Through an earlier decision, their retirement age was raised from 60 to 62 years but it was felt that they can be retained for another two years.
A Department of Personnel circular says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ordered constitution of a four-member
screening committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary to consider the individual cases that deserve extension of two years in service.
The secretaries of Bio-Technology, Earth Science and Personnel will be members of this committee.
In case of the mission-oriented agencies like the departments of Atomic Energy and Space, the secretary of the concerned department will be also associated with the committee, the circular added.
