Clarifications sought from four employees absent for extended period

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs, and General Administration has sought clarifications from four civil servants who have long remained absent from their offices after obtaining permanent residency in foreign countries.

In a notice on Tuesday, the Ministry said that those employees failed to report back to work even after the end of their approved leave and continued to stay in foreign countries.

They are reported to have acquired a temporary residential permit, a permanent residential permit and the diversity visa to legally stay permanently in those countries.

Legal provision bars a sitting employee in the civil service from even applying for a residency permit. They were mandated to return to the office within 30 days of the termination of leave. The clarifications were sought from them for violating the Civil Service Act.

According to the Ministry, they have been asked to submit satisfactory clarifications, along with supporting evidence, within 15 days, as there are grounds to initiate disciplinary action disqualifying them from government service in the future.

Minister for Land Management, Cooperative, Federal Affairs and General Administration Pratibha Rawal said that the government has increased its surveillance on such activities as it aims to further strengthen discipline and accountability in the civil service.

She stated that the Ministry is committed to maintaining professional discipline in the civil service, adding that the Ministry is assessing the whereabouts of those employees who are absent from their offices. Decisions will be taken in accordance with the law.

It is said the Ministry has intensified the search for those employees who are out of contact for a long.

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