SLAS exclusive domain in public service dismantled in SC ruling View(s):The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement this week, has ruled in favour of personnel from the All-Island Services being selected for public sector positions that were till now in the exclusive domain of officers from the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS). Nawaz and Kumudini Wickremasinghe gave the judgement after considering a fundamental rights petition filed on behalf of four groups of public servants belonging to the All-Island Services – the Sri Lanka Planning Service, Sri Lanka Ayurveda Medical Service, Sri Lanka Agriculture Service and Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service. This service minute contains, inter alia, a list of 381 posts which only officers of the SLAS shall be entitled to hold. The respondents included past and current members of the Public Service Commission as well as several ministry secretaries. The ‘All-Island Services’ include the Sri Lanka Engineering Service, Sri Lanka Administrative Service, Sri Lanka Planning Service, Sri Lanka Scientific Service, Sri Lanka Agriculture Service, Sri Lanka Accountants Service, Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service, Sri Lanka Animal Production and Health Service, Sri Lanka Medical Service, Sri Lanka Architecture Service and the Sri Lanka Ayurveda Medical Service.

Source: Sunday Times March 01, 2026 06:56 UTC