The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna
Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna cited Standing Order 111(7) on the role of Sectoral Oversight Committees in examining appointments within their jurisdiction. He said an “End Post” appointment at Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, made under a previous government, had no basis in the Service Minutes and had not been referred to the relevant Sectoral Oversight Committee despite a request. He asked the Speaker to have the Chair of the Health-related Sectoral Oversight Committee respond, arguing that the Standing Orders were being violated.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, let me read this. Standing Order 111 concerns Sectoral Oversight Committees. Standing Order 111(7) states:
¶ 02 “Each Sectoral Oversight Committee may examine the suitability of any person who has been either appointed to any post or nominated to hold office in any post to any institution within the jurisdiction of that Committee and make recommendations in regard to such persons to the appropriate Ministry.”
¶ 03 Hon. Speaker, at the Sectoral Oversight Committee we reviewed the Teaching Hospital, Jaffna. An End Post appointment has been given there, not by your Government but by a previous one. Under the Service Minutes, there is no provision to make an End Post appointment. We requested that, if it was being sent via the Public Service Commission (PSC), the matter be submitted to our Sectoral Oversight Committee. To date, it has not been submitted. I raise this because the Standing Orders are being violated. Please ask the Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee relevant to the Ministry of Health to respond.
¶ 04 Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2026. No. 23328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30364