Sri Lanka Court orders to extend government specialist doctors’ retirement age to 63
Posted by Editor on December 15, 2023 - 12:32 pm
Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal has ordered that the retirement age of specialist doctors in public service be extended to 63 years.
The two-judge bench of the Court of Appeal, comprising Justices Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and Vikum Kaluarachchi, made this order this morning (December 15) following a writ petition filed by 176 consultant specialist doctors challenging the Cabinet of Ministers’ decision dated October 17, 2022.
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