PUCSL to file legal action against CEB for persisting with power cuts

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Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) is to file legal action against the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for not complying with the undertaking given to not to implement power shedding for the benefit of students sitting for the Advanced Level exam.

The PUCSL, Power and Energy Ministry and CEB gave an undertaking on Wednesday to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka to not to impose power cuts until 17 February by when the G.C.E. Advanced Level exams will be over.

However, power cuts were carried out yesterday.

PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake yesterday wrote to the Human Rights Commission that it will take legal action against CEB as per the PUCSL Act over the failure to abide by its undertaking.

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