Kulatunga v. The Board of Directors, Co Operative Wholesale Establishment (C.W.E.) – sllr 1981 volume 1 page 372

In the case between Kulatunga (employee) and The Board of Directors, Co-operative Wholesale Establishment (C.W.E.), the issue concerned whether the employer was legally justified in retiring the employee at 59 years of age under unproduced circular instructions, as opposed to the written regulations governing retirement. It was determined that the employee was entitled under Regulations 62 and 64 to continue service until 60 years of age if not retired earlier for specified reasons, and that reliance on an unproduced circular contrary to these regulations was improper. This decision reaffirmed the principle that established and produced regulations prevail over unverified administrative oral directives, particularly where such directives conflict with statutory or regulatory rights of empl