GUJARAT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WILL RETIRE AT THE AGE OF 60 YEAR TODAY NEWS
The state has rejected a proposal to enhance the compulsory RETIREMENT AGE for employees in government and semi-government offices.
Employee unions had demanded raising the retirement age from 58 to 60 years. However, the state finance department disapproved it. On Friday, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan approved the department's stand.
While unions had argued that the extension was in line with the Centre’s policy, the state said such a move would hurt job flow in the public sector. The unions had further argued that states like Goa, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Karnataka had already raised the retirement age to 60 but the department reasoned that states like Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh had retained the retirement age of 58.
Increasing the retirement age would also delay fresh postings for promoted employees, the department said. It claimed that it had received applications from employees opposing the demand. A move to enhance the retirement age would have enabled the government to defer payments of lump sum retirement benefits by two years.
Rajendra Soni , counsel for the petitioner said though the state government issued a notification on March 30 this year amending the Rajasthan Service Rules increasing the retirement age of specialist doctors from 62 to 65. But the notification said they would not be given administrative posting after 62. They would provide their specialist services to strengthen the medical and health facilities in the state.
He said due to this provision the medical department had removed te petitioner from the post of superintendent of the Mental hospital. He said because of this provision he had to work under a junior doctor for the remaining three years of this service.
He said the central government and many other state governments had increased the retirement age of doctors considering the shortage of specialized doctors but none of them incorporated such a provision.
He said due to this provision the medical department had removed te petitioner from the post of superintendent of the Mental hospital. He said because of this provision he had to work under a junior doctor for the remaining three years of this service.
He said the central government and many other state governments had increased the retirement age of doctors considering the shortage of specialized doctors but none of them incorporated such a provision.