The Ministry of Defence says the officers of Sri Lanka Police, including the Special Task Force (STF), who have currently received orders of vacation of post, will be reinstated.

In a statement published today (16), the Defence Ministry said the Cabinet of Ministers had granted its approval to this on the February 19 this year, with the intention of further strengthening the process of ensuring law and order of the country.

The reinstatement process is being carried out taking into account the appeals made by these police officers.

Accordingly, they will be reinstated based on the recommendation of a three-member committee through a formal and transparent process with the agreement of the National Police Commission and the Election Commission, the Defence Ministry said further.

Officers who received the order of vacation of post after 01.06.2009 are scheduled to be considered for reinstatement subject to the following conditions:

• Should be less than 50 years old as at 01.01.2020
• Should undergo a background check relevant to the period for which they received the order of vacation of post and a medical test conducted by the Chief Medical Officer of the Police Hospital to confirm whether they are physically and mentally fit to be reinstated.
• During the medical test, the Chief Medical Officer of the Police Hospital should confirm that the relevant persons are not unfit to be reinstated, and subsequent to the forwarding of background reports and medical reports, the final decision will be taken by the committee. The said decision will be final.
• Officers who will be reinstated as above, are subject to a capacity building programme for a period not less than one month as per the directions of the Inspector General of Police, and should serve a minimum period of 03 years in an area determined by the Inspector General of Police. If they intend to get transferred during the said period of time, an appeal should be submitted to the National Police Commission.
• As per the provisions of section 8:1 of Chapter VII of Volume One of the Establishments Code, the salary step during reinstatement of officers who have received orders of vacation of post will be the initial salary step of the post which was held at the time of receiving the order of vacation of post.
• In order to consider the entitlement to the pension of the officers who are reinstated as above, the previous active service period of those officers will be taken into account.

For officers who received the orders of vacation of post before 01.06.2009, the following conditions will be applied in addition to the aforementioned conditions:

• Should have served a minimum period of one year in Northern and Eastern areas (within operation zones) during the service period prior to the receipt of the order of vacation of post.
• The active service period prior to the receipt of the order of vacation of post should be more than the period absent from service calculated as at 01.01.2020.

The officers who have already received orders of vacation of post are urged to make arrangements to submit their appeals, having prepared according to the specimen provided herewith, on or before 17.07.2020 either by registered post or by hand to the following address or by email to the following email address:

Additional Secretary,
Ministry of Defence (Law & Order Section)
14th Floor, “Suhurupaya”,
Battaramulla

Email address: adlseclawl@defence.lk

The wording, “Reinstatement - 2020” should be mentioned on the top left corner of the envelope, the statement read further.

Information in this regard can be obtained through the websites, wvuw.defence.lk andwww.police.lk and over the telephone number, 0112887884 during office hours, the Defence Ministry said further.

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