Dr. Gamini Goonetilleke And Others v. The University Of Colombo And Others – sllr 2006 volume 1 page 350

The case between Dr. Gamini Goonetilleke and others (plaintiffs) and The University of Colombo and others (defendants) concerned the validity of the appointment of the 11th respondent as Professor of Surgery. The dispute centered on whether the petitioners’ failure to include all members of the University Council as respondents rendered the application to quash the appointment procedurally defective. It was held that such omission amounted to a fatal irregularity, reaffirming the principle that all necessary parties must be joined to maintain proceedings affecting their official acts. This determination relied upon statutory provisions governing the University Council and relevant legal precedents, highlighting that the absence of necessary parties deprived the respondents of an opportunit