Wellalage Don Wijedasa Jayatilake vs. Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena and others – CA WRIT/592/2021-2023

In the case between Wellalage Don Wijedasa Jayatilake (petitioner, retired Associate Professor in Chemistry) and various state education officials including Ministers of Education and the Commissioner General of Examinations, the court addressed the issue of alleged errors and procedural impropriety in the setting of the 2020 G.C.E. (A/L) Chemistry examination paper. The court held that judicial intervention in the examination-setting process was unwarranted, as remedial steps were taken and the statutory principles governing examination secrecy and integrity were preserved. The principle reaffirmed was that interventions which might jeopardize the impartiality and integrity of competitive examinations are not justified absent clear legal grounds. This decision relied on relevant statutory