Nepal Army (NA) is preparing to recruit more soldiers following the Supreme Court (SC) decision to scrap writs filed against the recruitments.
Army spokesperson Ramindra Chhetri told media on Friday, the army would recruit more soldiers, but the number was not determined.
NA headquarters has directed all sub-ordinate commands to update the number of vacant positions in the respective commands within a week. The recruitment process will begin next week after determining the number of vacant positions.
Sources say, about 8,000 positions in army are vacant at present and NA is preparing to fill up 5,000 position now. NA has approved positions for about 95,000 soldiers.
NA had begun the recruitment process by advertising for various technical positions in April. It is preparing to intensify the recruitment process following the ‘green signal’ from the court.
Earlier, NA’s attempt to begin the recruitment process had been obstructed as the defense ministry refused to give permission saying the issue is sub judice. The obstruction has been resolved after the court ruling mentioning the issue of army recruitment does not fall under its jurisdiction. nepalnews.com
