Chandigarh, May 9 -- Amid high court rap, the Punjab government has thrown a fresh spanner in the ongoing deliberations for increasing the superannuation age for Panjab University members from 60 to 65 years.

It has been learnt that the Punjab government has sent a letter to the Union ministry of education, seeking the inclusion of the state's representative in a three-member panel formed by the Centre to look into the retirement age of PU faculty.

The development comes at a time when the three-member panel was on the verge of recommending an increase in the retirement age of the faculty to 65 years, and fixing the tenure of the vice-chancellor to five years, in place of the existing three years, top officials familiar with the developm...