KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here on Thursday (Jan 16) allowed a pension increase for retirees based on their final salary according to the 2016 Public Services Department Circular, effective January 2022.
In allowing a judicial review by retired civil servant Aminah Ahmad, Datuk Amarjeet Singh ordered the Public Services Department (PSD) and the government to pay the arrears within three months from Thursday.
Federal counsel M. Kogilambigai, representing the respondents, applied orally for a stay of the ruling but was dismissed.
The judge, however, ordered her to file a formal written application for a stay, so the court could fix a date for a hearing.
Aminah who retired as a civil servant with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, filed the judicial review application on Jan 12 last year in her capacity and on behalf of 56 retired members of the public service.
She was seeking a mandamus order to compel the respondents to expedite the pension adjustments to the qualifying amount following the formula contained in Sections 3 and 6 of the Pensions Adjustment Act 1980 (PAA 1980) before amendments were made under Sections 3 and 7 of the Pensions Adjustment Act (Amendment) 2013 (PAA 2013).
Aminah also sought an order for the respondents to pay the pension arrears within 14 days, in addition to a declaratory order stating that the failure to pay violates the Federal Constitution.
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