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NepalThe Civil Service
The Nepal Civil Service Act, passed in 1956, classified
all
civil employees of the government into two
categories--gazetted
services and nongazetted services. Gazetted services
included all
services prescribed by the government by notification in
the
Nepal Raj Patra, the government gazette. In 1991
categories
of the gazetted services were education, judicial, health,
administrative, engineering, forest, agricultural, and
miscellaneous services. The gazetted posts were further
grouped
into classes I, II, and III. Nongazetted posts also had
several
class echelons. As of 1990, there were approximately
80,000 civil
service employees in all ranks.
According to the 1990 constitution, all members of the
civil
service are recruited through an open competitive
examination
conducted by the Public Service Commission. Police and
military
officers are excluded from the jurisdiction of the
commission. The
chairman and other members of the commission are appointed
by the
king on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council.
The
commission must be consulted in all matters concerning
laws
relating to the civil service--such as appointment,
promotion,
transfer, or departmental punishment. Tenure, benefits,
and
postings were regulated by the Nepal Civil Service Act of
1956.
Data as of September 1991
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