Kathmandu, Aug. 30 -- Even as just four days remain until the deadline for the National Assembly to decide on the Federal Civil Service Bill, the Legislation Management Committee has yet to start deliberations on the contentious issue on it.

On June 29, the House of Representatives endorsed the bill by majority vote and dispatched it to the upper house three days later. The upper house must decide on the bill by September 2, as mandated by the Constitution of Nepal, which says a bill originating in the House of Representatives must be decided by the House in two months.

The bill has received 130 amendments from 46 lawmakers in several sections including the one related to the cooling-off period for top bureaucrats immediately after thei...