(a) every public officer of the Railways Department not being any such officer in a transferable service of the Government (other than an officer in the Sri Lanka Engineering Service) shall, before the appointed date, give notice in writing to the General Manager of Railways that such officer intends, on the appointed date
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| (i) to continue in office as a public officer of the Railways Department; or | | |
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| (ii) to retire from the public service and become an officer of the Railways Authority if, being a pensionable officer of the Railways Department he would on that date have had not less than ten years' pensionable service ; or | | |
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| (iii) to leave the public service and become an officer of the Railways Authority if, being a pensionable officer of the Railways Department he would on that date have less than ten years pensionable service; or | | |
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| (iv) to leave the public service and become an officer of the Railways Authority, if he is a contributor to the Public Service Provident Fund established under the Public Service Provident Fund Ordinance; or | | |
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| (v) to retire or leave the public service and not become an officer of the Railways Authority; | | |
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