A.S. Amarasinghe vs Tertiary and Vocational Educational Commission – CA WRIT 120/2023-2024

In the case between A.S. Amarasinghe (Petitioner) and the Tertiary and Vocational Educational Commission with its officials (including Eng. Udeni Wickramasinghe, the Director General), the court addressed the legal issue of whether the decisions contained in documents P12 and P13 lawfully disqualified the Petitioner from the interview process for the post of Director (Administration). It was held that the application for certiorari to quash the said decisions could not be sustained, as the Interview Panel acted without discretion, merely adhering to departmental instructions regarding eligibility criteria related to salary scale and qualifications. The holding reaffirmed that judicial review may not be warranted where the administrative body acts without exercising discretion and simply im