Dr. K. Kobindarajah vs. University Grants Commission et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO. 302/2015-2015

In the case between Dr. K. Kobindarajah (Petitioner) and the University Grants Commission, its Chairman and members, the Minister of City Planning, Higher Education & Water Supply, the Eastern University of Sri Lanka, and others (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the Petitioner, after serving as Vice-Chancellor and having previously vacated his post as Senior Lecturer, was entitled to be reinstated in that substantive post, and whether the Respondents’ refusal to allow a resumption of duties and payment of salary was lawful. It was held that, at all relevant times, the Petitioner was neither a Sri Lankan citizen nor lawfully permitted under his visa to serve as Senior Lecturer, rendering his purported reinstatement unlawful. The principles re-affirmed include that elig