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The North Eastern Province was formally demerged into the Eastern and Northern provinces on 1 January 2007. Eastern Provincial Council Elections for a provincial council for the demerged Eastern Province were held on 10 May 2008. The Northern province was ruled directly from Colombo until 21 September 2013 when elections were held.
In 1955, the district replaced the province as the country's main administrative unit. [10] Ampara District was created in April 1961, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] followed by the creation of Mullaitivu and Gampaha districts in September 1978 [ 13 ] through a new constitution , which also reintroduced the province as the main administrative unit. [ 14 ]
The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Sri Lanka is an independent government commission established under the Constitution of Sri Lanka to manage human resources in the public service. [ 1 ] The first Public Service Commission was established in 1946 under the Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council, with powers over the appointment, transfer ...
Jurisdiction of commercial disputes higher than Rs. 3 million in value and arising in the Western Province, is exercised by the High Court of Colombo. Appeals from judgments, decrees and orders of a district court lie to the Court of Appeal.
Later the D.R.O.s became assistant government agents and the givisions were known as A.G.A. divisions. Currently, [ when? ] the divisions are administered by a divisional secretary, and are known as D.S. divisions.
The short lived North Eastern Province. The number of provinces remained static until September 1988 when, in accordance with the Indo-Lanka Accord, President J. R. Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Northern and Eastern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the North Eastern Province. [12]
According to the Article 111 of the Constitution as amended by the 17th Amendment - Judges of the High Court are appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission made after consultation with the Attorney General and removable by the President and are subject to disciplinary control by the President on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission.
The province has a semi-arid climate and most forests situated in the province are Sri Lankan dry-zone dry evergreen forests. The province is also referred to as Wew Bendi Rajje due to the sheer amount of medium and large scale tanks situated in the province, with more than 3000. More than 65% of the province’s population depend on basic ...