Allahabad HC asks UP govt to raise retirement age of LU teachers to 65 years-Education News

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the state government to increase the retirement age of teaching staff in Lucknow University from 62 years to 65 years.

A single bench of Allahabad Justice Om Prakash Shukla passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Dr Prem Chandra Mishra. It is the case of the petitioners that they were entitled to be allowed to continue their services as teachers in the university concerned till the age of 65 years and relied on three identical orders passed by a coordinate bench of the Court in similar situations. All the petitioners have common ground, that in all these cases, it was directed to the state government to incorporate the necessary amendments in the respective university statues, so as to raise/ increase the age of superannuation from the existing 62 years to 65 years.
 The petitioner, in the writ petition claims to have been working as a Professor (Psychology) in the University of Lucknow, wherein he superannuated on attaining the age of 62 years in July 2020.

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