Kathmandu, July 2: In response to outcry over the sneaky erasure of two-year cooling off provision from the Federal Civil Service Bill which was passed by the lower house, House of Representatives, by majority last Sunday, the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee held a meeting on Wednesday and decided to request the upper house, National Assembly, to ensure the incorporation of cooling off provision. The cooling off provision as asserted by the Committee prevents top bureaucrats from securing government appointments within two years of their retirement or resignation. It was however dramatically missed- with a surreptitious insertion of a proviso that rendered the cooling off provision to zilch. Committee Chairman Ramhari Khatiwada informed that the Committee meeting, as per discussion held on Wednesday, decided to request the National Assembly to work on the Bill, thereby ensuring two years of cooling off. Similarly, the meeting decided to request Speaker Devraj Ghimire to investigate into the tampering of the Bill, which the lawmakers argued, was against values and spirit of the Committee. Earlier, some lawmakers had insisted that the Committee members were univocal on two-year cooling off provision, while the Bill was passed otherwise. They also viewed the Committee Chairman and secretary need to morally own up this fault, as it was a serious case and against parliamentary value. Stating that the parliamentary committee is a mini-parliament and it was sheer disgrace to see such a fraud and conspiracy in the law making, they underlined the urgency of investigation and action to those involved in it. The Federal Civil Service Bill passed by the House of Representatives has been forwarded to the National Assembly with a message. Committee Chairman Khatiwada said that the Committee was of the opinion that the bill, which was significant foundation to implement administrative federalism in the country, should be passed as soon as possible. -----