Haryana can't raise retirement age only for employees with 70% or more disability: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Published on : 17 Nov 2025, 12:23 pm 3 min read

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently read down the Rule 143 of Haryana Civil Service (General) Rules, 2016 which had limited the benefit of extended age of superannuation only to employees suffering with disability of 70 percent or more or blindness [Jora Singh v State of Haryana and Others]

The Division Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor ruled that all differently abled employees, who have been issued the certificate of disability under The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, and The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, would be entitled to the benefit of enhanced age of superannuation of 60 years.

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