The Sri Lanka Transport Board Vs D.P.S. Weerasinghe and Others – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO 232/2017-2020

In the case between Sri Lanka Transport Board (Petitioner) and D.P.S. Weerasinghe (Assistant Commissioner of Labour, 1st Respondent), R.W.M. Podinilame (Deputy Commissioner of Labour, 2nd Respondent), and D.D.L. Edward (3rd Respondent), the Court addressed the issue of whether an employee, following retirement and subsequent contractual service, is entitled to benefits associated with “continuous and unbroken service” for the purposes of gratuity, EPF, and related payments. The question arose from the order of the 2nd Respondent directing the Sri Lanka Transport Board to accord such benefits, and the Petitioner’s challenge to the legality and propriety of that order. It was held that the employee’s post-retirement contractual service constituted “continuous service” under the application o