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- २०७५ BS
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- खण्ड ४: आन्तरिक प्रशासन · Volume 4: Internal Administration
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What does it do?
- This Act moved permanent government employees into the new federal, provincial and local services after federalism. It covers staff of the civil service, the Nepal Health Service and the Legislature-Parliament service in post when it began, and 'other service' staff: permanent employees of the former local bodies, and of committees, commissions and similar bodies whose services were handed to provinces or local levels. It replaced the Employee Adjustment Ordinance 2075.सङ्घीयतापछि सरकारी कर्मचारीलाई सङ्घ, प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहको सेवामा मिलाउन यो ऐन बनेको हो। यसले ऐन प्रारम्भ हुँदा बहाल रहेका निजामती सेवा, नेपाल स्वास्थ्य सेवा र व्यवस्थापिका–संसद् सेवाका स्थायी कर्मचारी र ‘अन्य सेवाका कर्मचारी’ समेट्छ। साबिकका स्थानीय निकायका स्थायी कर्मचारी र प्रदेश वा स्थानीय तहमा सेवा हस्तान्तरण भएका समिति, आयोग, प्रतिष्ठानजस्ता संस्थाका स्थायी कर्मचारी ‘अन्य सेवा’ मा पर्छन्। यसले कर्मचारी समायोजन अध्यादेश, २०७५ प्रतिस्थापन गरेको हो। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Preamble and Section 2(ka)–(kha), (chha), pp. 1–2; Section 30, p. 21
- An Organisation and Management Survey Committee, led by the Secretary of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, recommends the organisation structures and posts for each level, and the government approves them. The bodies that run each service then adjust staff into these posts using the preferences in their applications. For federal posts the order is seniority in the current post, seniority in the post below, then age. For provincial and local posts it also counts the province or local level where they work, their permanent address and the address on their citizenship certificate. The ministry itself adjusts 'other service' staff to local levels, within the same district or, failing that, the same province.सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालयका सचिवको संयोजकत्वमा रहने सङ्गठन तथा व्यवस्थापन सर्वेक्षण समितिले प्रत्येक तहको सङ्गठन संरचना र दरबन्दी सिफारिस गर्छ र नेपाल सरकारले स्वीकृत गर्छ। त्यसपछि सेवा सञ्चालन गर्ने निकायले कर्मचारीले निवेदनमा जनाएको प्राथमिकताक्रमअनुसार समायोजन गर्छ। सङ्घमा समायोजन गर्दा क्रमशः कार्यरत पदको ज्येष्ठता, तल्लो पदको ज्येष्ठता र उमेरको ज्येष्ठता हेरिन्छ। प्रदेश वा स्थानीय तहमा भने हाल कार्यरत प्रदेश वा स्थानीय तह, स्थायी बसोबासको ठेगाना र नागरिकताको ठेगानासमेत हेरिन्छ। ‘अन्य सेवा’ का कर्मचारीलाई मन्त्रालय आफैँले सम्बन्धित जिल्लाभित्र, नभए प्रदेशभित्रका स्थानीय तहमा समायोजन गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 3, 6–8, pp. 2–10
- Adjusted employees must report to their new post within 21 days, excluding travel time (or within 35 days after leave, suspension or hospital stay ends). Those who do not report are retired from service by the authority competent to impose departmental punishment, after a chance to explain and after consulting the Public Service Commission. Office heads who fail to receive them and give them duties face action.समायोजन भएका कर्मचारी बाटोको म्यादबाहेक २१ दिनभित्र (बिदा, निलम्बन वा अस्पताल भर्ना भएकाहरू सो अवस्था सकिएको ३५ दिनभित्र) नयाँ पदमा हाजिर हुनैपर्छ। हाजिर नहुने कर्मचारीलाई सफाइको मौका दिई लोक सेवा आयोगको परामर्श लिएर विभागीय सजाय दिने अधिकारीले सेवाबाट अवकाश दिन्छ। हाजिर नगराउने र जिम्मेवारी नदिने अधिकारीमाथि कारबाही हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 13, pp. 13–14
- Provincial and local service laws must follow the basic principles of federal civil service law on selection, recruitment, appointment, transfer, promotion, conduct and discipline. Appointments must be made on the recommendation of the Provincial Public Service Commission, and the post a person was adjusted into must be kept until they retire. Provinces and local levels pay adjusted staff's salaries, while the federal government pays gratuity, pension, medical costs and accumulated leave on retirement, at federal rates. A committee chaired by the minister for federal affairs directs and monitors the process.प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहले आफ्नो सेवासम्बन्धी कानून बनाउँदा छनोट, भर्ना, नियुक्ति, सरुवा, बढुवा, आचरण र विभागीय सजायमा सङ्घीय निजामती सेवा कानूनका आधारभूत सिद्धान्त लिनुपर्छ। नियुक्ति प्रदेश लोक सेवा आयोगको सिफारिसमा हुनुपर्छ र समायोजित कर्मचारी अवकाश नहुन्जेल त्यो पद कायम राख्नुपर्छ। समायोजित कर्मचारीको तलब–सुविधा सम्बन्धित प्रदेश वा स्थानीय तहले दिन्छ भने सेवाबाट अलग हुँदाको उपदान, निवृत्तिभरण, उपचार खर्च र सञ्चित बिदाको रकम सङ्घीय दरमा नेपाल सरकारले बेहोर्छ। सङ्घीय मामिला मन्त्रीको संयोजकत्वमा रहने निर्देशन तथा समन्वय समितिले समायोजनको अनुगमन र निर्देशन गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 15–17, pp. 15–18
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Not enforced Staff adjusted to provinces and local levels are still working at the federal level. The Auditor General reported in 2082 that the government approved 137,614 posts and adjusted staff under this Act, but 2,443 employees remained unadjusted, left 'surplus' (fajil). Many staff adjusted to provinces and local levels are kept on deputation in federal posts or in temporary federal offices. Together with ordinary retirements, this leaves province and local offices short of staff and directly affects services. The 63rd report (2083), which gives the approved posts as 85,459, found the same issue and said an earlier recommendation to complete adjustment on an objective basis had not been acted on.प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहमा समायोजन भएका कर्मचारी अझै सङ्घमै काम गरिरहेका छन्। महालेखापरीक्षकको २०८२ को प्रतिवेदनअनुसार यस ऐनबमोजिम नेपाल सरकारले १,३७,६१४ दरबन्दी स्वीकृत गरी समायोजन गरे पनि २,४४३ कर्मचारी समायोजन नभई फाजिलमा छन्। प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहमा समायोजन भएका धेरै कर्मचारीलाई सङ्घीय पदमा वा अस्थायी प्रकृतिका कार्यालयमा काजमा राखिएको छ। नियमित अवकाशसमेत जोडिँदा जनतालाई सेवा दिने प्रदेश र स्थानीय कार्यालयमा कर्मचारी अभाव भई सेवा प्रवाहमा प्रत्यक्ष असर परेको छ। स्वीकृत दरबन्दी ८५,४५९ उल्लेख गरेको २०८३ को प्रतिवेदनले पनि यही अवस्था दोहोर्याएको छ र वस्तुनिष्ठ आधारमा समायोजन पूरा गर्ने अघिल्लो सुझावमा सुधार नभएको जनाएको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 62nd report, MoFAGA chapter, para 11, printed p. 524 (PDF p. 554); OAG 63rd report, MoFAGA chapter, para 11, printed p. 478 (PDF p. 510)
- Not enforced Health staff were left unadjusted five years on. The Auditor General found 207 serving auxiliary nurse-midwives, lab assistants, darkroom assistants and auxiliary health workers kept as surplus without adjustment, although the Nepal Health Service Act 2053 forbids keeping any employee without duties for more than a month. It said keeping staff due for provincial and local adjustment in surplus five years after this Act took effect was not appropriate, and they should be adjusted promptly.पाँच वर्षपछि पनि स्वास्थ्यकर्मी समायोजन हुन बाँकी छन्। महालेखापरीक्षकका अनुसार नेपाल स्वास्थ्य सेवा ऐन, २०५३ ले कुनै पनि कर्मचारीलाई पदीय जिम्मेवारी नदिई एक महिनाभन्दा बढी राख्न नहुने व्यवस्था गरे पनि अनमी, ल्याब असिस्टेन्ट, डार्करुम असिस्टेन्ट र अहेवका पदमा कार्यरत २०७ जनालाई समायोजन नगरी फाजिलमा राखिएको छ। समायोजन ऐन कार्यान्वयनमा आएको पाँच वर्षसम्म पनि प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहमा समायोजन हुनुपर्ने कर्मचारीलाई फाजिलमा राख्नु उपयुक्त नदेखिएकाले यथाशीघ्र समायोजन गर्नुपर्ने उल्लेख छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 62nd report, Ministry of Health and Population chapter, para 14, printed pp. 577–578 (PDF pp. 607–608)
- Unclear Careers of adjusted staff remain unclear. Section 15 makes federal civil service law the template for provincial and local service laws. The Auditor General noted that all seven provinces have passed provincial civil service Acts based on the old Civil Service Act 2049, but no Federal Civil Service Act has been passed nine years after the Constitution. As a result, recruitment, selection, transfer and promotion prospects for staff adjusted to provinces and local levels remain unclear; the 63rd report says the situation is unchanged.समायोजित कर्मचारीको वृत्ति विकास अस्पष्ट छ। दफा १५ ले प्रदेश र स्थानीय सेवा कानूनका लागि सङ्घीय निजामती सेवा कानूनलाई आधार मानेको छ। महालेखापरीक्षकका अनुसार सातवटै प्रदेशले पुरानो निजामती सेवा ऐन, २०४९ सँग मिल्ने गरी प्रदेश निजामती सेवा ऐन लागू गरिसके, तर संविधान जारी भएको नौ वर्षसम्म पनि सङ्घीय निजामती सेवा ऐन बनेको छैन। यसले प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहमा समायोजित कर्मचारीको भर्ना, छनोट, सरुवा र बढुवाका अवसरमा अस्पष्टता ल्याएको छ; त्रिसट्ठीऔँ प्रतिवेदनअनुसार यो अवस्था यथावत् छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 62nd report, MoFAGA chapter, para 10, printed p. 524 (PDF p. 554); OAG 63rd report, MoFAGA chapter, para 11, printed pp. 478–479 (PDF pp. 510–511); Act s. 15(1)(ka), p. 15
Ideas to fix it
- Complete the adjustment of employees on an objective basis, and promptly adjust health staff still held as surplus.वस्तुनिष्ठ आधारमा कर्मचारी समायोजनको काम पूरा गर्ने र फाजिलमा राखिएका स्वास्थ्यकर्मीलाई यथाशीघ्र समायोजन गर्ने। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (62nd and 63rd Annual Reports) Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.
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