Establishment Branch
- Appointment and swearing in of provincial council ministers.
- Appointment of provincial councils to review the work of the ministerial boards.
- Appointment of Heads of Departments.
- Convening and closing sessions of Provincial Councils.
- Re-employment of retired officers on contract basis.
- Approval of supplementary estimates after Provincial Council approval.
- Inspection of work by officers of island extension services and industrial approval.
- Approving all new recruitments / appointments.
- Approval of recruitment procedures and service constitution codes.
- Making central government circulars relevant to the southern province and approving the draft circulars of the southern provincial council.
- Approving allowance charges and additional transaction payments.
- Approval of the Honorable Governor to apply circulars.
- Appointment and industrial approval of officers of island wide services.
- All matters concerning Provincial Councilors.
Administrative Branch
- Assignment and transfer, discharge of officers of island wide services.
- Notification of meetings and decisions held with the Provincial Council of Ministers.
- Informing meetings and decisions held with Provincial Ministries Secretaries, Deputy Chief Secretaries.
- Formal travel related activities.
- Activities related to Ranaviru Seva Authority.
- Dealing with the approval of inter-provincial transfers of all officers.
Legal & Appeal Branch
- To render decisions on appeals against disciplinary orders of officers of the Southern Province Public Service.
- Dealing with letters and petitions received from all Ministries and Departments/Institutions of the Provincial Council
- Dealing with appeals and grievances of Southern Provincial Public Service officials.
- Recommending the presentation of statutes related to the province to the assembly.
- Dealing with trade union demands.
- Conducting discussions and meetings on trade union demands and issuing reports.
- Summoning and proceeding with investigation reports related to corruption irregularities and other complaints.
- Acting on reports sent by the Presidential Investigation Unit.
- Appointment and removal of Southern Province Public Service Commission chairman and members
- Proceedings of the Federation of Governors.
- Approval of the charter after receiving the approval of the Provincial Council.
- Provincial Security Committee meetings, preparation of convening reports and progress review activities.
- Follow-up on decisions of the Political Retaliation Committee.
Accounts Branch
- Activities related to foreign aid projects.
- Acting on audit queries related to the Governor’s office.
- Tasks of Provincial Council Fund in the province.
- Tasks of the Province Contingency Fund.
- Proceedings of statutes relating to monetary affairs.
- Annual financial statement.
- All activities related to Auditor General’s reports.
- Acting on representations received regarding special development projects.
- Follow-up related to audit inquiries related to Ministries, Departments, Institutions of the Southern Provincial Council Affairs.
- Recommending the annual financial statement.
- Approval of the annual financial statement.
- Recommending supplementary estimates.