Permanent appointments for acting sub post masters

COLOMBO: The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry has taken immediate steps to grant permanent appointments to acting sub post master, attached to sub post offices.

Under the Mahinda Chinthana Programme it is the Government’s expectation to make permanent those temporary or casual basis in the government service. Acting sub post masters who have worked for several years will be made permanent, Posts and Telecommunication Minister, Rauff Hakeen said.

Permanent appointment letters will be handed over to 200 acting sub post masters by Hakeem at a ceremony at the postal complex today.

Out of the present total cadre of 3,409 sub post masters attached to the Department of Posts, 949 have performed their duties in acting capacity to date, and they will be granted permanent appointments subject to their having fulfilled the basic qualifications.

Those who lack these qualifications, will be given the opportunity, once they fulfil the required qualification in future.

These acting sub post masters have already completed from six months, to 14 years in acting positions, under various constraints while serving the people of the area satisfactorily, with a nominal payment, for the upkeep of these sub post offices.

Since no additional financial commitment is involved in the payment of salaries by this decision, the government will not be compelled to allocate additional provision, where the salaries are concerned, Hakeem said.