P.S. Yatapana et al. vs The University of Moratuwa et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO: 164/2017-2021

In the case between P.S. Yatapana, S.I. Jayasuriya, C.P.N. Attygalle, P.N.P. Fonseka (Petitioners) and the University of Moratuwa, University Grants Commission, and associated respondents, the Court addressed the entitlement of Petitioners—former Engineering Teaching Assistants later appointed as lecturers at the Institute of Technology, University of Moratuwa—to receive a “special allowance” to match the salary and allowances payable to lecturers at State Universities. It was determined that while Petitioners were not entitled to the academic allowance, they were contractually and administratively entitled to receive a special allowance to eliminate pay disparities, in compliance with prior UGC and University undertakings. The decision reaffirmed the principle that administrative assuranc