The Council of Ministers transferred Bharatmani Subedi, Secretary of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, to the Election Commission in the first week of December. He was transferred within 5 months and 10 days of taking charge after talks with Federal Affairs Minister Rajkumar Gupta came to a standstill. It is not clear whether he himself asked for the transfer or whether the minister transferred him. Ravilal Panth has been brought in place of Subedi after being transferred from the Election Commission.

Earlier secretaries Mukunda Prasad Niraula were transferred in 3 months and 13 days and Krishnahari Pushkar in 4 months and 9 days. According to the records of the federal ministry, in the past 10 years, the secretary has lasted for a maximum of 7 months. The rationale of transferring the secretary within 3-4 months is not confirmed.

Since the development budget allocated by the Ministry of Federal Affairs itself is insignificant, the financial aspect is not connected much in the transfer. One of the main tasks performed by the federal ministry is staff mobilization and management. The transfer of secretaries can be taken as an indicator of how unstable the administrative leadership of the central agency, which is responsible for the management of civil servants across the country, is. The political and administrative leadership of the ministry seems to be particularly focused on the management of the daily staff.

A former secretary of the federal ministry said that the matter of transfer comes up when there is no coordination between the minister and the secretary. Some secretaries have asked for transfer themselves even if they don't want to stay in the federal ministry. "Secretaries who have a tendency to try to manipulate the economy do not prefer to stay in the federal ministry. Ministers are not counted as they have direct access to the Prime Minister and Chief Secretary," said an employee of the Ministry's Personnel Administration Division.

Minister and secretary why the conversation does not match? Why are secretaries transferred or transferred every three months? Does the instability seen in the administrative leadership of the ministry affect the staff administration across the country or not? These and similar questions raised in the administrative sector have remained unanswered for years.

Member of Parliament and former Union Affairs Minister Bhanubhakta Joshi says that political parties should take responsibility for administrative instability. Indicating that there was pressure for transfer from the political leadership when he was a minister, he said, 'Transfer has become the main task in the administrative sector as there is no attempt to establish rules and procedures. Except for special circumstances, it should be clear how long any secretary will stay in that place after being transferred. According to experts, the secretaries of the ministries, who are responsible for maintaining good governance through administrative stability, are the ones who change within 3-3 months, which has worsened administrative instability. In the 2 years since the 2079 election, 4 ministers have changed in the Ministry of Federal Affairs. During this period, secretaries Arjun Prasad Pokharel, Krishnahari Pushkar, Vinod Prakash Singh, Mukund Niraula, Bharatmani Subedi and Ravilal Panth held the administrative leadership. In the last 2 years, the tenure of the secretary did not exceed 4 months.

In the first cabinet after 2079, Amanlal Modi became the federal affairs minister for 6 months and 26 days. Having worked with two secretaries during that period, he said, 'Administrative authority below the joint secretary is vested from the officer to the secretary. In particular, the minister has no authority in the transfer. Especially in the transfer, he has the experience of confrontation between the minister and the secretary when they have to work under the pressure of the political power. Former Minister Modi said that due to lack of coordination between the Minister and the Secretary, the main dispute will be on transfer.

A former secretary said that policy reform was never done because of political pressure. He commented that it is natural for the controversy to arise when the minister, without understanding the purpose of the ministry, embarks on the transfer of staff. He said that the most disputes and political maneuvers are going on in the transfer of the chief administrative officer who is sent to the local level. This is also the dispute between Secretary Subedi and Minister Gupta. Secretary Subedi was transferred after the conversation started to stop,” said an official of the ministry.

Administrative expert Damodar Regmi says that the tendency to change secretaries as soon as the government changes will weaken good governance. "The employees selected by the Public Service Commission will be the secretaries," he said, "Not being able to work is also a weakness of the minister." The secretary should also be able to trust the minister.'' Regmi said that it is not often heard that the secretary is transferred if there is a disagreement on policy and reforms.

A meeting of secretaries was held at Singhdarbar on October 6 under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Eknarayan Aryal to organize the transfer. The meeting decided that the Federal Ministry would prepare an action plan to organize the transfer and submit it within 15 days to the Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office for Government Reform. But the decision has not yet been implemented.

Since the cabinet has decided to cancel some procedures and action plans, now the matter is pending, said Kaliprasad Parajuli, the spokesperson and joint secretary of the federal ministry.

The joint secretaries of the ministry say that no matter who comes to the political and administrative leadership, only a job mentality is seen. "The fact that the Federal Civil Bill submitted by the Ministry to the Parliament in 2075 has not yet become a law is a clear example of that," said a Joint Secretary. Due to the lack of a chief administrative officer, 250 local levels have been operating on the basis of assistants for years. The management of adjusted employees has not been done yet.

Secretary Ravilal Panth, who recently took charge of the federal ministry, says that he is trying to organize the transfer system. He also informed that he is planning to study the request of the employee for transfer for a few days and to set the standard of transfer only on certain days every month. But every new minister and secretary has been announcing to organize the transfer.