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PART  I :  SEC.  (IIA) – GAZETTE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA –28.08.2026
3001
From the date the appointment takes effect, you will 
be paid salary in accordance with the provisions of 
Schedule III of this circular. In addition, you are 
entitled to other allowances paid to public officers by 
the government from time to time.   
Note:-  
They shall be granted incremental credit subject to 
the incremental credit rules prevailing at the time of 
receiving appointment. 
5.0	
Service Conditions - 
	
(i)	 The number of appointments and the effective 
date of appointments shall be determined 
by the appointing authority. The appointing 
authority reserves the right to refrain from 
filling some or all vacancies.
Note :- This recruitment will give priority to 
filling vacancies with high vacancy percentages 
in Ministries/ Departments /Commissions 
and candidates who qualify for appointment 
by passing this competitive examination will 
be required to report for duty at the place of 
assignment. Requests for revision of the place 
of assignment after the appointment has been 
made will not be considered.
	
(ii) 	 Selected candidates shall be appointed to a 
post in Grade III subject to general conditions 
governing the appointments in the Public 
Service, terms and conditions set out by the 
Service Minute of the Management Service 
Officers’ 
Service 
published 
in 
Gazette 
Extraordinary of the Democratic Socialist 
Republic of Sri Lanka No: 1840/34 dated 
11.12.2013, revisions already made and will be 
made thereto in due course to the said service 
minute,  provisions of the Establishments Code 
and Financial regulations and Procedural Rules 
of the Public Service Commission published 
in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2310/29 dated 
14.12.2022.
	
(iii)	 Candidates who are successful in this 
examination shall be appointed subject to a 
probation period of one year from the date of 
appointment. Their posts shall be permanent 
and pensionable. They must pass the first 
Efficiency Bar Examination within 03 years 
from the date of recruitment to Grade III of 
the Management Service Officers’ Service, as 
mentioned in the service minute.
	
(iv)	 Candidates who receive appointments on the 
results of this examination shall be liable to 
transfer and may be posted to any station in 
Sri Lanka.
	
(v)	 The officer must compulsorily serve at the 
service station to which he/she is appointed at 
first for three years. However, if the appointing 
authority determines it necessary to transfer an 
officer before the end of the specified period 
due to exceptional circumstances, they reserve 
the power to do so.
	
(vi)	 If selected for an appointment, you must 
acquire proficiency in the Official Language as 
applicable, in accordance with the provisions 
of Public Administration Circular No. 18/2020 
dated 16.10.2020 and its consequent circulars, 
based on the language medium in which you 
qualified for the appointment. 
6.0	
Eligibility -
Eligibility to apply for this competitive examination 
is restricted solely to officers holding permanent 
appointments in the public service, who have been 
confirmed in those posts and receive salaries under 
the salary codes of PL category and MN 1-2025 
salary code, in accordance with Public Administration 
Circular No. 10/2025. 
Note: The officers in provincial public services are 
not allowed to sit for this examination
In order to be eligible to apply for this examination, 
every candidate must have satisfied the following 
qualifications, in addition to the aforementioned 
qualification;
	
(i)	 As of the closing date for applications, 
candidates must have completed at least 05 
years of active and satisfactory service 
in a permanent appointment. Furthermore, 
they must not have been subjected to any 
disciplinary 
punishment 
in 
accordance 
with the provisions stated in the Public 
Service Commission Circular No. 01/2020. 
This must be certified by the Head of the 
Department.
	
(ii)	 Candidates must have passed at least six 
(06) subjects with two (02) credit passes in 
not more than two sittings at the G.C.E.