The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka
Anura Karunathilaka stated that the National Housing Development Authority does not face cadre shortages but instead has excess staff due to past politically driven recruitments through institutions such as the NHDA and the State Engineering Corporation. He acknowledged problems in promotion procedures and said a clear process is being formulated to manage future promotions.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 In fact, we cannot say that there are cadre shortages in the NHDA. Over past periods, for various reasons, institutions like the NHDA and the State Engineering Corporation were used by political authorities as places to provide jobs. Sometimes people were recruited ostensibly for parliamentary offices or even for salons, but placed on cadres of the State Engineering Corporation or the NHDA. As a result, the NHDA currently has a surplus of employees rather than vacancies.
¶ 02 As you said, there have been issues in the promotions process and the lack of a clear procedure. We are formulating such procedures and will follow a definite process to grant promotions in future.
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Cite as: The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 September 2025. No. 1757672711095734. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9655