Don Karunaratne v. The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Others – sllr 1993 volume 2 page 001

In the case between Don Karunaratne (Plaintiff) and the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Others (Defendants), the issue concerned whether the Central Bank’s revision of its promotion scheme—specifically the introduction of a written test—violated fundamental rights under Articles 12(1), 12(2), and 14(g) of the Constitution. It was determined that employees do not possess a vested right to retain an old promotion scheme if the revised scheme is lawfully enacted and serves the interests of the service within constitutional limits. The findings established that no unlawful discrimination had occurred against long-serving, non-graduate officers as a result of the new promotion criteria, and the petitioner’s claims were not substantiated by the evidence. The application was d