The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation has formed a committee to prepare a draft of the Guthi law.
The seven-member committee is formed under the coordination of Joint Secretary and Chief of Land Management Division, Padma Nidhi Soti.
As per a ministerial decision, Coordinator Soti said committee comprises Guthi experts Chunda Bajracharya, and Pabitra Bajracharya; undersecretary at legal section, Gunaraj Shrestha; undersecretary at land administration section, Kaji Bahadur Bista; and legal officer at Guthi Sansthan, Janak Pokhrel.
The draft committee was formed reasoning that the Guthi Act was scrapped by the Supreme Court verdict on January 24, 2008. The committee is likely to submit its report within a week, Soti added.
Lack of Guthi law has caused much inconvenience to run traditional festivals and puja. Activities running as per Guthi system also need to be managed well.
Similarly, the Guthi Sansthan has failed to make appointments in different agencies for not having the Guthi Act for long. The Sansthan is forced to run the office with few human resources.
