R. A. P. de C. Ranaweera et al. vs Jayantha Wickramaratne et al. – SC FR NO. 520/2009-2020

In the case between three police officers (the Petitioners) and several government departments and officials responsible for police promotion processes (including the Inspector General of Police and Public Service Commission), the court addressed whether alleged errors in the allocation of marks for promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police constituted a violation of the Petitioners’ fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. It was held that, while minor discrepancies existed in the mark allocation process, there was no evidence of arbitrary or erroneous denial of marks, and none of the Petitioners met the required cutoff for promotion irrespective of the alleged discrepancies. The principle reaffirmed establishes that objective and consistent applicatio