There is no proposal to reduce age of retirement from 60 yrs to 58 yrs : Dr Singh

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New Delhi : There is no proposal to reduce age of retirement of the Government officials on superannuation from 60 years to 58 years.

There are provisions under Fundamental Rules (FR) 56(j), Rule 48 of Central Civil Services (CCS) (Pension) Rules, 1972, and Rule 16(3) (Amended) of All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) [AIS (DCRB)] Rules, 1958, according to which the Government has the absolute right to retire Government officials prematurely on the ground of lack of integrity or ineffectiveness in public interest by giving notice of not less than three months in writing or three month’s pay and allowances in lieu of such notice:  (i)  If he is, in Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ service or post in a substantive, quasi-permanent or temporary capacity and had entered Government service before attaining the age of 35 years, after he has attained the age of 50 years; (ii)  In any other case after he has attained the age of 55 years.

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on November 27, 2019, according to a PIB release.