Chandigarh, March 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has given the central government three months to take a decision on enhancing retirement age of aided private school teachers and other employees in Chandigarh from 58 to 60. While disposing of a clutch of pleas from multiple school teachers, the court said in March 2023, UT administration had created expectation in the minds of teachers by writing to Centre that their retirement age be increased from 58 years to 60. Now, there was an urgent need to take final decision one or another way, it added. "The UT administration despite taking conscious decision is unable to enhance retirement age of teachers of government aided private schools on account of lack of decision of Union of India," the bench of justice Jagmohan Bansal observed. In the letter written to Centre in March 2023, UT recommended that privately aided schools employees' retirement age be increased from 58 to 60 years. If the retirement age is increased from 58 years to 60 years, then total financial implication involved would be Rs.1.9 crore for two-year period between 2022-24 in the case of seven such schools. When the HC sought Centre's response it informed the court that they have not received complete proposal from UT administration. On the other hand, UT had told the court that city administration has already forwarded its proposal to Centre. "The matter should be resolved. They are bound to take conscious decision because absence of decision is leaving petitioners in dilemma," the court observed directing that UT would send its proposal within one month and thereafter, Centre would take a decision within three months....