Statutory Rules Cannot Be Overridden by Recommendations, Plea by Co-operative Employees for Enhanced Retirement Age Denied: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that the retirement age of employees working in Cooperative Societies remains fixed at 58 years as per SRO 233 of 1988. The Court made it clear that this retirement age cannot be increased to 60 years based solely on draft proposals, departmental recommendations, or communications without formal statutory amendments. The judgment came from a Division Bench comprising Justices Sindhu…