Heenatigala Kanaththage Indika Prasanna vs Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited – SC FR NO 507/2019-2025

In the case between several employees of Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (including petitioners such as D. Edirisinghe, R. Gunawardhana, and N. Gunarathne) and Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited and its Board, the court addressed whether petitioners, primarily employed as engineers, were entitled to receive a revised professional allowance based on obtaining post-graduate qualifications in Business Management, under the terms of the revised scheme (P18). The court held that eligibility was strictly confined to the engineering category as clarified by the revised criteria, and thus petitioners did not qualify for the revised allowance. It was further determined that the applications were time-barred due to significant delay. The decision