The President, in exercise of powers derived from Article 309 of the Constitution, has issued an amendment to the Fundamental Rules, 1922. This amendment, known as the Fundamental (Amendment) Rules, 2018, specifically modifies Rule 56 by changing the superannuation age for various categories of medical officers. Effective from January 5th, 2018, the retirement age for General Duty Medical Officers and Specialists across different services, including Central Health Service, AYUSH doctors, Civilian doctors under Directorate General of Armed Forces Medical Services, medical and dental officers under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Railways, as well as those in the Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles, has been set at sixty-five years. An important proviso states that these doctors, excluding those in the Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles, will continue to hold administrative posts until they reach the age of sixty-two, after which they will be moved to non-administrative roles. The Fundamental Rules were originally published on January 1st, 1922, and this notification follows the last amendment made on March 22nd, 2017.
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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 5th January, 2018
G.S.R. 27(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Fundamental Rules, 1922, namely :-
(1) These rules may be called the Fundamental (Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) In the Fundamental Rules, 1922, in rule 56, for clause (bb), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“(bb) The age of superannuation in respect of General Duty Medical Officers and Specialists included in Teaching, Non-Teaching and Public Health sub-cadres of Central Health Service, AYUSH doctors, Civilian doctors under Directorate General of Armed Forces Medical Services, Medical officers of Indian Ordnance Factories Health Services, dental doctors working under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, doctors of Indian Railways Medical Service and dental doctors under Ministry of Railways, doctors of General Duty Medical Officers sub-cadre of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles and Specialist Medical officers of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles shall be sixty-five years:
Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in any other rules, above doctors except in Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles shall hold the administrative posts till the date of attaining the age of sixty-two years and thereafter their services shall be placed in Non-Administrative positions.”
[F. No. 25012/4/2016-Estt.(A-IV)]
GYANENDRA DEV TRIPATHI, Jt. Secy.
Note : The Fundamental Rules were published in the Gazette of India, on the $1^{\text {st }}$ January, 1922 and were last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 279(E), dated the $22^{\text {nd }}$ March, 2017.