Archive for July, 2007

Enough has been written about working attitude of government offices in Nepal. Government offices/employees are famous for their lameness, inefficiency, lack of commitment and sense of responsibility and much more. After April Revolution, everyone hoped Nepal would see change in it’s whole system, not only in political front but also in social, cultural and administrative front. But it seems administrative bureaucracy has become like dog’s tail: no matter how hard you try to make it straight but it won’t become.

In democratic system, every part of government is responsible to people nad their sole aim is to serve people. But not in Nepal’s case. Either it was Panchayat or King’s Rule or today’s Loktantra, Government administrative system is same. Today I went to Teachers Service Commission which is responsible for distributing License to teachers and upgrading them. I was there to ask about the procedure of licensing system. Well, office should have started at 9.30 or 10.00 am but till 10.30 no one were there. I kept waiting for them and finally some people came there and asked me why I was there. I told them my reason and they pointed to their boss who hadn’t arrived till that time. I kept waiting for him and finally he showed up at around 10.45. Listening to me he again referred to his boss. (Hearing I was from Media, no one was willing to speak fearing if anything went wrong, it would be disaster for them). I again waited for his boss for around 15 minutes. I had small chit-chat about licensing and asked him for interview. His first reaction was, “I am in no mood”. When I pressed him more, he ordered his junior to reply me. But the junior boss hesitated to speak, so they had discussion and told me that their super boss would answer me. They gave me reason of authentication. What could I do, I decide to wait for him. I asked him, what time he would be at office, he replied 11.30 or more.

All of them were enthusiastically chatting about threat of Jwala Sing faction of Jantantrik Terai Mukti Morcha, Terai tension and other political issues. Eveyone was not missing chance to tell rest his view/opinion. The debate was slowly heating up and they were shouting bit harder. And I was left alone on corridor waiting for their Super Boss who seems to be not in mood to come to office. Jai Nepali Bureaucracy!!