Sunil Sirilanka and Others v. Ceylon Steel Corporation Ltd. and Others – sllr 1999 volume 1 page 057

In the case between Sunil Sirilanka and Others (employees/petitioners) and Ceylon Steel Corporation Ltd. and Others (including the State and corporate respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the exclusion of certain employees from a compensation scheme, following the privatization of the Corporation, constituted a violation of fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. The court found that the failure to offer compensation to employees who were equally unwilling to serve under the new management, except for having not applied by a stipulated deadline, lacked rational justification and resulted in discriminatory treatment. The holding reaffirmed the principle that all similarly situated employees must receive equal treatment in the application of compensation