Chandigarh, August 18 - The Haryana Government has issued revised guidelines for the disposal of cases related to re-employment after retirement of government employees. As per Rule-143 of the Haryana Civil Services (General) Rules, 2016, re-employment can be allowed only in exceptional or special circumstances up to a maximum of two years after 58 years.
A letter has been issued by Chief Secretary Mr. Anurag Rastogi to all Administrative Secretaries, Heads of Departments, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners.
According to the letter, the state government has reconstituted a committee through orders issued on June 18, 2025. This committee will review those individual cases and cases at the level of class or category, whose services are necessary for the fulfillment of the objectives of the organization. The committee will meet on a fixed date every month to consider the proposals.
Under the revision process, the administrative departments will ensure that the services of retired officers or employees are required even after retirement. Re-employment will be considered only in those cases where it is essential for effective delivery of services and where it will not adversely affect the promotion prospects of junior employees. Further, the officer concerned must have a good service record and no disciplinary action is pending against him.
The upper age limit for re-employment has been fixed at 63 years, so that the officer or employee can serve for at least two years till the age of 65 years. Re-employment will not be considered in any case after two years.
However, if the services of retired officers or employees are required even after two years, then in such cases, appointment will be made only on contract basis, for which the prior approval of the Human Resource Department will be necessary.
The Administrative Department will have to send the concerned cases to the Human Resource Department (Human Resource-1 Branch) after obtaining the approval of its Minister-in-charge. After this, the Committee will send its complaints to the concerned Administrative Department. After that, the concerned Department will issue re-employment orders only after obtaining the consent of the concerned Department and after the approval of the Chief Minister.
These instructions will not be applicable in the case of those employees, whose current re-employment continues till the end of their re-employment even after the necessary approval at the time of re-employment. Also, in the case of doctors of Health and ESI Department, the period of retirement and re-employment will be determined as per the notifications or instructions issued by the concerned Departments from time to time.