Purnima Anuradha Rathnayake vs University of the Visual and Performing Arts – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO. 302/2011-2016

In the case between Purnima Anuradha Rathnayake (petitioner) and the University of the Visual and Performing Arts along with various university officials and the University Grants Commission (respondents), the court addressed the lawfulness of appointments to the post of Lecturer (Probationary) and the procedural validity of cancelling certain interviews. It was held that the petitioner did not fulfil the statutory requirements for appointment and failed to comply with court procedural rules concerning documentation, while allegations of impropriety by the respondents were not substantiated. The principle reaffirmed was that recruitment must strictly comply with statutory and regulatory criteria, and procedural fairness must be observed in administrative selection processes. The decision w