Kathmandu: A special committee has been formed to investigate the errors in the report of the Federal Civil Service Bill. The House of Representatives meeting has formed a seven-member parliamentary special committee to study and investigate the irregularities in the cooling-off period mentioned in the Federal Civil Service Bill.

The meeting had approved the proposal to form the special committee made by Speaker Devraj Ghimire. The committee includes lawmakers Jeevan Pariyar and Sushila Thing from the Nepali Congress, Ishwari Gharti and Narayan Prasad Acharya from the UML, Madhav Sapkota from the Maoist Center, Ganesh Parajuli from the Rastriya swatantra party and Roshan Karki from the RPP, while lawmaker Jeevan Pariyar has been designated as the coordinator of the committee.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire informed that the special committee has been given 21 days to investigate the errors in the report of the Civil Service Bill.

He said that the special committee has been given a mandate to suggest whether or not action should be taken according to the prevailing law if anyone is found to be involved in tampering with the committee’s report. The Federal Civil Service Bill, which was passed by the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, had a provision for a two-year cooling period.

However, when the bill was passed by the House of Representatives, after it was found that the cooling period had been tampered with, lawmakers from various parties demanded an investigation and action against the culprits.