IREC Rule No.1802: Premature Retirement – Retirement On Attaining Age

1802. Premature Retirement – Retirement On Attaining Age:-

(a)   Premature Retirement In Public Interest: Notwithstanding anything contained in this Rule, the appointing authority shall if is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to do so, have the absolute right to retire any Government servant by giving him notice of not less than three months in writing or three months pay and allowances in lieu of such notice: –

(i)    If he is in Group-A or Group-B service or post in a substantive or temporary capacity and had entered Government service before attaining the age of 35 years, after he has attained the age of 50 years.

(ii)    In any other case, after he has attained the age of 55 years.

[Authority: RBE No.162/1989, No.E(P&A)I-88/JCM/NC-2, 06.07.1989, ACS No.2 R-II]

(b)   Premature Retirement On Voluntary Retirement:

(1)   Any railway servant may by giving notice of not less than three months in writing to the appropriate authority, retire from service after he has attained the age of fifty years if he is in Group-A or Group-B service or post (and had entered Government service before attaining the age of 35 years) and in all other cases after he has attained the age of 55 years:

Provided that it shall be open to the appropriate authority to withhold permission to a railway servant under suspension who seeks to retire under this clause.

(2)   A railway servant, referred to in sub-rule (1) may make a request in writing to the appointing authority to accept a notice of less than three months, giving reasons therefore. On receipt of a request under this sub-rule, the appointing authority may consider such request for curtailment of the period of notice of three months on merits and, if it is satisfied that the curtailment of the period of notice will not cause any administrative inconvenience, the appointing authority may relax the requirement of notice of three months, on the condition that the railway servant shall not apply for commutation of a part of his pension before the expiry of the period of notice of three months.