DHANGADI, AUGUST 30

Sudurpaschim provincial government has forwarded the process of making 639 temporary employees permanent.

The government is preparing to pass the Bill on Civil Servants' Formation, Operation and Conditions from the Provincial Assembly. This has paved the way for making the temporary civil servants permanent automatically. If the bill is passed from the PA, as per the government's proposal, 639 temporary civil servants will become permanent automatically.

Nepal Civil Servants Union Kailali Chairman Khemraj Joshi flayed the province government's bill. 'The federal government has embraced the policy of hiring office assistants and drivers on contract. So, it is wrong of the province government to make temporary staffers permanent automatically,' he added. Joshi argued that making temporary staffers permanent was flawed and unfair.

Chief Minister Trilochan Bhatta, however, said that they had put the provisions to encourage low-level staffers. 'As soon as the new secretary comes, he/she changes staffers, who have worked for a long time. Thus, we are incorporating the provision to make staffers permanent,' Bhatta added. Article 143 of the constitution states that the province government has to consult with the Public Service Commission to appoint civil servants on permanent basis.

Citing lack of manpower, the province government has appointed 639 temporary civil servants.

A version of this article appears in the print on August 31, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.