AITUC demands enhancing retirement age of teachers from 60 to 62

New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) All India Trade Union Congress has appealed to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to expedite notification enhancing the retirement age of teachers in the capital from 60 to 62.

A letter, written by AITUC General Secretary J P Khare, to Ms Dikshit said her government had accepted this long-standing demand on Teachers Day (September 5) that was also cleared by the state cabinet. However, nothing had come through after the proposal was sent to the Lt Governor.

The deal was causing mental agony to teachers working in Delhi government, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Council and aided schools in the city who had retired September onwards or were at the verge of reitrement, it said.

The retirement age of technical teachers in Delhi had already been enhanced to 62. Similarly, retirement age of teachers in neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal had also been enhanced to 62, it added.

The AITUC sought a notification enhancing teachers' retirement age by two years as early as possible and appropriate instructions to all departments concerned not to retire teachers at the age of 60 in the meantime.

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