Supreme Courtl (File Photo)

Supreme Courtl (File Photo)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued show cause notices to the government and all regional and zonal administrators 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.

Acting upon a writ petition filed by a group of people including advocate Hari Bahadur Mainali, a single bench of Justice Kedar Prasad Giri issued the order.

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 after the February 1 royal takeover of last year.

The government had appointed zonal and regional administrators to look after the administrative works.