Galhenage Ajith Udayantha et al. vs. Ministry of Health et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO: 22/2014-2018

The case between Galhenage Ajith Udayantha and Others (1st to 43rd Petitioners) and the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Others addressed the issue of whether the 1999 recruits to the Ministry of Health, appointed as Medical Record Assistants, Investigation Assistants, and Planning and Programming Assistants, were entitled to be placed in a higher salary and promotion category based on circulars, cabinet memoranda, and salary commission recommendations that applied to the 1994 intake. It was held that the Petitioners’ legitimate expectation to parity with the 1994 recruits was unsupported, as the relevant official documents referenced by the Petitioners did not extend to their intake. The principle reaffirmed was that legitimate expectation must be rooted in unequivocal official represent