Vasana v. Incorporated Council of Legal Education and Others – sllr 2004 volume 1 page 154

Brief
In the case between Miss K.A.S. Vasana (petitioner) and the Incorporated Council of Legal Education along with the Sri Lanka Law College, the court addressed the issue of whether a provisional admission letter, issued based on an erroneously recorded examination mark, could establish a legitimate expectation or entitlement to admission. It was held that no legal right to admission arose where the petitioner’s actual score was below the prescribed minimum, reaffirming the principle that legitimate expectation cannot override express statutory requirements or correctable factual mistakes. This decision relied on the Rules of the Incorporated Council of Legal Education and relevant statutory frameworks, highlighting that mistaken provisional notifications do not vest enforceable right