‘Compulsory retirement not a punishment, does not have any stigma attached to it’; Chhattisgarh HC upholds compulsory retirement of a 50-year-old man
As per Annual Confidential Reports, the petitioner’s overall grade was average or below average. Since, the petitioner completed 50 years of age, this decision of compulsory retirement could have been taken by the State authorities. The un-communicated adverse remarks cannot be made a basis to disturb the finding recorded by the competent authority.