Rienzie Perera v. University Grants Commission – 1978_79_80 volume 1 page 128

In Rienzie Perera and Another v. University Grants Commission and Another, the court addressed the constitutionality of the University Grants Commission’s use of a selection ratio based on separate results from the April and August 1979 Advanced Level examinations in allocating university admissions. It was determined that the adoption of a 7.2 — 2.8 quota ratio between candidates from the two examinations for admission to medical and other university courses violated the right to equality guaranteed by Article 12(1) of the Constitution. The findings established that, since both sets of candidates were ultimately considered qualified and thus formed a single admission class, applying differential treatment via separate quotas was discriminatory and not justified as a reasonable classificat