Ceylon Electricity Board Independent Engineers Association vs Ceylon Electricity Board and others – SC (FR) Application No. 568/2012-2025

In the matter between the Ceylon Electricity Board Independent Engineers Association and others (Petitioners), and the Ceylon Electricity Board and others (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the CEB Board’s decision to allow Mechanical and Civil Engineers to apply for Chief Engineer posts at Kukule Ganga and Ukuwela Power Stations was disregarded by the General Manager, thereby violating the petitioners’ fundamental rights. The court held that the Board’s decision pertained to vacancies in the Corporate Strategy Division and not the power stations in question. Therefore, restricting applications to Electrical Engineers for the power station posts was found not to be arbitrary or violative of fundamental rights, reaffirming the principle that administrative decisions imp