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Conditional State sector retirement age extension exploited, allege unions
View(s):A Finance Ministry circular pertaining to the retirement age of employees in Public enterprises, has been misused by several institutions, trade unions alleged.
Under the circular, the employee is entitled to work until 60, without applying for extension after reaching 55 years.
However, the same circular says, “if the appointing authority decides that the extension of service beyond the age of 55 years, should not be granted to any officer, whose efficiency and performance is not satisfactory, the appointing authority has the authority to retire him or her from service by giving six months prior notice, enabling the officer to appeal against the decision.”
Trade unions point out that, though the government had taken a policy decision to extend retirement age to 60, without seeking extension, some of the organisations were not allowing them to serve until 60, citing the clause about their performance.