The Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa
On behalf of the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Nalinda Jayatissa tabled a written answer confirming vacancies in the Colombo Municipal Council Income Tax Inspector cadre: all three Special Grade posts and 21 of 36 Grade I/II/III posts are vacant. He stated that, following a Cabinet decision of 10 December 2025, local authorities and the Western Province Public Service Commission have been instructed to proceed with recruitment.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, I table the answer.
¶ 02 (a) (i) Yes. (ii) Income Tax Inspector cadre for Colombo Municipal Council (CMC): - Special Grade: 03 approved; currently in service: 00; vacancies: 03 - Grade I/II/III combined: 36 approved; currently in service: 15; vacancies: 21 (iii) Yes. Pursuant to Cabinet decision dated 10.12.2025 (PM’s Committee approval No. GOV/25/2242/802/004-xii), local authorities have been informed by Western Province Commissioner of Local Government (Letter LGD/2G/Vacancies/Common/2026 dated 08.01.2026) to proceed with recruitments. Recruitment to Special Grade is by the Provincial Public Service Commission; the Western Province PSC has been informed (Chief Secretary’s letter CSWP/PTR/14-6/FI/4(D) dated 31.12.2025) to conduct recruitments accordingly.
¶ 03 (b) Not applicable.
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Cite as: The Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 February 2026. No. 23252. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8714