Laththuwahandi Priyani De Silva Vijitha vs. W. T. Ellawala – SC/APPEAL/183/2017-2024

In the case between Laththuwahandi Priyani De Silva Vijitha (Applicant) and the officials of the Sinhalese Sports Club, including W. T. Ellawala (Chairman), A. D. H. Samaranayake (Secretary), and S. Gunawardena (Treasurer) (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the applicant’s resignation constituted a voluntary act or amounted to a constructive termination caused by workplace duress and unfair treatment. The holding determined that the resignation was not voluntary, and the correction of clerical errors in the Labour Tribunal’s order was justified under Regulation 29 of the Industrial Dispute Regulations 1958. The decision reaffirmed the principle that tribunals possess authority to correct such errors, and that an employer’s coercive conduct may vitiate apparent voluntar