Dananjanie De Alwis v. Anura Edirisinghe (Commissioner General of Examinations) and 7 Others (Z Score Case 1) – sllr 2011 volume 1 page 018

In the case between a student applicant from Kalutara Balika National School (petitioner) and the Commissioner General of Examinations and other education authorities (respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the petitioner’s fundamental right to equality under Article 12(1) of the Constitution was violated by the downward revision of her Z score following a re-scrutiny of examination results. The court held that the petitioner had no legally enforceable legitimate expectation to admission based on provisional Z scores, as these were expressly subject to change upon finalization, and that the change was in accordance with established procedure rather than being arbitrary or discriminatory. Existing administrative policy and long-standing practices governing examination result