Jayasekera v. Wipulasena and Others – sllr 1988 volume 2 page 237

Brief
In the case between Jayasekera (the petitioner, a police officer) and Wipulasena and others (officials and agencies of the transport boards), the court addressed the validity of a travel pass lacking a mandatory expiry date and whether the petitioner suffered discrimination under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. It was determined that, under the governing travel-pass rules, such a pass must state an expiry date and is valid only for the calendar year ending on December 31. The petitioner’s entitlement to travel was recognized as being strictly contractual rather than statutory. Further, no unequal treatment was found because the respondents were unaware of any similar defect when a colleague used a comparable pass. The application was dismissed, reaffirming that contractual rights