Randeniya and Others vs. Chairman, Public Service Commission and Others – sllr 2020 volume 2 page 088

In the case between Randeniya and Others (petitioners) and Chairman, Public Service Commission and Others (respondents), the court addressed whether the petitioners’ alleged legitimate expectation to be assigned to a higher salary scale (MN6 or MN7) instead of MN4 violated their constitutional right to equality under Article 12(1), and whether the administrative decision of the National Salaries and Cadres Commission was arbitrary or unreasonable. The holding determined that the assignment to MN4, despite the petitioners’ expectation based on their recruitment and training, did not amount to a violation of constitutional rights, since no sufficient basis for a legitimate expectation had been established. The court relied on the analysis of administrative circulars, recruitment schemes, and