Measurement Units Standards & Services Department

District Laboratories

According to the section 15 of the Measurement, Units Standards & Services Act no. 35 of 1995, tertiary standards shall be kept and preserved by the District Secretary. Laboratories were set up in each district to preserve the standards under the direct supervision of the District Secretary Inspectors share these standards for annual re verification of trader's weighing and measuring equipment.

The names of the Officer In Charge in each District and their contract numbers are given below

District
Name of the Officer In Charge
Contract Nos
Colombo (head Office)
Mr.G.D.Premasiri
011-2597759
Colombo
Mr.M.V.Wijethilaka
011-2391079
Gampaha
Mr. S.A.S.P.Perera
033-2221664
Kalutara
Mr. T.N.P.Dharmarathna
034-2221765
Matale
Mr.A.L.A.Azees
066-2222135
Nuwara-Eliya
Mr.W.V.L.P.S.Wijerathna
052-2235207
Batticaloa
Mr.V.Vigneshwaran
065-2226584
Kurunegala
Mr. K.L.C.Pereara
037-2228770
Galle
Mr. S.V.D.A.Gunaseakara
No Direct Lines Contact Weight & Measures Division of District Secretariat
091-2222233
Matara
Mr. S.W.Abenayaka
041-2222233
Hambantota
Mr.L.N.Senaweera
047-2220174
Jaffna
Mr.V.Krishnadasan
021-2222235
Vavuniya
Mr.Sothipragasam
024-2222233
Trincomalee
Mr.Rajeswaram
026-2222233
Ampara
Mr. A.L.Nawsad
063-2222233
Anuradapura
Mr.H.L.R.Kumarasiri
025-2222233
Polonnaruwa
Mr.W.M.Jayarathna Banda
027-2222233
Puttlam
Mr.J.S.Harischandra
032-2265335
Badulla
Mr.R.P.D.Piyasena
055-2222235
Monaragala
Mr.A.G.S.L.Ariyapala
055-2276233
Rathnapura
Mr.J.Kulathunga
045-2222233
Kandy
Mr. P.B.Wickramasinghe
081-2222233
Kegalle
Mr.D.S.W.Dissanayaka
035-2222233