The High Court has given important instructions to the state government on the demand of increasing the retirement age of the employees by 2 years. Following the instructions of the High Court, if the demand of the employees is accepted, then their retirement age will be increased by two years. With this, their retirement age can be increased to 60 years.
Employees News, Employees Retirement Age: The High Court has given important instructions for the employees. With which the employees can get huge benefits. The retirement age of the personnel can be increased by 2 years. In fact, while accepting the representation demanding increase in the retirement age, the High Court has directed the State Government to consider it and take a decision on it.
The Kerala High Court in an important direction to the state government has said that there has been a demand by the employees of the cooperative bank and various cooperative societies to increase their retirement age by 2 years. Its representation should be considered and a decision should be taken at the earliest.
It may be mentioned that the retirement age of the employees working in various co-operative societies of the state is currently 58 years. Which is being demanded to be increased to 60 years. Justice Devan Ramachandra recently passed orders on a bench of the writ petition filed by the employees of the cooperative society.
Government’s plea
The High Court has directed the government to take a decision within 2 months and the order has been passed. His retirement will be subject to the decision taken by the Government. On the petition filed, it was argued by the government that it is the policy scope of the government to decide on the retirement age of the employees.
Retirement age of personnel fixed at 58 years
Explain that in section 186 2 of the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act, the retirement age of the workers of the cooperative society was fixed at 58 years. It is stated by the petitioners that the demand for increase in the retirement age by 2 years has been rejected by the Government saying that there is no proposal to increase their retirement age as it is their policy. The same court has clarified that it is well settled by several judgments of the High Court and the Supreme Court that the policy decision should be guided by reasonable and non-psychological considerations.
The State Government has not even responded to the claims of the petitioners in this matter. On which the State Government has been instructed by the High Court to take a decision on the retirement age. In such a situation, if the demands of the employees are accepted by the state government, then their retirement will increase by two years. At the same time, his retirement age will increase to 60 years.
