| Administration Division |
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1. All establishments regarding departmental officers 2. Organizing seminars regarding pensions Top |
| Armed Services Pensions Division |
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1. Paying disable pensions 2. Paying services pensions and services gratuities 3. Paying subsistence allowances, police compensations, injury allowances, charitable allowances 4. Paying problematical death gratuities 5. Paying stationmaster/ postmaster gratuities 6. Paying compensations and compensatory pensions Top |
| Director’s staff |
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1. Take actions regarding all requests receives to Director of Pensions. 2. Coordination all divisions of department
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| Foreign Pensions: |
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1. Sending of roll forms to the pensioners after receiving request from them for the transfer of their pensions abroad. 2. Calling for the pension files from the divisional secretarial for this purpose. 3. Preparing the transfer orders and sending them to the relevant authorities 4. Sending of pension department circulars to high commission and crown agents 5. Restoration of full pensions 6. Preparing the arrears of the pensioners 7. Rectifying pension anomalies of pensioners 8. Sending of statistics to high commissioners and crown agents if needed. 9. Forwarding reports to the ministry of public administration & Home affairs if requested 10. Providing information to the ministry of foreign affairs if requested 11.Sending replies to the mail daily received from the high commission offices, crown agents and the pensioners.
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| Internal Audit Division |
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1. Investigate activities relating pensions in, - Various departments including Department of Pensions - Various ministries - Divisional Secretariats - All Municipal Councils, Urban Councils, and Pradeshiya Sabha by executing internal audit programs.
2. Furnish responds and back observe accordingly for audit inquires of Auditor General 3. Investigate on nominal and anonymous complaints regarding to pensions
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| Local Government Pensions Division |
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1. Regulating and operating local government pensions / widows’, orphans’ pensions/ account of widowers’ fund 2. Monthly paying of local government pensions/ widows’& orphans’ pensions/ widowers’ pensions 3. Issuing awards of pensions, widowers’ awards of pensions, widows’& orphans’ awards of pensions, disable awards of pensions of pensioners retired prior to 03.09.1993 4. Transfer files to local government widows’& orphans’ pensions section after issuing numbers and updating file of personals on service following 03.09.1993 5. Monthly collecting of pensions contributory amounts which owing from local governments. 6. Preparing bank reconciliation statements and final accounts of all funds 7. Operating 6/2004, 7/2004 8. Refunding contributions 9. Paying death gratuities Top |
| New/Special Registration Division |
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Registering pensioners (civil) General retirement Retirement on disciplinary action Retirement on medical condition Retirement on abolition of office Retirement of private school teachers Retirement of pirivena teachers Retirement of 1980s’ strikers Retirement of legal officers Retirement after leaving frozen the pension Retirement due to lack of proficiency in language Retirement of sub postmasters/ sub stationmasters Retirement under Public Administration circular 44/90
Registering pensioners (Forces) Forces pensions & compensatory pensions Registering payments of death gratuity Civil & Forces Registering payments of Services gratuity Forces Registering allowance payments Civil 1. Special compensations 2. Police special compensations, 1964 3. Daily service gratuity 4. Charitable allowance Forces 1. Dependents’ allowance 2. Disable allowance 3. Forces special compensations
Registering payments of dependents of deceased personals Registering payments of arrears gratuities Forces & Civil
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| Policy & Planning Division |
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1. Formation & issuance of all circulars with regard to pensions 2. Making principled decision on issues of pensioners of all government institutions 3. Representing department on legal affairs relating issues of pensioners of all government institutions 4. Responding for letters receives from institutions such as ministries, departments, corporations, boards, authorities, banks and pensioners Top |
| Public Relation section Division |
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1. Registering all pensions associations and coordination amongst them 2. Guiding pensioners who visit to Department of Pensions 3. Responding for queries regarding Department of Pensions Top |
| Widows’ & Orphans’ Pensions Division |
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1. Appoint guardians when obtaining minor orphans pensions 2. Issue Teachers widows’, widowers’& orphans’ numbers, collecting contributory amounts, file updating and furnish files to the relevant divisional secretariats to grant widows’, widowers’ & orphans’ pensions 3. Refund contributory amounts of ineligible contributors for widows’, widowers’ & orphans’ pensions 4. Provide instructions for widows’, widowers’& orphans’ issues, which arise from divisional secretariats 5. Take necessary steps to amend widows’, widowers’& orphans’ acts & regulations when required 6. Registering government officers who hold pensionable posts under widows’, widowers’& orphans’ pensions scheme 7. Collecting & depositing/accounting contributory amounts under widows’, widowers’& orphans’ pensions scheme 8. Maintaining widows’, widowers’& orphans’ pensions files 9. Furnish files to the relevant divisional secretariats after the death of contributor to grant widows’, widowers’& orphans’ pensions 10. Issuing not decentralized widows’, widowers’& orphans’ awards and problematic widows’ widowers’& orphans’ awards 11. Approve disable orphans’ pensions and issuing awards Top |