Karyakshama Seva Padakkama

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Karyakshama Seva Padakkama
Awarded by Sri Lanka
Type	Service medal
Eligibility	Warrant Officers and other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force.
Awarded for	...long, meritorious, loyal and valuable service.^[1]
Status	Currently awarded.
Description	Suspended from a plain suspension bar.
Statistics
Established	1972
Precedence
Next (higher)	Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya
Same	Prashansaniya Seva Padakkama (Sri Lanka Navy)
Next (lower)	Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal

Main article: Awards and decorations of the military of Sri Lanka

The Karyakshama Seva Padakkama (kāryakṣama sēvā vibhūṣaṇaya, "Efficient Service Medal") medal awarded to Warrant Officers and other ranks, 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 medal shall not confer any individual precedence. It replaced the Efficiency Medal in 1972 that was awarded to volunteer other ranks of the Ceylon Army.

[edit] Eligibility

Warrant Officers and other ranks 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.