Consider raising age limit for retirement’

Consider raising age limit for retirement’

17/09/2020

Staff Reporter Madurai

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) to consider increasing the upper age limit for contract or temporary employees from 58 to 59 years, for engaging them on the basis of requirement.

Justice R. Suresh Kumar observed that if Tasmac does take such a decision, it would not mean that all contractual or temporary employees would be entitled to seek job extension up to 59 years of age.

The court said that Tasmac could consider each individual or deserving employee and on a need basis extend the contracts of those who have completed 58 years.

The court was hearing a batch of petitions filed by Tasmac employees, who cited a G.O. which said the age of superannuation of government servants who were in regular service as on May 31, 2020, would be increased from 58 years to 59 years.

The Tasmac clarified that the G.O. was applicable to those employees who were in regular service and not on contractual basis.