Locomotive Assistants’ Union and Others vs. Abeywickrema and Others – sllr 2020 volume 2 page 001

In the case between Locomotive Assistants’ Union and Others (Party A) and Abeywickrema and Others (Party B), the court addressed the issue of whether the failure to implement the 2016 Scheme of Recruitment (SOR) for Railway Driver Assistants resulted in a violation of the petitioners’ constitutional right to equality under Article 12(1). The findings established that the continuous postponement of recruitment examinations and the resulting administrative inaction, despite the existence of a valid and Public Service Commission-approved SOR, constituted discrimination contrary to constitutional guarantees. Relying on relevant public service rules and established case law, it was determined that the authorities must immediately implement the SOR, with an ordered report of progress, thereby re