2180782 - Sybase Central hits error: Java could not be loaded - SAP ASE

After upgrading  SAP ASE 15.7 to SP 132, the following errors are raised during the Sybase Central startup

java could not be loaded. java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/sybase/util/ds/Utils :
Unsupported major.minor v Unsupported
Unsupported major.minor v
Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:632)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:616)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.ja(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
at com.sybase.central.viewer.SCClassLoader.findClass(SCClassLoader.java:
(SCClassLo
(SCClassLoader.java:
(SCClassLoader.java:334)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
at com.sybase.aseplugin.so.ServerSO.getHostAndPortNumber(ServerSO.java:24
(ServerSO
(ServerSO.java:24
(ServerSO.java:2459)
at com.sybase.aseplugin.so.ServerSO.load(ServerSO.java:261)
at com.sybase.aseplugin.so.ServerSO.<(><<)>init>(ServerSO.java:195)
at com.sybase.aseplugin.so.ServerGroupSO.getServers(ServerGroupSO(ServerGroupSO.java:618)
at com.sybase.aseplugin.bo.TopBO.initGroupServers(TopBO.java:844)
at com.sybase.aseplugin.bo.TopBO.<(><<)>init>(TopBO.java:64)
at com.sybase.aseplugin.bo.ASEProvider.startup(ASEProvider.java:126)
at com.sybase.central.viewer.ScjViewerSupport.initialize(ScjViewer(ScjViewerSupport.java:906)
at com.sybase.central.viewer.SybaseCentral.run(SybaseCe(SybaseCentral.java:170)
at com.sybase.central.viewer.SybaseCentral.main(SybaseC(SybaseCentral.java:471)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Nativ(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Dele(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.sybase.central.viewer.SCLoader.callMethod(SCLoader.java:117)
at com.sybase.central.viewer.SCLoader.main(SCLoader.java:77)

• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise  (ASE) 15.7 
• SAP Sybase Central

SCC, Sybase Control Center, installation, EOE, EOS, "End of Engineering Support"   , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , Problem