Gabbala Ralalage Kirula Hastha Bandara & Gabbala Ralalage Kasun Manaram Bandara vs. Mr. S. M. Keerthirathna & Others – SC FR APPLICATION NO. 307/2017-2019

In the case between Gabbala Ralalage Kirula Hastha Bandara and Gabbala Ralalage Kasun Manaram Bandara (petitioners) and Mr. S. M. Keerthirathna (Principal of Ananda College) and others, the court addressed whether a Household Enumeration Card issued by the Colombo Municipal Council qualified as acceptable documentary evidence of ownership of residence under Clause 6.1 of Circular No. 22 of 2017, and whether the refusal to credit marks for this card resulted in a violation of the petitioners’ fundamental rights in the school admission process. The court held that the Household Enumeration Card did not meet the criteria set out in the Circular, and that the petitioners’ fundamental rights to equal treatment were not infringed by the refusal to accept the card as proof of residence. The decis