General Manager, Ceylon Electricity Board and Another v. Gunapala – sllr 1991 volume 1 page 304

The case between the General Manager, Ceylon Electricity Board and Another (as appellant) and Gunapala (as respondent) addressed the validity of a petition of appeal in the context of an employment dispute, the procedural adequacy concerning the identification of parties and the articulation of questions of law, and the appropriateness of the Labour Tribunal’s order for reinstatement after an employee was found to have consumed liquor while on duty. It was determined that a defect in the caption, which mistakenly named non juristic persons instead of the Ceylon Electricity Board, did not render the petition invalid as the substance revealed the correct party. Further, it was found that explicit statement of the question of law is unnecessary when the legal issues are evident from the petit