Andhra Pradesh Budget: Bill to raise retirement age of Public Library staff to 60

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government has introduced the Public Libraries Act 1980 amendment bill in the House on Friday to enhance the retirement age limit for Public Library staff from 58 to 60.

Introducing the bill, human resources minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao said the bill will provide it powers to induct into service the employees who had retired from service on attaining age 58 on and from June 2, 2014.

The minister said consequent on the enhancement of age of superannuation of the Andhra Pradesh government servants, it has been decided to enhance the age of superannuation of the employees of Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas by amending the Andhra Pradesh Public Libraries Act suitably with retrospective effect from June 2, 2014 by inserting a new section in the Act.

Mr Srinivasa Rao said it was also decided to re-induct such employees of Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas who retired from service on attaining the age of 58 years on and from June 2, 2014 to the date of publication of the Andhra Pradesh Public Libraries Amendment Act.