Public Service Commission Urges Government to Enact Federal Civil Service Act

Kathmandu. The Public Service Commission has drawn the government's attention to immediately enact the Federal Civil Service Act to strengthen public administration and ensure the merit system. Speaking at a special program organized on the occasion of the Commission's establishment day on Monday, Commission Chairman Madhav Prasad Regmi mentioned that the delay in enacting the umbrella law, even after a long time since the implementation of federalism, has seriously affected the entire administrative sector.

According to Chairman Regmi, the lack of federal law has led to a lack of uniformity in provincial civil service acts, which has also affected the employee recruitment process. He clarified that provincial public service commissions must also compulsorily follow the principles and criteria set by the Commission to make the candidate selection process clean, impartial, and reliable. Informing that the Commission had published new bases and criteria on Baishakh 8 last year for the same purpose, Chairman Regmi also recalled that there is a legal provision for actions contrary to federal criteria to be automatically nullified.

Similarly, the Commission has shown special interest in making the human resource management of universities more systematic and competitive. Although the Commission currently conducts written examinations at the request of the concerned university, the Commission believes that concrete steps must be taken to make the recruitment process fully merit-based.

Speaking about the reform of public administration and educational institutions, Chairman Regmi said, 'Actions taken contrary to federal laws and the criteria set by the Commission will be automatically invalidated, so all provincial public service commissions must fully adhere to the federal criteria to maintain the integrity of the merit system. As per the provision in the University Act, the Commission has made the examination competitive by conducting written examinations at the request of the concerned university. To make the recruitment process of universities clean, impartial, and merit-based, it is necessary to either hand over the entire responsibility of recruitment to the Public Service Commission or implement the concept of a single university service commission for all universities in accordance with the suggestions given by the Commission through its annual report.'

The Commission has suggested in its annual report to either hand over the entire responsibility of university recruitment to the Public Service Commission or implement the concept of a single 'Single University Service Commission' for all universities. Chairman Regmi also stated that the Commission has been continuously providing constructive suggestions to the government to maintain the integrity of the merit system in public administration.