Govt seeks to overturn retirees’ pension payment adjustment ruling

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Lawyer Shukor Ahmad says Putrajaya filed its notice of appeal yesterday.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/24/govt-seeks-to-overturn-retirees-pension-payment-adjustment-ruling/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/01/24/kerajaan-usaha-batal-perintah-segera-selaras-pencen-pesara/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Pension #Goverment #CivilServant

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00:00The government has turned to the Court of Appeal to set aside a High Court order, compelling

00:06it to expedite adjustments to the pensions of former civil servants in accordance with

00:11a previous court ruling.

00:13Lawyer Shukor Ahmad said the government's notice of appeal was filed at the High Court

00:18Registry yesterday.

00:20On January 16, Justice Amarjit Singh said a service circular issued in 2016 had the

00:26effect of a salary revision for government servants.

00:30Amarjit said that as a result, government pensioners were entitled under the Pensions

00:34Adjustment Act 1980 to pensions corresponding to the adjusted salary.

00:40He ordered the Director-General of the Public Services Department to pay back dated pensions

00:45from January 2022 and refused an oral stay application by Federal Counsel M. Kogilambigai.

00:52Shukor said the government had yet to file a formal stay application, but he believed

00:57the application would follow suit as they filed a notice of appeal.

01:02On February 29, 2024, the High Court granted former civil servant Aminah Ahmad and her

01:07co-applicants leave to commence judicial review proceedings after the Attorney-General raised

01:13no objection.

01:14Pan Yujo, FMT News.

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