Extracts of provisions in FR 56

F.R. 56(a) Except as otherwise provided in this rule, every
Government servant shall retire from service on the afternoon of the last day
of the month in which he attains the age of sixty years:
Provided that a Government servant whose date of birth is the first of
a month shall retire from service on the afternoon of the last day of the
preceding month on attaining the age of sixty years.
Provided further that a Government servant who has attained the age
of fifty-eight years on or before the first day of May, 1998 and is on
extension in service, shall retire from the service on expiry of his extended
period of service.
Or on the expiry of any further extension in service granted by the
Central Government in public interest, provided that no such extension in
service shall be granted beyond the age of 60 years.
(b) A workman who is governed by these rules shall retire
from service on the afternoon of the last day of the month in which he
attains the age of sixty years.
(bb) The age of superannuation in respect of specialists included in
the Teaching, Non-Teaching and Public Health Sub-cadres of Central Health
Service shall be 62 years.
"Provided that for the specialist included in the Teaching sub-cadres
of the Central Health Service who are engaged only in teaching activities
and not occupying administrative positions, the age of superannuation shall
be sixty-five years:
provided further that such specialist of the Teaching Sub-cadres of
Central Health Service who are occupying administrative positions shall
have the option of seeking appointment to the teaching positions in case they
wish to continue in service up to sixty-five years."
(bbb) The age of superannuation in respect of nursing teaching faculty
with M.Sc in Nursing in the Central Government Nursing Institutions shall
be 65 years subject to the condition that they continue to function as faculty
members after the age of 60 years.
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(d) No Government servant shall be granted extension in service beyond the
age of retirement of sixty years:
Provided that a Government servant dealing with budget work or
working as a full-time member of a Committee which is to be wound up
within a short period of time may be granted extension of service for a
period not exceeding three months in public interest;
Provided further that a specialist in medical or scientific fields may be
granted extension of service up to the age of sixty-two years, if such
extension is in public interest and the grounds for such extension are
recorded in writing:
Provided also that an eminent scientist of international stature may be
granted extension of service up to the age of 64 years, if such extension is in
public interest and the grounds for such extension are recorded in writing.
Provided also that notwithstanding anything contained in any rule, the
Central Government may, if considered necessary in public interest so to do,
give extension in service to a Cabinet Secretary in the Central Government
for such period or periods as it may deem proper subject to the condition that
his total term as such Cabinet Secretary does not exceed four years.
Provided also that the Central Government may, if considers
necessary in public interest so to do, give extension in service to the
Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary, Director,
Intelligence Bureau, Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing and Director,
Central Bureau of Investigation in the Central Government for such period
or periods as it may deem proper on a case-to-case basis, subject to the
condition that the total term of such Secretaries or Directors, as the case may
be, who are given such extension in service under this rule, does not exceed
two years.
Provided also that notwithstanding anything contained in the fifth
proviso, the Central Government may, if considers it necessary, in public
interest, so to do, give an extension in service for a further period not
exceeding three months beyond the said period of two years to the Home
Secretary and the Defence Secretary.
Provided also that, the Central Government may, if considered
necessary in public interest so to do, give extension of service to the
Secretary, Department of Space and the Secretary, Department of Atomic
Energy, for such period or periods as it may deem proper subject to a
maximum age of 66 years.
Provided also that the Appropriate Authority shall have the right to
terminate the extension of service before the expiry of such extension by
giving a notice in writing of not less than three months in the case of a
permanent or a quasi-permanent Government servant, or, of one month in
the case of a temporary Government servant, or pay and allowances in lieu
of such notice.