Divineguma Ekabadda Vruththikayinge Sangamaya vs Director General, Department of Samurdhi Development – CA/Writ/402/2019 -2024

In the case between the Trade Union representing employees of the Department of Samurdhi Development (including several petitioners) and certain government authorities (including the Director General of the Department of Samurdhi Development and the Attorney General’s Department), the court addressed the issue of the lawful release and/or recovery of employer contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), specifically the government’s 12% contribution in the context of statutory pension rules, terms of a prior Supreme Court settlement, and subsequent executive actions. It was held that the administrative circulars and Cabinet decisions seeking recovery of the employer’s EPF contributions were incompatible with the settlement previously reached in SC/FR/252/2015 and that executive dir