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The petitioner therein had applied in the category which was falling in the close proximity of the school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The counsels for the respondents, Rajiv Goonetillake, SSC, contended that the marks of the petitioner were deducted on the basis of the clarifications provided with the set criteria which showed that there were 2 other schools in the close proximity of the petitioner\u2019s residence in consequence to which they lose 4 marks each, failing which the petitioner could not match up with the cut off marks and was not selected in the Royal College Colombo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However the counsels for the petitioners, Viran Corea, Sarita de Fonseka and Thilini Widanagamage, pointed out that clause 7.2.4 of the clarifications of the set criteria explains that marks must be deducted only in respect of any public school to which the child of such applications could be admitted as per the criteria set out in the said clause<strong>. <\/strong>According to which the first school which was in close proximity to the petitioners admitted only the Buddhist students thus the marks deducted in consonance with that school should be corrected and then the marks of the petitioner would fulfill the criteria of the cut-off marks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court decided that there was an infringement of the fundamental rights of the petitioner guaranteed under Article 12(1) of the Constitution and the school authorities have failed to apply the law in its correct perspective and further directed to admit the Petitioner 2 in Royal College Colombo. 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