Assistant Valuer – Government Valuation Department

• The open competitive Examination for making recruitment of 184 persons for the post of assistant Valuer of class ii Grade ii of the department of Government Valuation will be held by the director General of Sri Lanka institute of development administration in the month of March 2025 in Colombo only. The date of Examination will be informed through paper advertisement in due course. the chief Valuer reserves the right of postponement or cancellation of the said Examination. 

• Applications are invited for this post from both males and females who possess the following qualifications.

 Qualifications: 

1.  Educational Qualifications

• Should possess a Bachelor of Science Special degree in Property Management and Valuation recognized by the university Grants commission or should be a chartered Valuer with the membership at Royal institution of chartered Surveyors in the United kingdom.

2.  Physical Eligibility

• Every candidate should be of sufficient physical and mental fitness to serve in any part of Sri Lanka and to perform the duties of the post.

3.  Other Qualifications

• Shall be a citizen of Sri Lanka. 
• Applicants shall be of an excellent character.
• Only if the applicant has fulfilled all the required qualifications as on 31st of december, 2024 he /she will be treated as fulfilling the qualifications required for sitting the Competitive Examination for making recruitment for the service.

  Age Limit:

• Minimum age limit : - Not less than 21 years. 
• Maximum age limit : - Not more than 35 years.

(accordingly only those who have born on or before 31.12.2003 or whose date of birth has fallen on 31.12.1989 or thereafter are eligible to apply for this post.)

  Note:

• Any person who holds a priesthood of any religious sect will not be permitted to sit this examination. 
• Any candidate who is awaiting the results of an examination related to the degree may not sit for this examination. However, a person who has passed the Degree related to the above Qualifications may be permitted to sit for this examination at the event of submitting an official letter obtained from the Registrar of the University to prove that he / she has completed the degree as at 31st of December, 2024.

  Conditions of Service:

• Salary - the consolidated salary scale of this post is mentioned below. Salary Scale as per the Public administration circular No. 03/2016 is Rs. 34,605-10 x 660-11 x 755-15 x 930 – 63,460/- of the category of salary of MN 5. 
• This post is permanent. You shall be subject to the policy decisions to be made in future by the Government on the scheme of Pension. 
• The Candidates who may be selected will be appointed subject to three (03) year probationary period with effect from the date of appointment.
• The Appointees shall appear before a medical examination conducted by a Government medical officer to check the physical eligibility as to whether to serve in any part of the island or not. V. appointees are abided to serve in any part of the island. 
• Your attention is being drawn to the conditions in Procedural Rules in No. 2310/29 of the Public Service commission and the general conditions related to the appointments made for the posts of Government Service published at the beginning of Paragraph (iiA) in Part i of this Gazette. 
• This post will be governed as per the provisions in Sri Lanka Valuation Service Minutes published in the Gazette Notification No. 2142/75 dated 27.09.2019. 

Method of recruitment:

• Recruitments are made on the results of a Written competitive Examination and a general interview. an interview will be held for an equal number of applicants to be recruited as per the merit of the total marks of the applicants who have passed the written examination and eligible candidates will be selected. Marks will not be given at the interview. Scrutinizing the relevant eligibility will only be made.