Dahanayake and Others Vs Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd and Others – sllr 2005 volume 1 page 067

In the case between Dahanayake and Others (former employees or their spouses of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd.) and Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd. (and others), the court addressed whether former employees were entitled to arrears of the variable cost of living allowance paid in 1994, despite cessation of employment and substantial delay in seeking relief. It was held that relief should be refused due to inordinate delay and suppression of material facts, reaffirming the principle that the discretionary remedies of mandamus and certiorari require timely and frank invocation. The decision relied on established statutory principles and relevant precedents, emphasizing that laches and lack of full disclosure preclude such relief.

Saleem Marsoof, P. C, J. (P/CA) — It was determin