INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 9
Management of the Dairy Development Corporation faces accusation of accepting an application from a candidate who was
not qualified for the post.
DDC employee Engineer Indra Bhushan Kumar Yadav said he was the sole candidate for promotion when the DDC placed
an advertisement on 15 November 2019, seeking application from qualified candidates within 30 days.
Yadav said as per the corporation
by-law, a candidate must have passed bachelors degree in engineering and s/he should have already served the corporation for four years to
He said he met all qualification requirements and was thus promoted to the 8th level post by the Selection Committee on 30 January 2020.
But
his colleague Nilkantha Gautam challenged his promotion before the board of directors saying his number for one-month training was not
counted for promotion.
Yadav said only after Gautam challenged his promotion he came to know that Gautams application was accepted by the
corporation administration
He said that Gautam had filed an application after 57 days of the set deadline and the DDC management accepted his application by invoking
the old by-law of Dairy Development Corporation.
Chair of the Trade Union of DDC Sahadev Aryal said his office had objected to the
managements decision to accept the application that challenged Yadavs promotion.
Yadavs opponent does not meet the educational qualification
and his application was also not filed within the 30-day deadline
How can the management invoke old by-law after 57 days? Aryal asked.
Aryal said the matter was referred to the board of directors as there
was differing opinion in the selection committee.
Representatives of the Public Service Commission and line ministry are against accepting
the application that challenged Yadavs promotion, he added.
Aryal said the management did not publish any notice before accepting the second
applicants application and thus it was against the principles of law and norms.
General Manager of DDC Rudra Prasad Poudel, however, said
the management did not err by accepting Gautams application and the argument that provisions of old by-law were invoked was unfounded.
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