The Administrative Division of the Department, is performing a most significant role and some of the major functions carried by it are mentioned below.

       Activities related to personal files

• Maintaining the personal files of all officers of the Department and updating same.
• Granting salary increments
• Providing recommendations for property loans of officers.
• Registration in the W. & O.P.scheme
• Activities related to insurance of government officers.
• Traninig activities.

       Transport Activities

• Repairing of vehicles
• Servicing of vehicles
• Assigning vehicles for official activities
• insurancing of vehicles
• Checking of running charts of vehicles
• Cheking fuel consuntion of vehicles
• Obtaining Revenue Licences
• Providing fuel for vehicles

       Establishment Matters, Arrival/Departure

• Checking of arrivals and departures of officers
• Creating new posts for the Department
• Performing duties regarding leave matters  of officers
• Issuing of Railway warrants
• Receving and approval of vouchers of overtime.
• Receiving and approval of vouchers for travelling expenses
• Performing official duties pertaining to overseas leave obtained by officers
• Official duties relevant to granting of maternityleave to female officers.
• Confirmation in service of officers recruited to the post of Development officers at the end of their probationary period.
• Formulation of a Scheme of Promotion for the post of Assistant Editor of the Buddhist Encyclopedia
• Conducting Efficiency Bar examinations for miner staff.
• Official functions regarding computer typesetting.
• Granting relevant allowances to officers traverling to foreign countries for official duties for in of the period they were abroad.
• Training of staff, directing them for training courses and conducting workshops
• All duties regarding the settlement of water, electricity telephone and newspapers bills.
• All duties pertaining to the office mail.
• All administrative functions pertaining to the officers of the Department.
• All establishment matters including recruitments, formulation of schemes of recruitment, updating the changes in the staff, preparation of Parliamentary reports, Preparation of Cabinet Memoranda etc.
• Duties pertaining to the discipline of officers
• Approval of distress loans and property loans
• All matters pertaining to transfers and assigning of officers.
• Matters pertaining to Agrhara Insurance of officers.
• Transactions with other institutions with regard to administrative matters.
• Maintenance of all equipment including telephones, computers, photo copy machines, fax   machines, air conditioners etc.
• Maintenance and repair of buildings (Mahanayaka Charikaramaya, Regional Office, Kan dy, Regional Office,Rathnapura and regional Office Kurunegala ).
• Conducting meetings of Staff Officers and Heads of Divisions.
• Conducting management meetings of district coordinating officers and attending to matters relavant to it .
• Maintaining Public Administration circulars and all other circulars and directing action regarding matters relevant to them.
• Activities pertaining to directing of officers for election duties.
• Preparation of official identity cards.
• Providing uniforms to minor employees.
• Entrusting of key duties.
• Reorganizing the staff.