Leave Rules

1. Leave Rules CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 Presentation 2.5.1

2. KINDS OF LEAVE ADMISSIBLE • Casual Leave. • Earned Leave; • Half Pay Leave; • Commuted Leave; • Leave Not Due; • Extra-ordinary Leave;

3. KINDS OF LEAVE ADMISSIBLE • Study Leave; • Hospital Leave; • Special Disability Leave; • Maternity Leave; • Paternity Leave;

4. General Conditions:- Leave • Leave - no claim as a right; • Can be refused/ revoked; • Kind of leave applied can not be altered by sanctioning authority; • Commutation of leave within 30 days; • Can not be granted for more than 5 years at a stretch;

5. General Conditions:- Leave • Prefix / Suffix - Sundays/holidays; • MC : Govt servants - from AMA/CGHS Dispensary; • MC: NGOs - from RMP; • Period of over-stayal debited as HPL with no pay/allowances; • Disc. Action on willful absence from duty after expiry of leave.

6. Casual Leave (C.L.) • Not a recognised form ; • Can be combined with special CL / vacation only; • Sundays/holidays falling during a period of CL not counted; • Sundays/holidays/restricted holidays can be prefixed/suffixed;

7. Casual Leave • Can be availed for half a day; • Total 08 days admissible in a calendar year; • Normally more than 5 days at a time not allowed; • Joining in middle of year-proportionately or full - at the discretion.

8. Earned Leave • 15 days on 1st January/July in advance; • Credit reduced @ 1/10th of EOL& Dies non in previous half year; • Rounding - fraction; • Accumulation up to 300+15 days;

9. Earned Leave • Fresh appointment , Retirement /removal / dismissal / death in middle of half year - @ 2½ days per completed month; • 180 days maximum can be availed at a time, exception • Unavailed joining time credited in EL account. • Encashment of E.L. during LTC/On retirement -0-

10. Half Pay Leave • 10 days on 1st January/July in advance; • Credit reduced @ 1/18th of Dies non; • Rounding - fraction; • Accumulation – No limit; • Fresh appointment - @ 5/3 days p.m.;

11. Half Pay Leave • Retirement /removal / dismissal / death in middle of half year • Temp. Employee - grant subject to his return to duty; • Can be on MC/without MC; • On MC- Comm. Leave on full pay if applied for. -0-

12. Commuted leave • Not exceeding half of HPL balance on medical certificate; • up to 90 days during entire service –w/o MC for an approved course of study certified to be in public interest;

13. Commuted leave • up to 60 days to a female G.S. with less than 02 living children, on adoption of a child less than one year old; • up to 60 days to a female G.S. w/o MC in continuation of maternity leave;

14. Commuted Leave- • Granted only if reasonable prospects of the G.S. returning to duty on its expiry. • If quits service- period treated as HPL; • If quits on ill health/death - No recovery. -0-

15. Leave not due • To permanent GS with no HPL at credit; • Only on MC; • Limited to HPL – G.S. likely to earn in remaining service period;

16. Leave not due-Exception • To female GS w/o MC - in continuation of maternity leave; • To female GS w/o MC - on adoption of a child less than one year old. • Max. 360 days during entire service .

17. Leave not due • Debited in HPL a/c; • Temp. GS with min. 01 year of service - suffering from TB, Cancer or Mental illness can be granted . • Not granted as LPR.

18. Leave Not Due [LND] • Cancelled if GS does not return to duty – L.S. recovered; • L.S. not to be recovered : - if resigns due to ill-health incapacitating him for further service, - if retired prematurely, - in the event of death.

19. Extra Ordinary Leave (EOL) • When no Other leave is admissible; or • When Other leave admissible, but Govt. servant applies for EOL; • Subject to maximum leave period of 05 years, EOL can be granted to a permanent Govt. servant up to any limit.

20. Extra Ordinary Leave (EOL) • For temporary officials: - - Up to 03 months with or w/o MC; • with a minimum of 01 year’s service- - up to 06 months with MC for common ailments; - Up to 18 months with MC for cancer, mental illness, pulmonary TB or Pleurisy of Tubercular origine;

21. Extra Ordinary Leave (EOL) • With three or more year’s service - up to 24 months where the leave is required for studies certified to be in public interest.

22. Extra Ordinary Leave (EOL) • Two spells of EOL intervened by any other kind of leave treated as one continuous spell for the purpose of applying the maximum limit. • Can be granted to regularize period(s) of absence w/o leave retrospectively. -0-

23. Maternity Leave- Female Employees • Admissible to married/unmarried female G.S.; - Pregnancy: 135 days; - Miscarriage/abortion: total 45 days in the entire service. • Leave is not debited to leave account. • It is granted on full pay. • It may be combined with leave of any other kind.

24. Maternity Leave • Any kind of leave (i/c 60 days of Comm. Leave/LND w/o MC) up to one year can be sanctioned in continuation of Maternity Leave; • Not admissible for ‘threatened abortion’ -0-

25. Paternity Leave-Male Govt. Servant • To male Govt. servant with less than two surviving children. • It is not debited in leave account. • Leave salary equal to last pay drawn is admissible.

26. Paternity Leave • May be combined with any other leave except casual leave. • To be applied for grant - up to 15 days before or with in six months from the date of delivery. -0-

27. Study Leave • Five year’s service (I/c period on probation) • For higher studies/specialized training in a professional/technical subject capable of widening his mind in a manner likely to improve his ability as a civil servant;

28. Study Leave • Sanction - Ministry/ Department of the Central Government/ Administrator/ Comptroller and Auditor General of India. • Course should be certified to be of definite advantage to Government from the point of view of public interest;

29. Study Leave • Not granted : - for studies out of India if facilities for such studies exist in India; - to an official due to retire within three years of return from the study leave;

30. Study Leave • Study leave can be : - Granted for maximum 24 months in the entire service and may be granted at a stretch or in different spells; - not debited to the leave account; - Requisite Bonds in the prescribed forms are required to be executed;

31. Study Leave • Finance Ministry’s agreement for release of foreign exchange is necessary for study leave outside India; • Leave Salary: - Pay plus DA, HRA, CCA & study allowance admissible outside India; - No study allowance admissible for course in India.

32. Special Disability Leave • When disabled by injury intentionally inflicted or caused in due performance of official duties; • When disabled by illness incurred in performance of any duty, which has the effect of increasing liability to illness or injury beyond the ordinary risk attached to civil post;

33. Special Disability Leave • Period of leave to be certified by AMA; • Maximum 24 months; • Not be debited to the leave account; • First 120 days on full pay , after that on HPL; • Period counts for pension.

34. Hospital Leave • Gr ‘C’ whose duties involve handling of dangerous machinery, explosive material, poisonous drugs or performance of hazardous tasks; and • Gr ‘D’ while under treatment in a hospital or otherwise for illness or injury directly due to risks incurred in the course of official duties.

35. Hospital Leave • Certificate of AMA necessary; • Period of leave considered necessary by authority; • Total period combined with any other kind not exceeding 28 months; • Not be debited to the leave account; • First 120 days on full pay , after that on HPL. • Period counts for pension.