Lanka Rajya Sanstha Ha Podu Sevaka Samithiya and Others vs Building Materials Corporation Ltd. – sllr 2008 volume 2 page 186

In the case between several employees of Building Materials Corporation Ltd. (notably among the petitioners — M. B. Dissanayake, D. B. Ariyarathna, T. D. Lalith Ranaweera) and Building Materials Corporation Ltd., the court addressed the issue of whether the petitioners had a legitimate expectation that their age of retirement—and consequently, the calculation of compensation under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)—should be 60 years instead of the 55 years fixed by the respondent. The court held that no sufficient basis existed for the petitioners to claim a retirement age of 60 years, reaffirming the principle that legitimate expectation requires a clear and unequivocal representation or promise. This decision relied on the statutory and policy framework governing public sector entit