Dr. Karunanada v. Open University Of Sri Lanka And Others – sllr 2006 volume 3 page 225

In the case between the petitioner, a senior lecturer at the Open University of Sri Lanka, and the Open University of Sri Lanka and related respondents, the court addressed whether the non-appointment of the petitioner to the post of Professor/Associate Professor in Computer Science, despite the petitioner meeting the required marks under the UGC Circular, was arbitrary, discriminatory, and infringed the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. It was held that the non-appointment constituted an arbitrary decision and violated the petitioner’s fundamental rights. The central legal principle reaffirmed was that, although academic institutions possess a measure of autonomy in academic decisions, such decisions remain subject to judicial review where fundamental