Sri Lanka, March 18 -- Sri Lanka's ODI captain Charith Asalanka and Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva have filed a petition in the Court of Appeal seeking a writ of certiorari to quash the decision of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) to levy Withholding Tax on the players of the Sri Lanka national cricket team by considering them as employees of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

The petition was taken up today for the confirmation of facts before a bench comprising the Acting Chairman of the Appeals Court, Justice Mohamed Lafar Tahir and Justice K.P. Fernando.

The court ordered that the petition be called on March 28 for the confirmation of the facts.

The Commissioner General of Inland Revenue, its Deputy Commissioner, the Chairman of Sri...