InterUniversity Works Engineers & Project Managers Association, Open University Sri Lanka v University Grants Commission – WRIT/518/2019-2022

In the case between InterUniversity Works Engineers & Project Managers Association, Open University Sri Lanka, Ranasinghe Arachchige Gunapala, and the University Grants Commission with its members and Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, the court addressed whether Public Administration Circular No. 06/2017, extending the retirement age of officers in the Sri Lanka Engineering Service to 61, was applicable to university engineers under the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978. It was held that the circular was not applicable to engineers in universities established under the Act; rather, such engineers are governed by provisions applicable to general public officers, including the Establishments Code and other broadly applicable circulars. The court further determined that as the concerned engine