Province 2 Chief Minister (CM) Lal Babu Raut has taken exception to the vacancy for 9,000 staffers announced by the Public Service Commission (PSC) on May 31 and warned of legal remedy against that.
Addressing a meeting of the provincial coordination council in Bardibas, Sindhuli on Friday, he stated that the vacancy announced with utter disregard to the policy of inclusion as per the spirit of the Constitution is unacceptable.
Pointing that the Constitution clearly states that the provincial governments can make arrangements for the local level staffers, he warned of legal remedy against the activities violating the spirit of Constitution.
"The meaning of federalism is that the provinces should have their own government and administration. But the federal government has made efforts to curtail that, and snubbed inclusion," CM Raut said. "That will not be tolerated. We will seek legal remedy."
CM Raut last month had written to the federal government and the PSC to not send staffers from the center as preparations are on to form the provincial public service commission.
Raut had written that staffers for the province and local bodies will be deployed from the provincial level as bill for formation of the provincial public service commission and provincial public service law have already been tabled at the provincial assembly and are in the final stage of being passed.
CM Raut had also urged the PSC chairman to not invite applications for Province 2 and 136 local bodies in the province.
CM Raut had also copied the letter to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration.
Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Lal Babu Pandit has been saying that the Public Service Commission at the center will fill the vacancies on request of the federal government until the provincial public service commissions are formed, and the PSC accordingly invited applications to fill 9,000 vacancies on May 29.
"Provincial council of ministers, village council and municipal council may form and operate various government services according to law as may be required for running their administration," says Article 285(3) of the Constitution.
Article 244, likewise, allows the provinces to form provincial public service commission. The letter had also pointed that the federal government has already integrated staffers as per Article 302(2) and asked it to not send staffers from now onward.
