The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks a High Court verdict that scrapped the provision of public servant retirement law which enhanced the retirement age limit for the freedom fighter public servants from 59 years to 60 years.

Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the government seeking a stay on the HC verdict.

The 60 years as the retirement age limit for the freedom fighter public servants will remain in force following the SC's stay order until it hears an appeal against the HC verdict, Additional Attorney General Murad Reza told The Daily Star.

He said the government will file an appeal before the SC after receiving the full text of the HC verdict.

Following two separate writ petitions, the HC on April 11 scrapped the provision of the Public Servant Retirement (Amendment) Act, 2013.

The HC also observed that the retirement age limit of the freedom fighter public servants should be extended to 61 years instead of the current 60 years.