(1) The employee of religious institution who has attained the age of fi fty or completed twenty years of service may retire from service voluntarily by giving notice of not less than three months in writing direct to the appointing authority.
(2) Notice of Voluntary Retirement given by an employee of a religious institution shall be accepted by the appointing authority subject to the following conditions being satisfi ed namely:-
(a) no disciplinary action is pending or contemplated against him.
(b) no criminal case is pending or contemplated against him.
(c) no vigilance case is pending or contemplated against him.
(d) he is not convicted by a Court of Law.
(e) that no dues which cannot be recovered are pending from the employee concerned.
(3) The appointing authority shall issue orders either accepting the notice of voluntary retirement from a date not later than the date of expiry of the notice or rejecting the same, giving the reasons therefor. If no such order is passed, the notice of voluntary retirement shall be deemed to have been accepted on the expiry of the period of notice.
(4) The employee of the religious institution may withdraw the notice of voluntary retirement or withdraw the voluntary retirement after acceptance, as the case may be, subsequently with the approval of the appointing authority, before the expiry of the period of notice.