The Most Distinguished Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa (), also translated as The Most Distinguished Order of Merit of Brunei, is an order of Brunei. It was established in February 1964 by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III.
Current classes
The three classes of appointment to the Order are, from highest grade to lowest grade:
Description
The first class included 14 medallions measuring in silver, gold, and enamel, along with the badge appendant, measuring in silver, gold, and enamel; the star, measuring in silver, gold, and enamel, with a gold retaining pin and the maker's cartouche on the reverse, and presented in a fitted leather case with a miniature award.
The pre-1984 first class consisted of a badge and star with two lions on them. The second class adopted the Bruneian crown in place of lions when Brunei gained official independence from Britain in 1984.
Recipients
First Class
Second Class
Third Class
- Unknown â Abdul Rahman Taib â Speaker of Legislative Council
- Unknown â Salleh Masri â Member of Legislative Council
- Unknown â Ali Mohammad Daud â Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Unknown â Hong Kok Tin â Member of the Legislative Council
- Unknown â Colonel Abdu'r Rahmani â Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Forces
- Unknown â Colonel Kefli â Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy
- Unknown â Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Ariffin â Commander of the Training Institute
- Unknown â Pengiran Asmalee â Diplomat
- 1969 â Judin Asar â Clerk to the Legislative Council
- 1969 â G. R. Crowhurst â Music Director of Royal Brunei Police Force Band
- 1969 â Damit Metussin â Nobility
- 1969 â Garaham Salleck â Qantas employee to manage the travel needs for Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III
- 1969 â H. J. R. Bennett â Head of Prison Department
- 2011 â Shaukat Zinna â Medical practitioner
- 2013 â Haroon Manadath Pareed Pillay â Specialist and Head of Department of Neurosurgery at RIPAS Hospital
- 2014 â Meyyappan Nadarajan Thevar â Contributions to the RBAF Command and Staff College
Former recipients
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