Government Removes Grievance Redressal System for Civil Servants

Kathmandu. Civil servants will now not be able to demand a hearing by presenting their grievances and complaints. The government has removed the 'grievance, complaint, and hearing system' for employees by amending the Civil Service Regulations, 2050 for the 16th time. The 'Civil Service (Sixteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2083' of the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration, published in the Gazette on Thursday, states that Rule 117 'A', 133 'A', and Schedule 17 'C' of the Civil Service Regulations, 2050 have been abolished. Under Rule 133 'A' of the regulations, there was a provision for a committee to hear grievances and complaints submitted by civil servants as per Section 73 'A' of the Act, if they could not be resolved at the supervisor or office chief level. This rule has now been abolished through the amendment. This was the system:

Under Section 73 'A' of the Civil Service Act, 2049, under the title 'Grievance, Complaint, and Hearing System for Civil Servants', subsection (1) contains provisions regarding this. It states - 'Except where a civil servant has the right to appeal or lodge a complaint elsewhere under this Act or prevailing laws, if a civil servant feels aggrieved by any matter related to the services, conditions, facilities provided under this Act and the rules made thereunder, or if no action is taken even after informing the concerned body about the matter, the civil servant may present their grievance and complaint to the designated body as prescribed.' Subsection (2) of the same states, 'Other arrangements for the grievance, complaint, and hearing of civil servants shall be as prescribed.'