Nanayakkara v. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Others – sllr 1981 volume 2 page 052

In Nanayakkara v. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Others, the court addressed whether the petitioner’s employment, governed by a Manual of Procedure containing unpublished regulations, constituted a statutory relationship or was merely contractual in nature. The application sought judicial review by writ at an intermediate stage of disciplinary proceedings, challenging the validity of regulations not published in the Gazette. It was held that the Manual of Procedure drew authority from the enabling statute, and the requirement to publish such regulations was directory rather than mandatory. Writs were refused on the basis that the disciplinary process was ongoing and premature for judicial interference. The decision reaffirmed that regulations under statutory powers