CHAPTER VIII-COMPULSORY RETIREMENT

COMPULSORY RETIREMENT

60.a) Except as otherwise provided in these rules the date of compulsory retirement of an officer shall take effect from the afternoon of the last day of the month in which he attains the age of 56 years.

He may be retained after this date only with the sanction of the Government on public grounds which must be recorded in writing, but he must not be retained after the age of 60 years except in very special circumstances.

60.(a a)An Officer in the Kerala Judicial Service or the Kerala State Higher Judicial Service shall ordinarily retire when he attains the age of 60 years; but he shall have the option to retire when he attains the age of 58 years.

His continuance in service beyond the age of 58 years shall however be subject to review by the High Court as per the provisions of the Kerala Judicial Service Rules and the Kerala State Higher Judicial Service Rules.

60.(a b) A person appointed as Industrial Tribunal shall retire on superannuation at the age of 60 years.

60.(ac) A person appointed as Vigilance Tribunal under the Kerala Civil Services (Vigilance Tribunal) Rules, 1960 shall retire on superannuation at the age of 60 years.

60.(ad)Doctors in the Medical category under the Medical Education Service and the Dental Colleges and Dental Wings in the Medical Colleges and the teaching staff, including Principals of the Ayurveda Colleges and Homoeopathic Medical Colleges shall retire on the afternoon of the last day of the month in which they attain the age of 60 years: