C.J. Wickramasinghe & Others vs. B.K.S. Ravindra Acting Commissioner of Community Based Corrections & Others – SC FR 87/2012 , SC FR 255/2013-2024

Brief

In the case between the Community Correction Officers and Work Supervisors, represented by their Association (Party A), and various government officials and commissions including the Commissioner(s) of Community Based Corrections, the Public Service Commission, and the National Salaries and Cadres Commission (Party B), the Court addressed whether the retrospective downgrading of salary scales and the attempt to recover alleged excess payments violated the fundamental rights of the petitioners under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. The Court held that the administrative actions amounted to an arbitrary and unlawful alteration of established contract terms, infringing the petitioners’ rights to equality and legitimate expectation. Reference was made to established principles of cont