Sri Lanka, May 21 -- The Court of Appeal has postponed the delivery of its judgment on a petition seeking to invalidate the Inland Revenue Department's decision to impose Withholding Tax on national-level cricketers who have signed contracts with Sri Lanka Cricket.

The petition was filed by Sri Lanka ODI captain Charith Asalanka and Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva.

The judgment was scheduled to be delivered today (21) by Court of Appeal President Justice Rohana Abeysuriya and Justice Priyantha Fernando.

However, the bench stated that the judgment was not ready and therefore the announcement would be postponed.

The petitioners argue that they are national cricketers and not permanent employees of Sri Lanka Cricket.

They claim that th...