Kathmandu. Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said that the differences seen on the duration of the cooling period and the service age limit under the Federal Civil Service Bill will be resolved through consensus.
Speaking at the meeting of the State Administration and Good Governance Committee held at Singha Durbar on Sunday to discuss the ‘Final Draft Report of the Committee on the Bill to Make Provisions on the Formation, Operation and Conditions of Service of the Federal Civil Service, 2080’, he said this.
He said that an agreement has been reached on all issues except the duration of the cooling period and the service age limit. He also claimed that the duration of the cooling period and the service age limit have also been reached. Home Minister Lekhak said that there is no dispute over the cooling period and the only issue is how long it will be.
Similarly, he said that there is no dispute over increasing the service age limit from 58 to 60 and there is only some difference of opinion on how to increase it in stages. He said that there is a method and tradition to pass the bill by consensus and insisted that this too be finalized by consensus.
He said, ‘It is like ensuring after how many years civil servants and other government servants who have worked in other government professions go to another responsibility of the nation after retirement, which we have called the cooling period in common parlance. Another issue, the service age limit that we have currently set at 58, should we increase it to 60, should we increase it to 60 all at once or in stages. Except for these two issues, there was agreement on all other issues. I have seen that these two issues are also very close.’
‘There is no dispute about keeping a cooling period, since it is a question of how long the period is, I think it should be considered very close. We also have no dispute about increasing the service age limit from 58 to 60. Since it is about how to do it in phases, I do not think there is a difference of opinion between us on the main issue. There was no difference of opinion in the committee, and there is no reason for there to be a difference of opinion between the government and the committee. Our system, tradition and what needs to be done is that when passing a bill, we have to pass it by consensus. The honorable House and the government have to form a single opinion and discuss how to form that opinion, and we also have a tradition of concluding it by consensus through discussion. “It is appropriate to reach an agreement for the proper implementation of a mature law,” he said.
He said that since the government is the sponsor of the bill, if there is an agreement between the houses, the bill will mature and implementation will also be facilitated.
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