Mallawa Weerage Chaminda Sri Lal Wijesekara & Mallawa Weerage Tharushi Chathurya Wijesekara vs. Mrs. Soma Rathnayake & Others – SC FR/APPLICATION NO 05/2017-2017

Brief
In the case between Mallawa Weerage Chaminda Sri Lal Wijesekara and Mallawa Weerage Tharushi Chathurya Wijesekara (Petitioners) and Mrs. Soma Rathnayake (Principal, Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya), the Director and Secretary of the Ministry of Education, members of the Interview and Appeal Boards at Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya, and the Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed whether the allocation of marks under clause 6.1 (1)(c) of the circular governing Grade One admissions, specifically for the establishment of residence by means of electoral registers, was arbitrary, unreasonable, and in violation of Article 12(1) of the Constitution relating to equal protection of the law. It was determined that the marks awarded for residence were consistent with the circular’s guideli