Govt applies to suspend retirees’ pension payment pending appeal

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00:00The government has filed an application to delay adjustments to the pensions of retired

00:05civil servants supported by the High Court pending the outcome of its appeal.

00:11In an affidavit affirmed by Public Services Department Director General Wan Ahmad Dallan

00:16Abdulaziz, the government said there were special circumstances warranting a stay of

00:20the High Court order.

00:23He said the order would affect not just the 56 litigants but also 531,976 pensioners or

00:30their dependents and will cost the government 1.7 billion ringgit.

00:35Wan Ahmad said the payout would also have financial implications for the government,

00:39which will face an uphill task in recovering the payments should it win its appeal.

00:45On January 23, the government filed its notice of appeal seeking to reverse a High Court

00:50order made by Justice Amarjeet Singh.

00:53Amarjeet had ruled that government pensioners were entitled under the Pensions Adjustment

00:57Act of 1980 to pensions corresponding to their adjusted salary.

01:02Under the old scheme, a retiree's pension was to be revised based on the prevailing

01:06salary of incumbent civil servants in the same grade.

01:10In 2013, amendments to the Act introduced a flat rate annual increment of 2%.

01:16Danish Rajareza, FMT News.

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