Ceylon Electricity Board Independent Engineers Association vs Ceylon Electricity Board – SC FR 568/2012-2025

In the case between the Ceylon Electricity Board Independent Engineers Association and individual engineers (representing the petitioners) and the Ceylon Electricity Board, its Chairmen, Board members, and executives (respondents), the issue considered was whether the Board of Directors of the Ceylon Electricity Board validly determined to re-advertise the Chief Engineer positions to include Mechanical and Civil Engineers, or whether the subsequent decision limiting applications to Electrical Engineers was lawful. It was held that the revised restriction to Electrical Engineers alone for certain power station posts did not violate the petitioners’ legitimate expectations nor their right to equal protection under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. The court reaffirmed that where technical c