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Failed doctor given leave to proceed
The Court of Appeal has given the petitioner, Dr. Shiranthi Perera, leave to proceed with the case and extended the interim order placed restraining the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine from releasing the Ophthalmology Final Examination pass list.

The case will next be heard on March 2005 and the examination results withheld until March 14 with the Colombo University and PGIM prevented from ratifying the provisional results.

Dr. Shiranthi Perera has named 72 respondents, including the PGIM, the Board of Study of Ophthalmology and the Senate of the University of Colombo. Citing several instances of irregularities in the conducting of the exam, she seeks either the holding of fresh exams or a uniform policy for ophthalmology examinations. Among the irregularities Dr. Perera mentioned was that she was failed the exam even though she obtained higher marks than the set pass mark of 72.

The examiners had stated that she failed one section but Dr. Perera had stated that in the previous year those who failed that section were accorded passes if they had obtained the necessary overall marks. One of the respondents, an examiner, has mentioned in her affidavit that certain examiners were apparently trying to favour some candidates during the clinical exam. She had earlier written to the PGIM in this regard.

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