The Committee on High Posts examines the suitability of persons who have been either appointed to any post or nominated to hold office in any post determined by the Cabinet of Ministers and to make recommendations in regard to such persons. At present the following categories of Officers are examined by the Committee.
1) All Secretaries to Cabinet Ministries
2) All persons proposed to be appointed as Heads of Sri Lanka Missions abroad
3) Chairmen of Boards, Corporations and other State Institutions
When a nomination is received by the Secretary to the Committee the nominee is required to submit his/her bio-data together with a Declaration of Assets and Liabilities in the prescribed form which is now available in the Parliament Website.
The Secretary to the Committee would take steps to publish advertisements in newspapers in all three languages inviting the public to send representations/petitions regarding such appointments if any to the Secretary to the Committee.
The Committee is empowered to report to Parliament from time to time and shall continue its examination although Parliament may be prorogued.
Name
Dhammika Dasanayake
Telephone
0094-11-2777228
Fax
0094-11-2777227
dhammika_d@parliment.lk
Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | First Session
Date: 2015-07-26
(Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka | First Session )
Date: 2024-01-10
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