The lower House of the Federal Parliament, House of Representatives (HoR), passed the Federal Civil Service Bill, 2082 with a dozen new provisions on Sunday. 

The Bill was registered in the Parliament one-and-half- year back. 

The Bill has been passed with the provision of two years of cooling off. It is one of the significant features the Bill incorporated. As per the provision, civil servants are barred for two years from retirement from job to get public appointments- constitutional and diplomatic.  

This provision had earlier created an intense debate even among the lawmakers and top bureaucrats, prompting bureaucrats to run from pillars to posts to secure their interest to avoid cooling off. 

Since the registration of the Bill, it has witnessed debates in several other key points such as retirement age, lateral entry, entry age for men/women in civil service, cooling off, arrangement of additional secretary, term of chief secretary.

The current retirement age has been extended by two years, reaching 60. However, it will be enforced phase-wise. In the first year of the enactment, the civil servants will retire at the existing age limit- 58, while those to retire in the next fiscal year at 59 and those in the third fiscal year at 60.

 

The next meeting of the Parliament will be held on July 7.