List of Officials Subject to Removal Under Political Appointment Cancellation

Kathmandu, 2 May – President Ramchandra Paudel has issued a special ordinance on Saturday concerning the removal of public officials. According to this ordinance, 110 different laws will be amended, resulting in the removal of 1,534 public officials from various regulatory bodies, public institutions, and other government entities.

Who are the officials to be removed? Based on a draft of the ordinance obtained from a special source within the President’s Office, amendments to the Nepal Airlines Corporation Act will lead to the removal of the chairman, vice-chairman, directors, and general manager. Amendments to the National News Agency Act will result in the removal of directors. The Employees’ Provident Fund Act amendments will remove the chairman, directors, and administrators. Similarly, changes to the Gorkhapatra Corporation Act will cause the removal of the chairman and directors.

Moreover, the chairpersons and members of the Nepali Language Publication Institution and the Film Censorship Committee, as well as those appointed under the Communication Institution Act, will be relieved from their positions. The chairperson and members of the Teachers Service Commission, the scholarly committee’s chairperson and members of the Guthi Committee, along with their chairpersons, members, and administrators, will also be removed. Officials of the National Nature Conservation Fund such as chairpersons and members, executive directors of the Nepal Administrative Training Centre, and executive directors of the Nepal Electricity Authority will be removed as well. Officials of the Lumbini Development Fund, Nepal Sanskrit University and its service commission, Pashupati Area Development Fund, Technical Education and Vocational Training Council will similarly face removal.

Siriously, officials of the Ayurveda Medical Council, Kathmandu Valley Development Authority, National Seed Vision Committee, Nepal Drinking Water Corporation, and Nepal Health Sciences Academy are also subject to removal. Officials of the Citizen Investment Trust, Press Council, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Agricultural Research Council, National Dairy Development Board, Kathmandu University, National Tea and Coffee Development Board will be removed. Furthermore, all officials of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Breastfeeding Protection and Promotion Committee, Local Development Training Academy, Social Welfare Council, Tribhuvan University, University Grants Commission, Nepal Scouts, Purwanchal University, Journalists’ Minimum Wage Determination Committee, Nepal Nursing Council, and Nepal Chartered Accountants Institute will also be removed from their positions. Likewise, officials of the Nepal Health Professionals Council, B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Pokhara University, Telecommunications Authority, and Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal will be relieved of their duties.