D.B.D Rajapakshe vs Mr. Y. Abdul Majeed et al. – SC FR 418/2015-2015

In the case between D.B.D Rajapakshe “Prashakthi” Ratmalwala (Petitioner) and the Director General of Irrigation, with other government authorities representing the State (Respondents), the court addressed the alleged violation of fundamental rights under Articles 12(1) and 14(1)(g) of the Constitution. The central issue was the legality of the petitioner’s elevation to a permanent clerk position, followed by its cancellation on the basis of a salary scale error attributed to official action, and whether this amounted to penalizing the petitioner for a mistake not of her own making. The holding determined that such cancellation contravened the principles of legitimate expectation and the doctrine that one cannot benefit from one’s own administrative error. The court relied on constitutiona