The well-known and awaited bills related to Civil Servants, Nepal Police, Armed Police, Education, Land, Media Council, Information Technology and Cyber Security originated and pending in the House of Representatives are inactive.
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With the abrupt dissolution of the House of Representatives, 30 bills have become inactive. The well-known and awaited bills related to Civil Servants, Nepal Police, Armed Police, Education, Land, Media Council, Information Technology and Cyber Security, originated and pending in the House of Representatives, have become inactive.
The Bill regarding the formation, operation and conditions of service of the Federal Civil Service, which is in the final process after being passed by the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, has also become inactive.
The issue of 'cooling off period' for civil servants after retirement made the bill controversial for a long time. The Civil Service Bill was considered essential for the implementation of federalism.
The bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives on June 15, was passed by the National Assembly on August 17 and sent back to the House of Representatives with a message that it had been amended. The bill had to be re-passed by the House of Representatives.
In the meeting called on August 25, the bill was prepared to be submitted for decision. However, the country took a different form during the Gen-G movement on 23 and 24 August. The meeting of 25th was adjourned after issuing a notice. According to the demands of the Gen-G movement, the House of Representatives was dissolved on the night of August 27.
After the promulgation of the constitution, the state governments formed after the first election in November 2074 have been demanding a civil service bill since the beginning. It was also felt that the civil service was indispensable for adapting to the new constitution and addressing the new needs. In the previous House of Representatives, the government introduced the Civil Bill. However, after the government and parliament did not reach an agreement on some issues, the government withdrew.
again on 2 February 2080, the government registered the bill. After a long discussion in the parliament, the bill was reached by agreement between the parties. Spokesperson of the Federal Parliament, Ekram Giri, said that the Civil Service Bill has become inactive as the House of Representatives is yet to take a decision on the message from the National Assembly, even though it has been passed by both houses.
According to the provisions of the constitution, with the dissolution of the House of Representatives, 30 different bills under consideration have become inactive, he informed. In Article 111(10) of the Constitution, it is mentioned that "if a bill is presented in the House of Representatives and is under consideration, or if it is passed in the House of Representatives and is under consideration in the National Assembly, if the House of Representatives is dissolved or if its term expires, such bill shall become inoperative".
Like the civil service bill, the bill on water resources and the constitutional council are also on the list that have not been passed by both houses. The Water Resources Bill was passed by the House of Representatives on May 5 and sent to the National Assembly. The House of Representatives had yet to take a decision on the bill, which was passed by the National Assembly on 23 July and sent back.
In the bill related to the Constitutional Council (functions, duties, rights and procedures), the Parliament completed all the procedures and sent it to the President for verification. President Ramchandra Paudel sent the bill back to Parliament to reconsider. The House of Representatives has been dissolved while the Parliament is yet to take the necessary decision about it.
When the previous House of Representatives completed its term in October 2079, 27 pending bills were inactive. Seven such bills, which were registered and inactive the previous time and were later re-submitted, have been repeatedly inactive. Media Council, Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, Nepal Air Service Authority, Information Technology, Banks and Financial Institutions, Securities, Export and Import Regulation Bills have been submitted in two Houses but have been inactive.
The bill on the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, which was registered in the National Assembly in the previous term of the House of Representatives and which came to the House of Representatives in 2079, has also become inactive. The bill was registered in the National Assembly in January 2076. The bill, which was passed by the National Assembly and sent in March 2079, was under discussion in the State Order and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives.
The Anti-Corruption Bill, which was registered in the National Assembly along with the Authority Bill, was passed by the House of Representatives in February 2081. The authority bill became inactive when the said bill took the form of an Act and was implemented.
There are only five bills that have been registered in the National Assembly and are pending in that assembly. Intangible Cultural Heritage, Film, Tourism, Social Media and National Forensic Science Laboratory Bills exist in the National Assembly. Even if the bill is passed by the National Assembly, the necessary legislative work on it will not proceed until the new House of Representatives comes.
