Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB) Technological Engineers and Superintendents Union vs. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) – CA/WRT/0163/2021-2024

In the case between the Ceylon Electricity Board Technological Engineers and Superintendents Union (including its President and General Secretary) and the Ceylon Electricity Board along with associated officials, the court addressed whether the newly implemented Scheme of Recruitment and Promotion, featuring revised qualifications and examination processes, contravened established procedures and the existing Collective Agreement. It was held that the challenged recruitment measures were within the statutory powers of the Ceylon Electricity Board, and as the petitioners had already pursued available statutory remedies, the applications for writs of Certiorari, Prohibition, and Mandamus were not justified. The key legal principle reaffirmed is that judicial intervention by way of prerogative