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PART  I :  SEC.  (IIA) – GAZETTE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA –28.08.2026
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01.01.2027 and salary shall be paid as per the provisions 
in Schedule III of this circular from the effective date of 
the appointment. 
05.	 This post is permanent and pensionable.
06.	 Qualifications:
	
Following qualifications are applicable for the 
recruitment to posts in Grade III of Management 
Service Officers Service.
	
(a)	 Shall be a citizen of Sri Lanka.
(b)	 Shall be not less than 18 years and not more 
than 30 years of age as at the closing date of 
applications. (Accordingly, the candidates 
whose birthday falls on or before 25.09.2008 
and on or after 25.09.1996 shall strictly be 
eligible to apply for this). 
(c)	 Shall be of an excellent character.
(d)	 Shall be of an excellent moral character and 
physical and mental fitness to serve at any part 
of the island.
(e)	 Shall have fulfilled the following educational 
qualifications: 
(1)	 Shall have passed six (06) subjects 
with Credit passes for four (04) 
subjects including Language (Sinhala 
/Tamil /English) and Mathematics at 
the General Certificate of Education 
(Ordinary Level) Examination at one 
sitting 
	
and 
(2)	 Shall have passed all the subjects 
in General Certificate of Education 
(Advanced Level) at one sitting 
(except the General Paper and General 
English). 
Note - 	
i.	
The language medium in which the 
candidate appears for this competitive 
examination is considered to be the 
language in which a credit pass must be 
obtained in the General Certificate of 
Education (Ordinary Level) Examination.
ii.	 In case where a qualification has been 
obtained by appearing for an examination 
equivalent to the General Certificate of 
Education (Ordinary Level) and General 
Certificate 
of 
Education 
(Advanced 
Level) examinations conducted by other 
local or foreign educational institutions, 
the final decision on making it applicable 
for 
granting 
an 
appointment 
shall 
be made by the Director General of 
Combined Services after verification 
from the relevant educational institutions 
and the Commissioner General of 
Examinations.	
N.B. - 	 It is compulsory to have satisfied 
all qualifications prescribed for the post 
by   candidates on or before 25.09.2026.
07.	 Selection on the basis of District population ratio
	
District Name list is indicated as Schedule I. The 
District selected by the applicants to compete for 
vacancies and its number should be mentioned in the 
application correctly according to the Schedule I when 
completing the online application.
(a)	 Recruitment to the service shall strictly be on a 
representative basis. A fixed number of vacancies 
shall be set apart for each District in proportion to 
its population. Only the applicants from a particular 
District shall be entitled to compete for the number 
of vacancies to be filled from that district.
	
I.	 If the vacancies so allocated to a particular 
district cannot be filled by the applicants 
who have applied for that particular District 
and have satisfied the qualifications, 
number of vacancies shall be re-distributed 
among the adjoining Districts in proportion 
to population.
	
II.	 If the total number of vacancies to be filled 
is few and the District population basis 
cannot be applied, selection shall be made 
on the order of merit.
	
III.	 Where the number of candidates who 
secure the minimum marks required is less 
than the number of vacancies available in a 
District, the District population basis shall 
not be applied for the selection.