The Promotion Committee recommended, the General Administration Ministry proposed and the Council of Ministers Decided, there is no place for the Health Minister to give any leeway: Minister Paudel
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Government Health Secretary Dr. Vikas Devkota has been appointed. Dr. As Roshan Pokharel retired on February 11 due to age limit, Devkota was appointed in Wednesday's cabinet meeting. Criticism of the government has also started saying that the seniors have been sidelined and the secretaries have been appointed.
The promotion committee for the appointment of a new secretary. Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra, Dr. Devkota and Dr. The name of Tank Barakoti was recommended. The same recommendation was taken by the Ministry of General Administration to the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday.
Mishra, who is working as an additional secretary, has expressed her displeasure that a junior has been made a secretary even though she is a senior. She alleges that Health Minister Pradeep Paudel did not make her a secretary because she is a Madhesi woman.
Minister Paudel said that he had no role to play in the promotion committee's recommendation and the General Administration Ministry's proposal, as the Council of Ministers will decide. "The Minister of Health has no role in the appointment of the Secretary," he told Kantipur, "The promotion committee recommended, the Ministry of General Administration made a proposal and the Council of Ministers decided, there is no place for the Minister of Health to give any discretion."
Dr. who was also the former director general of the health service department. An official of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office said that the health workers themselves have been complaining that Mishra is neglecting coordination. "There were complaints from his counterparts and junior employees, based on that the Prime Minister chose another competitor, it is not unusual to choose one of the three people," said the official.
Nepal Health Service Act, 2053, section 19 has a provision regarding the appointment of secretary, in which employees working at the twelfth level of the health service and who have worked at least five years at the eleventh level can be appointed to the position of secretary of the Ministry of Health and Population based on seniority and performance evaluation.
Because she is a Madhesi woman, Dr. Dr. Mishra's complaint
Mishra, who was recommended at number one, says that she is ahead of others on the basis of performance and seniority. She entered the health service in 2057 and returned to the government service in 2070 through open competition. She was selected in the eleventh level from the open competition and served as the head of Koshi Hospital and Charitable Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. She was promoted to the twelfth level on 23 June 2079. Devkota and Barakoti were promoted to the twelfth level on the same day on 13 Chait 2079. Entered service in Devkota 2053 and Barakoti 056. Dr. removed himself from the director general of the health department. Dr. Devkota was also appointed. Mishra's dissatisfaction was continuing.
"According to the Health Service Act, if the appointment is to be made on the basis of performance evaluation and seniority, it should be clarified how I got out," she said. In the House of Representatives meeting on Thursday, Independent MP Amresh Kumar Singh raised questions about the appointment of the Health Secretary. He commented that the government did not make Mishra a secretary because she was a Madhesi and a woman.
