In Brief
A professor of cardiology in a government medical college in Uttar Pradesh sought to remain in service until age 65, relying on a February 2015 government notification extending the retirement age from 60 to 65 years. However, he had already attained age 60 in August 2014 before the notification was issued and was continued in service only until the end of the academic session (June 2015) under an 'end of session benefit' scheme. The Supreme Court held that the enhanced retirement age applied only prospectively to those who had not yet reached age 60 at the time of the notification. The Court rejected the argument that continuing in service under the session benefit extended his entitlement to the higher age limit, as the benefit was merely administrative continuance after retirement, not an alteration of the superannuation date. The appeals were dismissed.
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