Regulation 22 Leave not a matter of right.
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(1) Leave cannot be claimed as a matter of right. (2) The Board may refuse to grant leave to an employee, may revoke leave already granted to an employee or may recall an employee on leave when the exigencies of the service so require. VL Note : – |
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(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the following kinds of leave may be granted to an employee: (a) Casual leave and Special casual leave, (b) Ordinary leave, (c) Sick leave, (d) Maternity leave or Paternity leave, as the case may be, (e) Extraordinary leave, (f) Accident leave, and (g) Any other leave, as may be allowed by the Board from time to time. (2) Full pay is admissible in case of leave of the kind mentioned in clauses (a), (b) or (d) of sub-regulation (1). (3) Half-pay is admissible in case of leave of the kind mentioned in clause (c) of sub-regulation (1). (4) No pay is admissible in case of leave of the kind mentioned in clause (e) of sub-regulation (1). (5) Full pay is admissible for the first four months and half pay for the rest of the period in case of leave of the kind mentioned in clause (f) of sub-regulation (1). VL Note : – |
Regulation 24 Lapse of leave on cessation of service.
Save as otherwise specifically provided in these Regulations, leave at the credit of an employee lapses on the date on which he ceases to be in service.
Regulation 25 Obligation to furnish Leave address.
An employee shall, before proceeding on leave, intimate to the Board his address with telephone number while on leave, and shall keep the Board informed of any change in the address previously furnished.
Regulation 26 Leave not admissible to an employee under suspension.
Leave may not be granted to an employee under suspension or against whom disciplinary proceedings are pending.
Regulation 27 Casual leave.
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(1) An employee shall be eligible for casual leave up to a maximum of 12 working days in a year. (2) When an employee is employed for part of a year, he shall be eligible for casual leave at the rate of one day for each completed month during that year. (3) No casual leave may be availed of, except with prior sanction of the authority competent to sanction: Provided that if for any genuine reason, it is not possible for an employee to obtain such permission in advance, he shall intimate his absence within 24 hours. (4) Casual leave cannot be suffixed or prefixed with any other kind of leave except with special casual leave. (5) An employee shall not take casual leave for less than half day or more than 5 days at a time. (6) The casual leave, which has not been availed of at the end of the Calendar year, shall be credited to the extent of 50% of such leave not availed of, to the ordinary leave account of the concerned employee and fraction, if any, in such cases shall be ignored. VL Note : – |
Regulation 28 Special casual leave.
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(1) An employee may be granted special casual leave for not more than 45 days- (i) when the absence from duty is necessitated by quarantine orders of the Board in consequence of any infectious disease in the family or household of any employee; or (ii) when the absence of an employee is due to him having sustained a bodily injury while on duty and the absence is supported by certificate from the Medical Officer authorized by the Board; or (iii) when there are other exceptional circumstances necessitating the grant of special casual leave. (2) An employee may be granted special leave for undergoing family planning operation, subject to production of Medical Certificate- (a) in case of female employees: (i) 14 days for tubectomy / laparoscopy (ii) 1 day on the day on which the husband undergoes vasectomy (iii) 1 day on the day of IUD insertion / reinsertion; and (b) in case of male employees: (i) 6 days for vasectomy operation (ii) 7 days when the wife undergoes tubectomy / laparoscopy: Provided that special casual leave sanctioned under this clause may be clubbed with any other leave, except casual leave. VL Note : – |
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(1) An employee shall be entitled to ordinary leave at the rate of 30 days for every year of service subject to a maximum accumulation of 300 days and the leave so earned shall be credited to the ordinary leave account of the employee half yearly on 1st January and 1st July respectively in each year at the rate of 15 days for every 6 months of service rendered by such employee: Provided that if an employee renders less than 6 month of service in any half year, he shall be credited with one day for every 12 days of service. (2) No employee shall earn ordinary leave for the period when he is on leave for a continuous period of more than 6 months. (3) The period of ordinary leave, which can be taken at one time by an employee shall not be less than five days in case he has balance of casual leave sufficient to cover the leave period. (4) An application for grant of ordinary leave shall be submitted to the Board fifteen days in advance from the date of availing the leave. (5) An employee may encash ordinary leave once in two years for a minimum period of 10 days and a maximum period of 30 days: Provided that at the time of such encashment, the balance of leave at his credit after the leave is availed shall not be less than the leave so encashed. (6) If an employee dies during the service or is declared by a Medical Officer authorized by the Board, to be completely and permanently incapacitated for further service, his legal heirs, in case of death of an employee, shall be entitled to cash equivalent to unavailed ordinary leave to his credit as on the date of death, incapacitation, as the case may be, by the Board. (7) Notwithstanding sub-regulation (5), an employee, who resigns from service after giving notice of resignation in terms of regulation 8, shall be entitled to encashment of half of the period of ordinary leave at his credit as on the date of resignation subject to a maximum of five months ordinary leave. (8) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, where an employee has ordinary leave but not availed of as on the date of retirement, he shall, at his option be permitted to avail the leave or be paid a lump sum amount equivalent to the pay as on the date of his retirement, for a maximum period of 10 months. VL Note : – |
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(1) An employee shall be entitled to sick leave on half pay, on production of medical certificate, at the rate of 20 days for every Calendar year of service subject to a maximum of 540 days during the entire service. (2) An employee may be granted sick leave during the first year of his service at the rate of one day for every 18 days of service. (3) Production of a medical certificate may not be insisted upon if sick leave to be granted does not exceed three days. (4) An employee who has availed sick leave for more than three days for reasons of health shall produce a medical certificate of fitness before he resumes duty even though such leave was not actually granted on a medical certificate. (5) An employee, who has served the Board for at least a period of three years, may be permitted to avail, during the full period of his service, sick leave on full pay up to a maximum period of nine months and such leave shall be entered in his sick leave account as twice the amount of leave taken by him. VL Note : – |
Regulation 31 Maternity leave and paternity leave.
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(1) A female employee shall be entitled to maternity leave for a period not exceeding- (a) 180 days at a time for birth of a child; (b) 20 days (including stay in hospital) for undergoing hysterectomy operation; (c) 45 days during the entire service in case of miscarriage, including abortion, on production of medical certificate. (2) The Board may grant leave of any other kind admissible to the female employee in combination with, or in continuation of maternity leave under sub-regulation (1), if the request for its grant is supported by requisite medical certificate. (3) A male employee with less than two surviving children shall be entitled to leave for a period of fifteen days per child in a single instance, from fifteen days prior to the delivery or up to six months from the date of such delivery or six months from the date of adoption in case he has adopted a child through proper legal process. (4) The Board may grant leave of any other kind admissible to the male employee in combination with, or in continuation of leave under sub-regulation (3) other than casual leave and special casual leave. VL Note : – |
Regulation 32 Accident leave.
Accident Leave may be granted to an employee who sustains an injury in the course of the performance of his duties, including while on tour, for the period for which leave iscertified by the Medical Officer authorized by the Board to be necessary for recovery from the injury.
Regulation 33 Extraordinary leave.
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(1) Extraordinary Leave may be granted in exceptional circumstances to an employee when no other leave is due or admissible to him: Provided that the duration of extraordinary leave shall not exceed 90 days on any one occasion and 360 days during the entire service. (2) Extraordinary leave may be granted in combination with, or in continuation of leave of any other kind admissible to the employee. (3) The period of Extraordinary leave shall not counted for service benefits and increments: Provided that, in cases where the authority competent to sanction leave is satisfied that the leave was taken because of illness or for any other cause beyond the employee’s control, it may direct that the period of extraordinary leave may count for increments. VL Note : – |
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(1) Joining time up to 7 days may be granted to an employee to enable him to join a new office to which he is posted which involves change of headquarters. (2) Where an employee does not avail the entire joining time, the un-availed joining time shall be added to the ordinary leave account of the employee. VL Note : – |