Treasury Secy Dr. Samaratunga retires end ’18
View(s):Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry will face an unavoidable void and tug of war among few top officials for the high post, following the retirement of Ministry Secretary and eminent SLAS officer Dr. R.H.S Samaratunga scheduled for end December, official sources said.
Dr. Samaratunga counts more than 30 years of experience in the public sector and is tipped to receive a top advisory post at the Treasury after his retirement, a reliable source told the Business Times.
A deputy secretary to the treasury and top official of a presidential council are among the contenders for the finance ministry secretary’s post, the source said. At least four top officials of the Ministry are expected to retire before the end of this year while secretaries to 10 key ministries have already retired from service.
Ministry Secretaries Udaya Seneviratne, I.H.K. Mahanama (who is under investigation), Kingsley Fernando, Abhaya Ratnayake, W.M.P.G. Wickremasinghe, Sarath Vithana, Neil de Alwis, Chandra Ekanayake, Piyasena Ranepura and Secretary to the Public Service Commission A. Kulatunga retired from public service this year.