Cabinet makes a slew of crucial appointments, besides other decisions

Published On: April 8, 2022 04:14 PM NPT By: Republica  | @RepublicaNepal


KATHMANDU, April 8: The government has made various decisions and recommendations for the appointment of different individuals to various posts in several public bodies. 

Minister for Communication and Information Technology and Government Spokesman Gyanendra Bahadur Karki shared the decisions made by the Cabinet meeting on Thursday, at a press conference organized at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology today. 

Minister Karki said that the government has decided to scrap the license issued to Chinese state-owned China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) for the construction of the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project.  According to spokesperson Karki, the government will appoint a land acquisition and preliminary action officer for the Amlekhgunj substation, acquire land for West Seti corridor 400 KV transmission line project and appoint a preliminary action officer there, acquire land for Lathinath 33 KV transmission line and substation and appoint a preliminary action officer there as well. 

Minister Karki shared that Basanta Kumar Pandey has been appointed to the post of General Manager of Hetauda Cement Industry Limited. The government has decided to appoint and nominate Kashiraj Dahal, the former chairman of the Administrative Court, as the Chairman and Keshav Raj Acharya as a member of the Management Board for Problematic Cooperatives Institutions and Organizations. 

Likewise, Ranjan Krishna Aryal (Kathmandu) and Prof Bhagawan Das Manandhar (Kathmandu) have been nominated as the members of the executive committee of Nepal Administrative Staff College while Sunil Poudel has been appointed to the post of Managing Director of Nepal Telecommunication Company Limited. 

The meeting decided to assign Basudev Acharya, judge at the High Court Biratnagar, Okhaldhunga bench, as the Chairman of the Labor Court, judge at the High Court Patan, Mahesh Sharma Poudel to the post of chairman of the Appellate Committee formed as per Clause 23 of the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority Act, 2045 BS and Ramesh Prasad Rajbhandari, judge of the High Court Pokhara to the post of Law Member and Chair of the Revenue Tribunal Pokhara. 

Likewise, Dr Rabi Sharma Aryal, a judge at the High Court Janakpur (Birgunj bench), has been appointed to the post of chairman of the Foreign Employment Tribunal while assigning Balendra Rupakheti, judge at the High Court Patan to the post of Chairman of the Appellate Committee as per Clause 26, Sub-clause (2) of the Act Related to the Reconstruction of Structures Damaged by Earthquake. He has been also assigned to look after the works at the Court.

Judge at the High Court Patan, Mahesh Prasad Pudasaini, has been appointed to the post of Chair of the Military Special Court while also assigning him to carry out works at the High Court.

 


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