Dasanayakage Gayani Geethika and Others vs. D.M.D. Dissanayake and Others – SC FR APPLICATION NO. 35/2011-2011

In Dasanayakage Gayani Geethika and others v. D.M.D. Dissanayake and others, the court addressed the alleged violation of fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution stemming from the exclusion of the 3rd Petitioner from Grade I admission at D.S. Senanayake College. The principal issue concerned the correct interpretation of the marks allocation system under the relevant school admission circular (Clause 6.1 I-IV) with specific regard to evidence of residence. The holding determined that the cumulative documentary evidence provided by the Petitioners was sufficient to establish bona fide residence, and that the interview panel’s assessment and allocation of marks had been arbitrary and erroneous. Relief was granted by ordering the respondents to admit the 3rd Petitioner, rea