Gunadasa Gajanayake vs Sri Lanka Transport Board – C A WRIT APPLICATION NO. 370/2013-2017

In the matters of Gunadasa Gajanayake and others versus Mrs. W D C Amarathunga, Commissioner General of Labour, and others, the court addressed the entitlement of retired employees of former Ceylon Transport Board (CTB)-related bus companies to further payments of gratuity from the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) beyond amounts already received. The applications sought writs of mandamus directing authorities to recover additional gratuity alleged to be due. It was determined that the Petitioners failed to establish a legal right to further gratuity payments, and that requisite proceedings for outstanding amounts had already commenced in the relevant forums. The principle reaffirmed is that writ jurisdiction will not be exercised absent clear evidence of a legally enforceable right, consis