Contents of the Model Standing Orders

The Model Standing Orders, 2026

Order 16. Age of retirement

Schedule A: mining sectorMade under The Industrial Relations Code, 2020S.O. 2312(E), 8 May 2026

Official text

(1) The age of retirement or superannuation of a worker shall be such as may be agreed upon between the employer and the worker under a written agreement or as specified in a settlement or award which is binding on both the worker and the employer.

(2) In absence of any such agreed age, retirement or superannuation shall be on completion of fifty-eight years of age.

Source: The Model Standing Orders, 2026, S.O. 2312(E) — Gazette of India, p. 60 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 60 · official download · all sources