Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya
| Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya | |
|---|---|
|
 Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya Medal & Ribbon. | |
| Awarded by Sri Lanka | |
| Type | Service medal |
| Eligibility | Officers 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) | Riviresa Campaign Services Medal |
| Equivalent | Prashansaniya Seva Vibhushanaya (Sri Lanka Navy) |
| Next (lower) | Karyakshama Seva Padakkama |
The Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya (කාර්යක්ෂම සේවා විභූෂණය, kāryakṣama sēvā vibhūṣaṇaya, "Efficient Service Decoration") 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 7 January 1986. The Decoration shall not confer any individual precedence but will entitle the officer to the addition after his name of the post-nominal letters KSV. It replaced the Efficiency Decoration in 1972 that was awarded to volunteer officers of the Ceylon Army therefore it is somewhat similar to the British Volunteer Reserves Service Medal.
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.
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 |
References
- ↑ http://www.navy.lk/index.php?id=70 Sri Lankan military awards and decorations
- Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999, Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 955-8089-02-8