COVID-19: TN govt employees to retire with pension at 59, not 58
Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Thursday ordered the extension of the age of retirement of Tamil Nadu government employees to 59 from 58 amid efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Thursday (May 7) ordered the extension of the age of retirement of Tamil Nadu government employees to 59 from 58 amid efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
The order increasing the age of superannuation is applicable to government employees, teachers, lecturers, and professors in government and aided schools and colleges besides state public sector units, an official release said.
The governments move is expected to aid accelerated measures to curb the spread of the contagion and treat the rising number of positive patients.
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Already, the services of government doctors, nurses and other medical personnel who were to superannuate on March 31 and April 30 were extended for two more months.
Usually, governments resort to increasing the age of retirement to defer the payment of retirement benefits. The move to increase the retirement age could also be indicative of the resource crunch which states are currently facing due to the lockdown.
As on Wednesday, Tamil Nadu had 4,829 COVID-19 positive patients.
Chief Minister Palaniswami’s order extending the age of retirement comes into force with immediate effect, the release added.
