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by D.A. Wijewardene

Sometime after the attainment of independence in Sri Lanka the Public Service Commission system in relation to the appointment and disciplinary control of Public officers came in for adverse comment. The P.S.C. as it was constituted then, was an independent institution, and this very fact of its independence was later held against it. It was said that this system may have been suitable during the Colonial form of government, when the functions of the State were of a limited nature, such as the collection of revenue and the maintenance of law and order in the Country.
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