Weerasekara vs. Director General of Pensions and Others – sllr 2021 volume 3 page 516

In the case between Weerasekara (Plaintiff) and the Director General of Pensions and other public officers (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether statutory duties regarding the grant and disbursement of pension entitlements had been fulfilled in accordance with the law. It was held that administrative failures, particularly the inability to maintain and produce the petitioner’s personal file as required by the Establishment Code and Public Administration Circular No. 07/2018, led to an undue delay in the payment of the pension. The principle reaffirmed is that public officers have a mandatory statutory duty to process and pay pension entitlements without unnecessary delay. The decision relied on the relevant provisions of the Minutes on Pensions, the Establishment Code, and