On the date of commencement of the Civil Service Act, the mandatory retirement age of civil servants will be 58 years until the current financial year, then 59 years and after 1 year, the age of all employees will be 60 years.
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The government and the ruling party have retreated from the position of reversing the unanimous decision of the Legislative Management Committee of the National Assembly on the implementation method of raising the retirement age of civil servants to 60 years.
The Legislation Management Committee decided that the retirement age of civil servants will be 60 years and will be implemented in three stages. Now in Section 58 of the Act, the mandatory retirement age of civil servants will be 58 years until the current financial year, then 59 years and after 1 year, the age of all employees will be 60 years from the date of commencement of the Act.
General Administration Minister Bhagwati Neupane said that the said provision should be reversed and the age of retiring employees should be 59 since the commencement of the Act. When the minister said that the decision of the committee should be overturned, the MPs of the ruling party Congress and UML also supported it.
The committee was undecided on this matter for two days. In Tuesday's meeting, Minister Neupane left the position that the decision of the committee should be reversed. 'I don't do anything for personal gain . I will not do anything for anyone's unfair advantage . Accompanying staff is required. The government should pay attention to raise their morale . It is thought that how will the welfare of all employees be,'' she said, 'I promised that the bill will be passed by both the Houses from this session . I am still committed. This bill is important. There is no personal interest in my views. There is a tradition of going by consensus, let's not let it break . Let's go according to what is passed by the House of Representatives.'
Congress MP Krishna Prasad Sitaula from the ruling party agreed to proceed according to the proposal made by the government. In the debate on the mandatory retirement age in the Civil Servants Bill, let's proceed by accepting the age passed by the House of Representatives by the Minister of General Administration. Said . If the committee accepts the minister's proposal, employees will retire at 58 years in the first year, 59 years in the second year, and 60 years in the third year from the year the compulsory retirement law comes into effect,' said Sitaula.
After the minister and the ruling party backed away from reversing the provisions passed in the bill, the secretariat of the committee is engaged in writing the report .
After the minister and the ruling party said that the decision should be reversed, the MPs of opposition Maoists, Integrated Socialists and Jaspa Nepal demanded a division of votes . Opposition parties have a majority in the Legislative Management Committee .
This bill should be passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday. The meeting of the National Assembly has been called on Tuesday.
