Clarification on Retirement of Government Servants on 31st March, 2020
F.No 33/12/73-Estt A
Government of India
Department of Personnel and Training
(Establishment A-III Desk)
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 31st March, 2020
Office Memorandum
Subject- Retirement of Government Servants on 31st March, 2020 – clarification
In view of the unprecedented situation arising out of country-wide lockdown declared by the Government consequent to the outbreak of COVID-19, it is clarified that the central Government employees who are attaining the age of superannuation on 31st March,2020 in terms of Fundamental Rule 56 and due to retire, shall retire from Central Government service on 31st March, 2020, irrespective of whether they are working from home or working from office.
(Umesh Kumar Bhatia)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Raghubir Singh says
It is matter of regret that due to unwanted circumstances means the circumstances neither in the hands of govt nor in the hands of employees, the employees are not given due representation of increasing the retirement age upto the month lockdown means only employees be penalized with crona virus