KATHMANDU: No sooner had the lower house of the federal parliament, House of Representatives, passed the Civil Service Bill with a provision of 2-year cooling off after a year plus intense debates than it created furor in the wake of tampering with the bill document.

In response, Ramhari Khatiwada, Chairman of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee under the House of Representatives, has requested Speaker Ramhari Ghimire today to probe the issues over the changes in the provision of Civil Service Bill.

Talking to media persons in Singha Durbar premises, Chairman Khatiwada said, “As a new section (5.a) was added as the proviso of Clause 82 (4), Speaker Ghimire was requested to investigate into it.”

The Bill passed by the HoR on Sunday had provisioned a 2-year cooling off, avoiding the civil servants to secure constitutional and diplomatic appointments for two years after retirement or registration.

Anyone involved in tampering with the Bill should be taken action, Khatiwada said, pledging that he too will face action if he was found guilty of it. He further said the Committee had taken seriously the changes made on cooling off provision.

He reiterated, “Parliament is the ultimate body to make law. Those involved in such mistakes warrant investigation and action.”

Meanwhile, the Committee failed to meet today after the Bill courted controversy. The Bill is yet to reach the Upper House.