Dr. Perera v. Justice Perera and 11 Others – sllr 2011 volume 1 page 043

In the case between the Petitioner, a Senior Consultant in the Department of Secondary and Tertiary Education at the Open University of Sri Lanka, and the Public Service Commission, Ministry of Education, and related respondents, the Supreme Court addressed whether the petitioner’s fundamental right to equality under Article 12(1) of the Constitution was violated due to administrative decisions regarding reinstatement, contractual service obligations, and release terms following foreign studies funded by the government. It was determined that unequal treatment was permissible where service obligations materially differed, and that the relevant legal framework—comprising the Universities Act and the Establishments Code—was properly applied. The findings established that no arbitrary or irra