20 Special Category Civil Servants to Retire in New Fiscal Year

Kathmandu. In the new fiscal year, 20 people will retire compulsorily from the special category (Secretary) posts of civil servants. Director General of the National Bookkeeping (Civil) Shrawankumar Pokharel informed that 20 secretaries will retire compulsorily in this fiscal year.

Secretaries retire compulsorily in 2 ways. One by completing a 5-year tenure in the post of secretary, and the other due to the age limit of 58 years. Currently, the government has a sanctioned strength of 71 secretaries, of which 58 are secretaries. Although 13 secretary posts are vacant, the government has not started the process of new appointments. Moreover, 20 more secretaries are retiring compulsorily in this fiscal year.

The secretaries retiring compulsorily include those from the administration, engineering, justice service, and government lawyer groups. According to the bookkeeping list, 3 secretaries working in the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers' office are retiring compulsorily.

यस वर्ष झन्डै २ हजार कर्मचारी निवृत्त हुने, विशिष्ट श्रेणीका मात्रै २०

Secretary Kiranraj Sharma working in the Prime Minister's office is retiring compulsorily on July 20, Hariprasad Mainali in the additional group of the office on August 4, and another secretary Loknath Poudel in the additional group of the office on July 22.

Similarly, secretaries from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Ministry of Women, Children, Senior Citizens and Social Security, and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation are also retiring compulsorily in this fiscal year.

Home Secretary Rajkumar Shrestha is retiring on August 31, Defense Secretary Kedarnath Sharma on July 16, 2027, Physical Infrastructure Development Secretary Gopalprasad Sigdel on October 1, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry Secretary Mukundaprasad Niroula on February 17, Ministry of Women, Children, Senior Citizens and Social Security Ministry Secretary Krishnabahadur Raut on January 5, and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry Secretary Dinanath Mishra on March 18.

Here is the list of secretaries retiring compulsorily

1 Kiranraj Sharma – July 20 (Prime Minister and Council of Ministers' Office)

2 Hariprasad Mainali – August 4 (Prime Minister and Council of Ministers' Office, Additional Group)

3 Dilliram Sharma – August 18 (Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority)

4 Rajkumar Shrestha – August 31 (Ministry of Home Affairs)

5 Gopalprasad Sigdel – October 1 (Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development)

6 Rabilal Pantha – October 4 (National Planning Commission)

7 Krishnabahadur Raut – January 5 (Ministry of Women, Children, Senior Citizens and Social Security)

8 Rameshwar Dangal – February 1 (Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority)

9 Mukundaprasad Niroula – February 17 (Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation)

10 Surajkumar Vaidya – October 2 (Water and Energy Commission)

11 Sanjivraj Regmi – October 3 (Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General)

12 Lokraj Parajuli – May 25, 2027 (Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General)

13 Kedarnath Sharma – June 16, 2027 (Ministry of Defense)

14 Vaikunthabahadur Adhikari – October 3 (Deputy Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General)

15 Loknath Poudel – July 22 (Prime Minister and Council of Ministers' Office, Additional Group)

16 Baburam Adhikari – August 19 (Chief Minister and Council of Ministers' Office, Bagmati Province)

17 Dinanath Mishra – March 18 (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

18 Krishnaprasad Kapri – April 20, 2027 (Chief Minister and Council of Ministers' Office, Lumbini Province)

19 Rajendrakumar Poudel – June 30, 2027 (Chief Minister and Council of Ministers' Office, Koshi Province)

20 Indira Dahal Bhattarai – July 9, 2027 (Nepal Law Commission)