D.T. Wickramaratna et al. vs. University Grants Commission et al. – SC FR No. 13/2015 -2016

In the case between a group of students (Petitioners) who sat for the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examinations in 2012–2014 and the University Grants Commission, its officials, and several universities (Respondents), the Supreme Court addressed whether the University Grants Commission’s refusal to permit cancellation of registration for the academic year 2013/14 and re-registration for a preferred course in 2014/15, based on subsequently improved results, violated the Petitioners’ fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. The Court held that the registration policy, once established, must be uniformly applied, and deviation would result in arbitrariness contrary to established administrative legal principles. The findings determined that suppression of material facts—specific