Iresha Dulashini Dangolla and Kandabadage Don Nadeera Wijenayaka vs. Sandamali Aviruppola, N.H.M.Chithrananda, S.M. Keerthirathna, and Hon. Attorney General – SC FR.NO.40/2019-2020

In the case between Iresha Dulashini Dangolla and Kandabadage Don Nadeera Wijenayaka (on behalf of a minor) as Petitioners and Sandamali Aviruppola (Principal, Visaka Vidyalaya) alongside others as Respondents, the court addressed whether the criteria for awarding additional marks for student admission based on a parent’s service in a “difficult school” had been satisfied under the relevant admission circular. It was determined that the evidentiary documents produced by the Petitioners failed to meet the specific requirements of the admission circular, and the omission of the compliant document at the relevant interview proved fatal to their claim. The findings affirmed that no breach of the Petitioners’ fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution occurred. The ruling unders