Madurapperuma and Others v. M. N. Junaid and Others – sllr 1997 volume 1 page 365

In the case between Madurapperuma and others (plaintiffs) and M. N. Junaid and others (defendants), the court addressed whether the Development Lottery Trust, established by deed to absorb public officers, conferred legal entity status or operated merely as an administrative arrangement, and whether the petitioners’ transition to permanent Trust employment met the procedural requirements of the Establishments Code. The findings established that the Trust lacked separate legal personality and that the petitioners had not properly exercised the prescribed option to effect a permanent employment transfer. Accordingly, the petitioners remained public officers, and their application for permanent release was dismissed, with specific directions as to costs. This decision reaffirmed the necessity