SC Notices to Govt, Administrators

Kathmandu, Feb 2-The Supreme Court issued show cause notices to the government and all the regional and zonal administrators on Wednesday demanding reasons on why the administrators have been staying in the posts even after the end of their tenure as per the ordinance under which they were appointed in the posts some 10 months ago.

A single bench of justice Kedar Prasad Giri issued the order following today's hearing on a writ petition filed by a group of people including advocate Hari Bahadur Mainali. The petitioners have claimed that the administrators' tenure ended four months ago as soon as the six-month-long tenure of the Ordinance promulgated to appoint them ended. The government had promulgated the Ordinance amending the Local Administration Act 2028 to appoint the regional and zonal administrators.