Kathmandu, May 29 -- The government is preparing to roll out a one-time provision in the Federal Civil Service Bill for compulsory retirement of civil servants who are aged 55 or have completed 30 years of service.

An earlier draft of the bill prepared by the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Federal Affairs had proposed a retirement age of 60 years without any service-based condition. However, the revised version introduces a one-time provision applicable at the time of the law coming into force.

According to ministry sources, civil servants who are either 55 years old or have completed 30 years of service at the time the Act is implemented would be mandatorily retired. After this one-off transitional arrangement, the retir...