Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya
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The Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya (කාර්යක්ෂම සේවා විභූෂණය, kāryakṣama sēvā vibhūṣaṇaya, "Decoration for competent Service") medal awarded to the commissioned officers is a reward for long, meritorious, loyal and valuable service of proven capacity in the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, and, is governed by the proclamation dated 07 January 1986. The Decoration shall not confer any individual precedence but will entitle the officer to the addition after his name of the letters KSV.
[edit] Eligibility
- Commissioned officers of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force who by or after 22 May 1972 have completed 18 years qualifying service as hereinafter defined shall be eligible for the award of decoration.
- Commissioned service is qualified as being on the active list of a Unit of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, including commissioned service in the Ceylon Cadet Corps, after attaining the age of 17 years.
- The period of service requisite to qualify for the Decoration shall be of 18 years efficient commissioned service.
[edit] First recipients
The first recipients of this decoration by gazette published on 12 October 1990 were;
Brig. C.N. Panabokke | Brig. A.E.R. Abeysinghe | Brig. P.N.K. Dias |
Col. S.B.G. De Silva | Col. N.P.D. Pelpola | Col. R.M. Peris |
Col. G.L. Premachandra | Lt. Col. A.P.D. Edirisuriya | Lt. Col. L.D.S. Kariyawasam |
Lt. Col. S.V. Panabokke | Lt. Col. A.M.B. Amunugama | Lt. Col. P.V. Pathirana |
Lt. Col. S.D. Lankadeva | Lt. Col. A. Weerakoon | Lt. Col. K. Amarasinghe |
Lt. Col. S. Weragama | Lt. Col. S.A. Kulathunga | Lt. Col. C.P. Algama |
Lt. Col. R.M.D. Ratnayake | Lt. Col. K.R.U. Gunawardana | Lt. Col. L.R. Attanayake |
Lt. Col. D.G. Amaratunga | Lt. Col. D.M. Amarakoon | Lt. Col. G.K. Wickramasinghe |
Bvt. Lt. Col. D.N. Alawathugoda | Maj. C. Gnaseswaran | Maj. M. Suriyarachchi |
Maj. D.S.N. Gancgoda | Capt. T.C.M. Abeysekara | Capt. (QM) R.M.B. Ratnamalala |
Lt. W.A.C. Dias | Lt. (QM) H.P. Jayasena | Lt. (QM) R.M.S. Hemapala |
[edit] External links
[edit] Reference
- Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999, Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 995-8089-02-8