Since the official term of the current Railway General Manager B.A.P.Ariyaratne has expired on 28th June and Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation had called for applications for GM for the Railways Department and four had been chosen for interviews, he was given 3 months extension by the subject Minister.
It was reported that despite Ariyaratne was given 3 months extension, he had filed a fundamental rights petition demanding a one-year service extension.