Colombo District Court Judge Sandun Vithana recently announced that the petition seeking a sanction to suspend the work of the Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL), Maxwell De Silva, be recalled on 18 December.
The petition was filed by the former Secretary of the Cycling Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL), Nalin Adhikariarchchige and the President of the Handball Federation of Sri Lanka (HFSL), Upali Rajapaksa.
When the instance was taken up, legal representatives for a few of the respondents sought more time to submit their objections.
Accepting the request, the Court fixed the case to be taken up again on the said date and taught all parties to file their objections and related written submissions, prior to the next hearing.
The petitioners allege that de Silva, who has been allocation at the NOCSL since 2009, has been implicated in corruption, rendering him unfit to hold office.
Subsequently, the petitioners have prayed for an injunction to suspend his activities at the NOCSL.
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