Building Materials Corporation v. Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (On Behalf of D.N.T. Warnakulasuriya) – sllr 1993 volume 2 page 316

In the case between Building Materials Corporation (Employer-Appellant) and Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (on behalf of D. N. T. Warnakulasuriya), the court examined whether an employee’s failure to report for duty at a transferred location, combined with absence based on a private (non-government) medical certificate, constituted abandonment of service or justified termination. It was held that persistent non-attendance and failure to produce a required government medical certificate indicated an intention not to resume employment, warranting dismissal for abandonment. The legal principle reaffirmed centers on the necessity of clear evidence of both unauthorized absence and the requisite intent to abandon employment. The decision relied on statutory regulations governing proof of illness and e