Madras High Court directs T.N. govt. to consider demand to increase university faculty retirement age to 65 years (opens original article in a new tab)

Madras High Court directed Tamil Nadu government to consider increasing university faculty retirement age to 65 years due to severe faculty shortages and vacant posts in State-run universities.

• Madras High Court directed Tamil Nadu government to consider increasing university faculty retirement age from 60 to 65 years
• TNFUFA cited faculty shortages and vacant posts in State-run universities as reason for the demand
• Several Indian states have already implemented 65-year retirement age for university faculty
• Court ordered government to review the representation within 8 weeks