KATHMANDU: Jaynarayan Acharya, the former deputy secretary who secured a job by presenting a fake educational certificate, has been removed from his post as the Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kathmandu.
Acharya, however, has now been transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Acharya had taken on the role of the CDO of Kathmandu in September 2024. He was accused of acquiring a government job through fraudulent means by submitting fake certificates from India. The Supreme Court’s full bench has ruled that this case should be treated as a corruption-related offense.
According to the verdict, Acharya, who completed his School Leaving Certificate (SLC) in 1992, presented a false certificate stating that he passed the Intermediate Examination in 1995 from India.
Based on this fake certificate, he obtained a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree from Tribhuvan University.
Later, when Acharya claimed to have passed the Intermediate Examination from Nepal, he presented a genuine certificate from Nepal. However, this B.Ed. qualification was obtained in the same year as the false Intermediate certificate.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the B.Ed. obtained with the fraudulent Intermediate certificate cannot be legally validated.
The full bench of the Supreme Court stated in its verdict: “Acharya, by submitting a fake certificate of the Intermediate Examination obtained from India in 1995, acquired a higher educational qualification (B.Ed.) in 2000. Later, in the same year, he presented a certificate claiming to have passed the Intermediate Examination from Nepal. Based on this, the B.Ed. degree gained in this way cannot be considered valid.”
The court further explained, “He presented this fake Intermediate certificate to sit for the initial examination of the Public Service Commission (PSC) for the post of a Branch Officer in 2000. He passed the exam and joined the civil service. Given these circumstances, it is clear that Acharya gained benefits by presenting a false educational certificate, and the actions in both cases—obtaining the B.Ed. with a fake certificate and using it in the PSC exam—constitute corruption-related offenses.”
In its ruling, the full bench of the Supreme Court also declared that the previous verdict, which had cleared Acharya, was invalid and should not be applied to any future cases.
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