Premalal Perera v. Weerasuriya and Others – sllr 1985 volume 2 page 177

In the case between Premalal Perera (Plaintiff) and Weerasuriya and Others (Defendants), the court addressed whether the deduction of a contribution from a government employee’s salary to the National Security Fund—by authority of Circular P2—violated the employee’s fundamental rights under Articles 10, 14(1)(e), and 12(1) of the Constitution. The findings established that requiring explicit registration of an objection did not amount to a violation of freedom of thought, conscience, religion, or equality before the law, as no penal sanctions or material disadvantages flowed from the process and insufficient evidence existed of discriminatory treatment. The application was dismissed, with an order for refund of the deducted sum if it had not yet been returned. The reasoning relied on the i