Somatunga And Others v. Ceylon Fertilizer Company And Others – sllr 2005 volume 2 page 166

In the case between Somatunga and Others (plaintiffs) and Ceylon Fertilizer Company and Others (defendants), the court addressed whether employees transferred to a public company under the Conversion of Public Corporations Act, No. 23 of 1987, held a statutory or contractual right to extension of service beyond the statutory retirement age, and whether refusal of such extension could be remedied by judicial review or by an action for damages. It was determined that the Conversion Act and the Companies Act did not confer any statutory entitlement to post-retirement extensions. The judgment emphasized that any breach of contractual terms should be addressed through a claim for damages, not via certiorari. The petition for extension of service was accordingly dismissed, reaffirming principles