Premature Retirement Archives

‘Withdrawal of premature retirement allowed before effective date’; Himachal Pradesh HC reinstates Government Degree College’s Principal under CCS Rules

“The appointing authority has no discretion to refuse withdrawal if the request is made before the notice period lapses and before the retirement has actually taken effect. The employee cannot be treated as functus officio during the notice period”.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Voluntary retirement v/s Resignation”; Supreme Court cogitates technicalities of legal terms and their implication in Armed Forces

“Having tendered ‘resignation’, the respondent had to suffer the consequences and could not be permitted to take ‘U’ turn and say that what the respondent wanted was ‘premature retirement’ and not ‘resignation’.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CAT | Premature retirement does not amount to punishment; Tribunal cannot go into adequacy where adverse facts exist against the employee

Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT): The Bench of Justice L. Narasimha Reddy (Chairman) and Mohd. Jamshed (Member) held that premature retirement does not