Seelawansa Thero and Two Others v Tennakoon, Additional Secretary, Public Service Commission – sllr 2004 volume 2 page 241

In the case between Seelawansa Thero and Two Others (officers of the Sri Lanka Teacher Education Service – SLTES) and Tennakoon, Additional Secretary, Public Service Commission, the issue concerned whether the cancellation of the petitioners’ promotions to Class I of the SLTES, due to not meeting the required service conditions, violated their fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. The court held that the petitioners did not qualify for promotion according to the service rules at the relevant time, and authorities could not be compelled to repeat past irregularities. The holding reaffirmed the principle that equal protection does not require perpetuation of prior illegal acts. The decision relied on relevant case law and statutory requirements, emphasizing that legal r