Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that his cabinet has approved a separate pension cell formed by Goa government to verify cases of teachers prematurely retired in 2005 for compensation as per directives of the high court.
CM Sawant was addressing the press conference after the state cabinet meeting.
“Cabinet has approved a separate pension cell formed by Goa government to verify cases of teachers prematurely retired in 2005 for compensation as per directives of the high court,” said Sawant
Post HC order, the Directorate of Education has asked all the government and government aided schools to examine and verify the details of prematurely retired teachers regarding revision of pension.
As per the then government decision, the teachers were made to retire early at the age of 58 instead of 60.
The order was reverted in 2007, however, the teachers who retired prematurely were not granted compensation for the two years of lost service despite their repeated protests and petitions.
The teachers had then approached the high court, who in September, last year, ruled in their favour.
The High Court by a judgment dated September 5, 2022, observed that the employees were all appointed before May 30, 1987 — when the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987, was enforced — and that their service conditions entitled them to continue working until they attained the age of 60 years.
Meanwhile, the State government has dissolved the committee constituted to examine/ scrutinise the representations received from pre-maturely retired pensioners in view of the High Court order.
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