Retirement Age of Government Employees – Government of India confirms No Proposal to Alter Retirement Age

Retirement Age of Government Employees – Government of India confirms No Proposal to Alter Retirement Age

Admin Friday, March 21, 2025

 

Retirement Age of Government Employees – Government of India confirms No Proposal to Alter Retirement Age. The Government of India, in response to Unstarred Question No. 2999, confirmed that there are no current proposals to change the retirement age for government employees. The Minister of State highlighted that there is no policy to abolish vacancies created by retirements and that data on retirement ages across central and state governments is not centrally maintained. Additionally, there has been no formal request from employee unions regarding changes in retirement age, reflecting a lack of demand for such alterations.

 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2999

(ANSWERED ON 19.03.2025)

CHANGES IN RETIREMENT AGE OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

2999. DR. GANAPATHY RAJKUMAR P:

PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to change the retirement age of Government employees of the country and if so, the details thereof;

 

(b) whether there is any policy to abolish the vacancy created from retirement of employees and if so, the details thereof along with the number of posts abolished since 2014;

(c) the details of retirement age of the Government employees of Central Government and various State Governments;

(d) the reasons for non uniformity in retirement age for Government employees irrespective of Central and State Governments; and

(e) whether any Government employees’ union/organizations demanded changes in retirement age and if so, the details thereof?

                                                        ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) & (b): No proposal to change the retirement age of Government employees is under consideration of the Government. The Government has no policy to abolish the vacancy created from retirement of employees.

(c) & (d): No such data is centrally maintained in the Government as the subject matter falls in the State List.

(e): No formal proposal has been received from staff side of National Council (Joint Consultative machinery).

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 This is a court order issued by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in India. The case involves twelve petitioners, all retired employees of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), who filed a writ petition against the Union of India and others.

The petitioners retired on June 30th of various years and were denied their annual increment because they were not in service on July 1st, the date when the increment fell due. They argued that they had earned the increment for the service period from July 1st of the previous year to June 30th of their retirement year.

The court relied on the Supreme Court's decision in C.P. Mundinamani which established that an employee retiring on June 30th is entitled to the annual increment. The Allahabad High Court ruled in favor of the petitioners, directing the respondents to grant one notional increment to the petitioners for the purpose of calculating their pensionary benefits.

The court criticized the Railway Board's stance, stating that it was "utterly illegal" and "contumacious" to deny the increment based on pending policy decisions or clarifications. The court also addressed the issue of the retrospective application of the C.P. Mundinamani judgment, referring to interim orders and clarifications from the Supreme Court.

Ultimately, the High Court allowed the petition, directing the respondents to pay the petitioners their revised pension with arrears, calculated based on the notional increment, within three months. The court also imposed costs of ₹50,000 on the respondents.