Engineering Diplomats Association and Technical Officers Union vs National Water Supply and Drainage Board – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO.403/2013-2013

In the case between Engineering Diplomats Association, Technical Officers Union, E.D. Subadra, and others (Petitioners) and the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, W.A.C.N. Wickramarachchi, and others (Respondents), the issue concerned the legality and propriety of the Board’s decision, as communicated by letters P17(a)–P17(e), to promote all Engineers from Board Grade 6 (MM 1-1) to Board Grade 5 (MM 1-1). It was determined that the Board’s decision lacked proven legal authority, as the official Board resolution was not presented as evidence. The Petitioners sought interim relief by way of a stay order, arguing the decision was ultra vires, arbitrary, and in breach of the Board’s Scheme of Recruitment. The court granted a stay of the operation of the impugned decision pending final d