CTV Creations Pvt Ltd vs V.B.P.K. Weerasinghe – CA WRIT 560/11-2013

The case between CTV Creations Pvt Ltd. (Petitioner, a subsidiary of the Ceylinco Group of Companies) and V.B.P.K. Weerasinghe (Commissioner General of Labour) with other respondents addressed whether the termination of employment of individual respondents was a bona fide voluntary termination with informed prior written consent, or constituted an unlawful termination under the Termination of Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) Act No. 45 of 1971. The determination held that no express and informed written consent to termination had been established, validating the Commissioner of Labour’s jurisdiction to order compensation against the employer. The principle reaffirmed is that compensation may be ordered in lieu of reinstatement where reinstatement is impracticable, in accordance w