Speaker Devraj Ghimire has instructed the government to send the report of the parliamentary special committee set up to investigate fraud in the two-year 'cooling off period' provision in the Federal Civil Service Bill.

On Friday, Speaker Ghimire instructed House of Representatives Secretary Harkaraj Rai to send the report of the parliamentary special committee formed to investigate the cheating on 'cooling off period' to the government and related agencies for implementation.  

The Speaker's Secretariat said, 'In order to implement the report of the Parliamentary Inquiry Special Committee formed regarding the error in the report of the Federal Civil Service Bill, 2080, the Speaker has instructed the Secretary of the House of Representatives to send it to the parliamentary offices of all parties, the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, and the Secretariat of the Federal Parliament for the necessary implementation.'

The State Order Committee under the House of Representatives unanimously passed a report on Section 82 (4) of the Civil Service Bill on May 2 with the provision that "Civil servants or employees who have resigned or retired from the service will not be appointed to any constitutional or government position before the completion of two years from the date of retirement". The bill with that provision was passed by the House of Representatives on June 15. After the provision of 'cooling off period', the provision that was already placed in the bill that 'not to be appointed to posts other than constitutional or diplomatic appointments and any other appointments made by the Government of Nepal' should have been removed. But after it was retained in Section 82 (5A), questions were raised everywhere and a special committee was formed to investigate . The committee submitted the report to the Speaker on July 20 in the House of Representatives.

The report of the parliamentary special committee showed political and moral responsibility. Khatiwada resigned from the chairmanship of the State Affairs Committee on July 27.

The parliamentary investigation special committee has pointed out that Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal and others have acted against 'cooling of period' contrary to their official responsibilities . It is also mentioned in the report that Chief Secretaries lobbying with Lavalaskar to remove the provision of 'cooling off period' is against official conduct. "Based on the constitutional and legal provisions, lobbying in a group to remove the subject of 'cooling off period' put in the bill passed by the parliamentary committee and the assembly cannot be considered official conduct of officials with defined responsibilities," the report states.

The committee says that the employees who do so are 'officially and legally responsible for the employees'. The suggestion of the special committee was that the employees should be made responsible officially and legally.  

After the civil bill report was passed by the committee, under the leadership of Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, and National Assembly Speaker Narayan Prasad Dahal pressured to remove the 'cooling off period' system.

It is mentioned in the report that the Chief Secretary, the then Secretary of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, the Secretary of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the Secretary (Law) of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers were indirectly involved in circumventing the 'cooling off period' system.