Sri Darmanto (left), the Principal Petitioner, attends the Pronouncement Hearing of the Judicial Review of Law Number 20 of 2023 on State Civil Apparatus, Thursday (10/16) in the Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA, (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court (the Court) declared the petition for judicial review of Article 55 letter a of Law Number 20 of 2023 on State Civil Apparatus (State Civil Apparatus Law) against the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (the 1945 Constitution) inadmissible.

The decision, registered under Case Number 165/PUU-XXIII/2025, was pronounced in a plenary session open to the public on Thursday (10/16/2025) at the Court’s Plenary Courtroom in Jakarta. The session was chaired by Chief Justice Suhartoyo and attended by eight other Constitutional Justices.

The petition was filed by Sri Darmanto, the Subdistrict Head (Camat) of Gempol, Cirebon Regency, who serves as an Administrative Officer. At the time of filing the petition, the Petitioner was 55 years and 9 months old.

In its legal considerations, the Court found no causal relationship between the alleged constitutional loss and the enforcement of the challenged provision.

“Factually, after examining the petition and the facts revealed in the hearings, the Court found that the Petitioner’s failure to qualify for the selection of a High Leadership Position (JPT) was due to the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Regulation Number 15 of 2024 and the Petitioner’s failure to meet the ninth column criteria in the talent management system. These matters fall outside the Court’s jurisdiction,” the Court reasoned.

Accordingly, the Court ruled that the Petitioner lacked legal standing to file the petition.

See also:

Cirebon District Chief Questions Retirement Age of Administrative Officials

Cirebon District Head Improves Petition for Judicial Review of Retirement Age Limit Regulation

In the petition, Sri Darmanto questioned the retirement age limit for administrative officials as stipulated in Article 55 letter a of the State Civil Apparatus Law, which sets the retirement age at 58 years. In contrast, high-ranking officials (primary, madya, and pratama positions) have a retirement age of 60 years.

The Petitioner argued that this distinction creates unfairness and discrimination among state civil apparatus members by restricting opportunities for administrative officials to advance their careers and obtain promotions. Furthermore, the Ministerial Regulation Number 15 of 2024 limits the eligibility for high leadership positions to those under 56 years old, further narrowing the career development space for civil servants. The Petitioner contended that retirement age should be based on an individual’s productive capacity, not merely on their rank or administrative classification.

Author             : Utami Argawati.

Editor              : Lulu Anjarsari P.

PR                   : Raisa Ayuditha M.

Translator       : Agusweka Poltak Siregar.

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

The full decision is available at the following link:

Decision Number 169/PUU-XXIII/2025.

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