Applicability of standing orders

The Standing Orders apply to workmen and not to officers (unless the certified standing orders of your bank has extended it to the officers cadre!). Even other-wise the Standing Orders provides for the retirement age of 55 and the discretionary extensions cannot be demanded as a matter of right. Also the Orissa Ghich Court (2011 LLR 472) in its Judgement of 21st April 10 has held that reducing of retirement age will not be a change in conditions of service under section 9A of the ID Act.

Vasudevan

The definition of employee under B.I.R.Act has undergone change recently and any one having<7500/-p.m.as basic salary is an employee,irrespective of nature of work.It appears that by this amendment every one working in co. Bank in maharashtra is employee and the standing orders apply to them. How ever I have not come across any standing orders prescribing 55 years as age of retirement.

I Also Agree Mr.Vasudevan Points,

The Standing Orders apply to workmen and not to officers (unless the certified standing orders of your bank has extended it to the officers cadre!). Even other-wise the Standing Orders provides for the retirement age of 55 and the discretionary extensions cannot be demanded as a matter of right. Also the Orissa Ghich Court (2011 LLR 472) in its Judgement of 21st April 10 has held that reducing of retirement age will not be a change in conditions of service under section 9A of the ID Act.