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A Chief Secretary is a Special Grade officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service in the provinces which is equivalent to a Permanent Secretary of the central government known as Chief Secretary. There are nine Chief Secretaries, one for each of the
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Until 2005, broader term officers are classed into SLAS class 1 officers, SLAS class 2 grade 1, and SLAS class 2 grade 2. All grades from SLAS class 1 and above (see table) are part of the "Senior officers ". The
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A Permanent Secretary is the top bureaucrat of the government ministry and is responsible for the day-to-day functions of the ministry whereas in theory the
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Below the "Senior officers "(Special Grade offices, Class I officers and ), each individual department can put in place its own grading.
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The post of Deputy Secretary is only used in the Ministry of Finance is ranked just below the post of Permanent Secretary.
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that helps the elected officials on day-to-day functions of government. They are selected, promoted by the
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After 1 January 2005 Sri Lanka Administrative service introduced four grades, such as:
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The traditional titles for each grade of the civil service are as follows:
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was the traditional head of the Civil Service during the time of the old
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is responsible only for drafting policy. The head of the SLAS is the
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which was abolished on May 1, 1963. It is the senior of the
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