PUTRAJAYA: The government has succeeded in its appeal to set aside a High Court decision that ordered it to pay pension arrears amounting to RM1.7bil to 531,976 pensioners based on their final salary according to the 2016 Public Services Department Circular.
The decision was made by a three-member bench of the Court of Appeal comprising Justices Datuk Lim Chong Fong, Datuk Azhahari Kamal Ramli and Datuk Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid in a judicial review application filed by Aminah Ahmad, who retired as a civil servant with the Foreign Ministry.
Reading out the unanimous decision, Justice Azhahari said the issue of pension adjustments had already been decided by a previous Court of Appeal in 2022 in relation to Aminah’s first legal action (originating summons (OS)) in 2017.
Following Monday's (March 9) decision, the government does not have to pay the amount to the pensioners.
Aminah filed the judicial review application on Jan 12, 2024, in her own capacity and on behalf of 56 retired members of the public service.
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