Karyakshama Seva Padakkama

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name= Karyakshama Seva Padakkama


caption=Karyakshama Seva Padakkama Medal & Ribbon.
awarded_by= Sri Lanka
type= Service medal
eligibility= Warrant Officers and other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force.
for= "...long, meritorious, loyal and valuable service." [http://www.navy.lk/gallery/medals/medals.htm Sri Lankan military awards and decorations]
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status= Currently awarded.
description= Suspended from a plain suspension bar.
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established= 1972
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higher= Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya
same= Prashansaniya Seva Padakkama (Sri Lanka Navy)
lower=Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal


caption2=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.

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.

*The period of service requisite to qualify for the medal shall be of 18 years efficient service.

References

External links

* [http://www.army.lk/ Sri Lanka Army]
* [http://www.defence.lk/ Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka]
* [http://www.nationalsecurity.lk/ Media Center for National Security : Sri Lanka]

References

*Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999", Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 995-8089-02-8