Rohan Jayantha Fernando vs National Water Supply and Drainage Board et al. – CA WRT: 173/2020-2020

In the case between Rohan Jayantha Fernando (Petitioner) and the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, its officers, officials from the Ministry of Urban Development, Water Supply and Housing Facilities, and the Director General of the National Institute of Business Management (Respondents), the court addressed the legality of the marking scheme applied to promotions for the post of Deputy General Manager and the Board’s process for evaluating academic qualifications. It was held that no illegality, irrationality, or procedural impropriety was established in the Board’s refusal to award the Petitioner additional marks for specific academic achievements and in seeking expert advice from the NIBM. The principle reaffirmed was that judicial review of academic or expert determinations is s