Kathmandu: As many as 36 office-bearers politically appointed across nine different agencies under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MoCIT) have been automatically relieved of their posts en masse.
According to National News Agency Nepal, a press release issued by the Ministry today announced that office-bearers serving with various Corporations, Boards, Authority, Commissions, and Committees under the MoCIT have been relieved of their positions. This development comes with the enforcement of the ‘Special Provision Ordinance on the Removal of Public Officials from Office, 2083’.
The Ministry stated that the chairpersons, members, and executive officials working in these agencies have been freed of their responsibilities as per Clause 2(9) of the Ordinance. It was specified that Gorkhapatra Sansthan chair, Govinda Prasad Bhandari, has been relieved of his post.
Similarly, the Press Council Nepal’s chair, Dr. Kumar Sharma Acharya, along with nine other members, and the Nepal Telecommunications Authority chair, Bhupendra Bhandari, along with four other members, have been terminated from their positions. The Advertisement Board chair, Laxman Humagain, and three other members have also been relieved.
Additionally, Security Printing Center member Aditya Neupane and Executive Director Devaraj Dhungana have been removed from their posts. Public Service Broadcasting Nepal chair Dr. Mahendra Bista and three other members have also been relieved.
Furthermore, Dr. Suresh Prasad Acharya, the Chief Information Commissioner at the National Information Commission, along with two other commissioners, have been freed of their responsibilities. Members of the Film Screening Committee-Sampanna Shrestha, Kuvera Raj Giri, and Bhagwati Kumari Mainali Upreti (Bhima)-as well as the Minimum Wage Determination Committee chair, Sangita Khadka, and three other members have also been relieved of their positions.