Prof. Deepal Senaka Weerasekara vs. Director General of Pensions et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO: 351/2019-2021

In Weerasekara v. Director General of Pensions and Others, the court examined whether Prof. Deepal Senaka Weerasekara, a former Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, was entitled to payment of pension for his government service from 16.01.1985 to 15.10.1995, where pension entitlement had been approved by a competent authority but remained unimplemented due to administrative lapses, specifically the loss of his personal file. It was determined that the failure of the relevant public officers to maintain records and to act according to established procedures, as contained in Public Administration Circular No. 07/2018 and the Minutes of Pensions, constituted a clear breach of statutory duty. Relief by way of Writ of Mandamus was deemed appropriate to compel the Respondents, including the