Appointment of Chairman and members of the Board of Directors of the National Transport Commission
As per the provisions of the National Transport Commission Act 37 of 1991, the commission should be comprised of 8 members. According to the section 3(1) (a) of the said Act, three of the members are appointed on ex officio representing the Ministries of Transport, Policy Planning and Finance. Subject to the criteria of Section 3(1) (b) of the said Act, five members shall be appointed by the Minister in charge of transport with he approval of the Cabinet, and their term of office shall be 03 years. Further, in terms of the provisions of the Section 37 of the National Transport Commission Act No 1991 , the Minister in charge of the subject should appoint the chairman. Accordingly, as per the provisions of Section 3(1) (b) of the said Act, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation to appoint following four (4) members as the members of the National Transport Commission, and out of these members, to appoint Dr. Bandura Dileepa Vitharana as the chairman of the National Transport Commission.
• Dr. Bandura Dileepa Vitharana – Senior Lecturer of the Open University of Sri Lanka
• W. Ravi Prasad De Mel – Senior Lecturer of University of Sri Jayawardenapura
• Mrs. Dr. Namali Tharanga Sirisoma – Senior Lecturer of Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
• A.I.U.Perera – Commissioner of Inland Revenue Department
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