Abeyratne vs. State Timber Corporation – sllr 2012 volume 2 page 169

In Abeyratne (Plaintiff) v. State Timber Corporation (Defendant), the court addressed whether the appointment of the 13th Respondent as Chief Internal Auditor by the Board of the State Timber Corporation under Section 35 of the State Industrial Corporation Act No 49 of 1957 was subject to judicial review, or governed solely by private contractual principles. The holding established that, due to the lack of statutory provisions dictating recruitment conditions or disciplinary control for such appointments, disputes regarding employment are not amenable to judicial review and must instead be resolved by civil action. This reaffirmed the principle that public law remedies such as certiorari or quo warranto do not extend to matters arising purely from contractual employment relationships absen