Singareni SC/ST association urges hike in retirement age to 62

The Singareni Collieries SC/ST Employees Welfare Association has appealed to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to raise the retirement age of Singareni workers from 61 to 62 years, in line with government employees. Association general secretary Anthoti Nageswara Rao highlighted precedents set by former CM K Chandrashekhar Rao and similar moves in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Kothagudem: The Singareni Collieries SC/ST Employees Welfare Association appealed to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to increase the retirement age for Singareni workers from 61 to 62 years.

Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, the association’s general secretary Anthoti Nageswara Rao stated that after the formation of Telangana State, the then Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao increased the retirement age for State government employees from 58 to 61 years.

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Similarly, Chandrashekhar Rao increased the retirement age for Singareni workers from 60 to 61 years following a request by the association.

Now, there are media reports suggesting that the government has been considering increasing the retirement age for government employees from 61 to 62 years. Hence, the association requests that the retirement age for Singareni workers should also be increased from 61 to 62 years.

At present because of the better living standards and health conditions, the workers are in good health without any significant issues and could continue in service, Nageswara Rao explained.

He noted that in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the respective governments have also increased the retirement age for government employees from 61 to 62 years.

The ministers from the coal belt area Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Gaddam Vivek Venkataswamy, Tummala Nageswara Rao and Adluri Lakshman Kumar should cooperate in this matter, he added.

The association leaders Bandela Vijender, Cherupalli Nagaraju, Mogilipaka Ravi Kumar, Thota Ravi Kumar and Saliganti Tirupati were present.