Ebert, Acting Commissioner of Co-Operative Development and Registrar of Co-Operative Societies v. Ranaweera and Others – sllr 1984 volume 1 page 113

Brief
In Ebert, Acting Commissioner of Co-operative Development and Registrar of Co-operative Societies (Plaintiff) v. Ranaweera and Others, including the Co-operative Textile Societies Union Ltd. (Defendant), the Supreme Court examined whether a dispute could be validly referred to arbitration under the Co-operative Societies Ordinance and its Rules after the Labour Tribunal had determined the termination of employment to be unlawful. The central holding established that the functions and jurisdictions of the Labour Tribunal and an arbitrator under the Co-operative Societies Law are distinct; a prior Tribunal determination does not bar subsequent arbitration on related issues. Statutory distinctions between remedies before the Labour Tribunal and arbitral proceedings under co-operative la