Under the pressure of Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal, who is going to retire this financial year, along with General Administration Minister Bhagwati Neupane, MPs of ruling parties Congress and UML tried to reverse the unanimous decision of the Legislation Management Committee on Friday.
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Chief Whip of UML Gopal Bhattarai has said that if the retirement age of the civil servants retiring in this fiscal year is not made 59 years, there will be a problem in passing the Federal Civil Service Bill.
During the discussion regarding Section 58 of the Civil Bill in the meeting of the Legislative Management Committee of the National Assembly on Monday, the Chief Whip of the UML warned that it would be difficult to pass the bill if the previous agreement is not reversed. "While running the government, some keep their disagreements . Regarding the cooling off period, Parliament should help. Proceed without difficulty . If the government remains adamant about that, it may become difficult to pass the bill in the parliament,' he said.
Friday's meeting of the Legislation Management Committee unanimously decided on section 58 of the bill. In which, "Civil servants who reach the age of 58 years in the financial year in which the Act comes into force will go on retirement after reaching the age of 58 years" and "employees in the second financial year after reaching the age of 59 years". According to this, it was agreed that the age limit of 60 years will be implemented from the third financial year. However, the chief whip of UML said that if the committee forwards the report after passing the arrangement on Friday, it will be a problem to pass the bill itself.
In order to pass the bill, the Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration has to submit a proposal. General Administration Minister is UML's Bhagwati Neupane . The UML and the government have also been disagreeing on the provision of two years of 'cooling off period' in the Civil Bill .
Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal and other civil servants who are going to retire in this fiscal year, MPs suspect that they are trying to amend the implementation method of the age limit. Aryal had publicly pressured the parliament and political leadership to remove the 'cooling of period' provision of the bill that prevents him from getting constitutional, diplomatic and government appointments for 2 years after retirement. He had put pressure on the executive, legislature and political party leaders by tying up the secretaries. General Secretary of Parliament Padma Prasad Pandey was also involved in this work.
According to the data of the National Library, 2 thousand 211 employees including Chief Secretary Aryal, 21 secretaries and 78 joint secretaries are going on compulsory retirement in the current financial year. Among them, 360 employees have retired by 16 August.
Chief Secretary Aryal is going on compulsory retirement on December 10 due to the age limit of 58 years. Phanindra Gautam, Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Gokarnamani Duwadi, Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Keshav Kumar Sharma, Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and Krishnahari Puskar, Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, are retiring on June 24, 2083.
Secretaries in powerful and economically influential ministries such as physical infrastructure and transport, water supply, labor, employment and social security, home are being criticized for trying to extend their tenure.
