Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has held that Centre's nod is required for taking any decision about the retirement age of faculty of Panjab University (PU) and its constituent colleges.

The bench of justice Anoop Chitkara and justice Ramesh Chander Dimri dismissed the 2022 petition from Iqbal Singh Sandhu, a principal of PU constituent college, Sikhwala, Muktsar, Punjab, who had demanded that he be allowed to continue as principal till the age of 65, with all consequential benefits, according to PU's decision to adopt and implement the University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations, 2010, that sought increasing retirement age of teachers to 65 years.

In 2022, he was given re-employment on attaining the age ...