for altering employment terms under Article 55. The court held that the selective, unilateral alteration of employment terms was arbitrary, contravened established administrative procedures, and was inconsistent with constitutional guarantees of equality, thereby declaring the Cabinet decision null and void while awarding costs to the petitioners. This decision reaffi