H P D Dhammika Sadun Kumara v. Nimal Dissanayake and Others – NO. 384/2015-2016

In the case between H P D Dhammika Sadun Kumara and others (petitioners) and Nimal Dissanayake (Principal, Rahula College, Matara – Interview Board) and others (respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the school authorities lawfully deducted five marks from certain students’ admission applications based on the presence of another school between the applicants’ residence and Rahula College, and whether the measurement method for school distance admissions complied with legal requirements and was equitably applied. It was held that the method used by school authorities—measuring distance from the Principal’s office for all applicants—was both consistently and lawfully applied. The claim that alternative map evidence should be admissible was rejected, as only documentation used