44. Retirement on completion of 1
[33] years qualifying service :-
(1) At any time after a Government servant has completed 1
[thirty three]
years of qualifying service but before attaining 2
[58] years of age.
(a) He may retire from service, or
(b) He may be required by the appointing authority to retire in the
public interest, and in the case of such retirement the
Government servant shall be entitled to a retiring pension:
Provided that-
(a) The Government servant gives notice in writing to the appointing
authority at least three months before the date on which he
wishes to retire; or
(b) The appointing authority gives a notice in writing to the
Government servant atleast three months before the date on
which he is required to retire in the public interest or three
months’ pay and allowances in lieu of such notice, as the case
may be :
Provided further that where the Government servant giving
notice under clause (a) of the preceding proviso is under suspension, it shall be open to the appointing authority to
withhold permission to such Government servant to retire under
this rule.
(2) A Government servant, who has elected to retire under this
rule and has given the necessary intimation to that effect to the
appointing authority, shall be precluded from withdrawing his
election subsequently except with the specific approval of such
authority :
Provided that the request for withdrawal shall be within the
intended date of his retirement.
Note :- Orders permitting/requiring a Government servant to retire
after completing 33 years’ of qualifying service should, as a
rule, not be issued until after the fact that the officer has indeed
completed qualifying service for 33 years has been verified in
consultation with the Pay and Accounts Officer, Hyderabad/
Head of the Department/Head of Office, as the case may be,
who maintains the service particulars/book of the Government
servant concerned.