The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy
The Minister of Energy said Ceylon Electricity Board employees have until 27 October 2025, under Section 18(f) of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 36 of 2024, to indicate whether they wish to be assigned to successor companies, so final figures are not yet available. He stated that reasons for employees’ choices cannot be specified because the decision rests with them, and the allocation for voluntary retirement cannot be provided until applications are finalized. He added that Cabinet approval has been obtained to include the cost of the voluntary retirement scheme in the first electricity tariff revision of 2026.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 (a)
¶ 02 (i) A period of two months has been given until 27 October 2025 for the employees to notify the Ceylon Electricity Board whether they opt to be assigned to the successor companies or not, as per Section 18(f) of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 36 of 2024, and the process is not yet complete. Therefore, it is not possible to provide the figures at this time.
¶ 03 (ii) As this decision lies with the employees, it is unable to specify the reasons.
¶ 04 (iii) Since the exact number of employees who have applied for voluntary retirement has not been finalized, it is not possible to specify the allocation at this time. However, this allocation can be presented after the calculation is done, once the actual data is received.
¶ 05 (iv) The approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been obtained to incorporate the cost of the voluntary retirement scheme in the first electricity tariff revision in 2026.
¶ 06 (b) Not relevant.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 October 2025. No. 22641. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8029