Wannigama v. Incorporated Council Of Legal Education And Others – sllr 2007 volume 2 page 281

In the case between Wannigama (Plaintiff/Appellant) and the Incorporated Council of Legal Education and others (Defendant/Respondent), the court addressed the issue of the appellant’s entitlement to admission to Sri Lanka Law College following his unsuccessful attempt at the entrance examination in the Sinhala medium. It was held that the appellant, failing to achieve the required cutoff mark of 69, did not possess a legal right to admission and that the established selection process—including differentiated treatment of Sinhala and Tamil medium candidates—did not confer a legitimate expectation or legal duty necessitating his admission. The principle reaffirmed is that strict compliance with pre-entry requirements is mandatory and administrative bodies are not liable to a writ of mandamus