Major R.A.S. Ranasinghe and others vs. Lieutenant General N.U.M.M.W. Senanayake, Commander of Army and others – CA WRIT 0389/2019-2022

In the case between Major R.A.S. Ranasinghe and others (Petitioners) and Lieutenant General N.U.M.M.W. Senanayake and others (Respondents), the primary issue concerned the entitlement of Petitioners, who served in both government civil service and the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (with subsequent postings to the National Cadet Corps), to receive Army pensions by aggregating their civil and Army service to meet the 20-year threshold required for Army pension eligibility. It was held that the Petitioners’ cumulative service qualifies under the governing regulations for Army pensions, reaffirming the principle that prior government service can be aggregated with mobilized Army service where regulations expressly provide. The decision relied on the Army Act, the Army Pensions & Gratuities Co