Waas Gunawardena v. Perera and Another – sllr 1997 volume 2 page 222

In WAAS Gunawardena v. Perera and Another, the Supreme Court addressed whether the appointment of the 2nd respondent as Deputy General Manager in the National Savings Bank, made outside the normal cadre and without following usual procedures such as advertisement of vacancies, violated the petitioner’s legitimate expectation of promotion. The sequence of events included the Court of Appeal initially quashing the appointment for procedural irregularities, whereas upon review, it was determined by the Supreme Court that no legitimate expectation arose as the appointment was outside the normal cadre and not subject to explicit rules. The findings established that no abuse of power by the Board of Directors was evident, and the appeal was allowed. This holding reaffirms the principle that legi