Asanka Christopher Wickramasinghe and others vs. P.N. Rajapakse and others – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO: 280/2016-2018

The case between Asanka Christopher Wickramasinghe (on behalf of Dinithi Resadara Wickramasinghe, minor) and P.N. Rajapakse, Principal, Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda, along with educational authorities, addressed whether the failure to admit the Petitioner’s daughter to grade 3 at Anula Vidyalaya, despite specific official directives, amounted to illegality and violation of legitimate expectation, and whether the principles of natural justice were breached by the absence of a fair hearing. It was held that the refusal of admission, carried out without a hearing or communication to the Petitioner, constituted a procedural impropriety and contravened the requirements of natural justice. The judgment reaffirmed the legal principle that administrative decisions affecting rights must comply with fa