Walawe Durage Dulani vs. Nimal Bandara and others – SC FR APPLICATION NO. 391/2009-2011

In the case between Walawe Durage Dulani (petitioner) and officials including the Secretary, Ministry of Education, and the University Grants Commission (respondents), the Supreme Court addressed the legality of the recruitment and appointment process for the position of Teacher Educator in Information Technology. The main legal issue concerned whether the classification of applicants based on Clause 6.4.6 of the Gazette notification dated 09.09.2005 infringed the petitioner’s constitutional right to equality (Article 12(1)) or affected rights under Article 14(1)g. The findings established that the recruitment process, which accorded priority to candidates meeting criteria under Clause 6.4.6(i) over those qualified under Clause 6.4.6(ii), was rational and based on intelligible classificati