Sri Lanka, June 3 -- A settlement was reached today before the Court of Appeal regarding the petition filed by national cricketers against a decision made by the Inland Revenue Department to impose withholding tax on them by treating them as employees of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Ada Derana reporter said.

The writ petition was filed by Charith Asalanka and Dhanajaya De Silva as respective captains of the One Day International and Twenty20 cricket teams and the Test Cricket Team, challenging what they term as an arbitrary and unreasonable classification of national cricketers as employees of SLC by the Inland Revenue Department.

The petition was taken up before a Court of Appeal bench comprising Acting President of the Appeals Court Justi...