Dandeniya Gamage Manuri Wathma Karunarathne v. University Grants Commission – CA WRIT/109/2016-2016

In the case between Dandeniya Gamage Manuri Wathma Karunarathna (Petitioner) and the University Grants Commission (Respondent), the court addressed whether the University Grants Commission (UGC) lawfully rejected the Petitioner’s appeal to cancel her application/registration for university selection for the 2014/2015 academic year, following her improved results in a subsequent examination. It was decided that registration occurs upon completion of required procedures with the UGC, not with physical attendance or registration at the respective University. The court further established that, under clause 6.1 of the University Admission Handbook and the governing statutory and policy framework, the Petitioner had become a registered student through her submissions to the UGC, thus rendering