The government has decided to transfer suspended Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal to the National Planning Commission by creating a special post.

A Cabinet meeting held Monday decided to transfer Aryal to the National Planning Commission by creating a special after he refused to put in his papers, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said.

“The Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal Baikuntha Aryal has been automatically suspended after the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a corruption case against him. A decision has been made to transfer him to the National Planning Commission by creating a special post,” she said.

The anti-corruption watchdog on Sunday filed a graft case at the Special Court against 12 persons including Chief Secretary Aryal for their alleged involvement in carrying out irregularities in the printing of excise duty stickers.

The Authority has demanded Rs 386.7 million in recovery from each of those involved in corruption, according to Dhan Bahadur Karki, Spokesperson at Special Court.