National Savings Bank v. Chandrasiri – sllr 1991 volume 1 page 091

In the case between Chandrasiri (Plaintiff) and National Savings Bank (Defendant), the court addressed the issue of whether the announcement of promotion criteria by the Bank constituted a contractual offer, and, upon acceptance by the plaintiff through participation in the examination and interview process, created a contractual right to promotion that the Bank was not legally entitled to disregard. The court held that such an offer, once accepted by the plaintiff, gave rise to a binding contractual right, which the Bank could not unilaterally deny by promoting less qualified candidates in violation of the established criteria. The principle reaffirmed is that a public or institutional offer with defined conditions, when accepted by appropriate action, establishes a contract with correspo