Types of Leave applicable to Central Government Employees as per Leave Rules
A
brief on all Types of Leave applicable to Central Government Employees
as per Leave Rules - Earned Leave, Half Pay Leave, Commuted Leave, Leave
Not Due, Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Study Leave, Extraordinary
Leave, Chile Care Leave and More
1.
Earned Leave:
Earned Leave is 'earned' by duty. The credit for earn leave will
awarded at a rate of 15 days on the 1st of January and 1st of July every
year. It can be accumulated up to 300 days in addition to the number of
days for which encashment has been allowed along with LTC. Maximum of
180 days at a time can be availed in the case of Earned Leave.
2.
Half Pay Leave:
All Government servants are entitled to 20 days of HPL for every
completed year of service. Half pay leave is calculated at 20 days for
each completed year of service. For eg, if you are in service for 2
years , you will be having a total of 40 days of half pay leave. The
service includes periods of duty and leave including extraordinary leave
with or without MC. Half pay leave can be availed with or without
MC(Medical Certificate). From 1st January 1986, half pay leave is
credited in advance at the rate of 10 days on the 1st of January and 1st
of July every year.
3.
Commuted Leave: This Leave
is granted on medical certificate normally. Commuted leave not
exceeding half the amount of half-pay leave due can be taken on medical
certificate. Up to a maximum of 90 days can be taken during the entire
service without medical certificate where such leave is utilized for an
approved course of study certified to be in university interest.
It
can be taken up to a maximum of 60 days can be granted to a female
employee in continuation of maternity leave without medical certificate
and upto a maximum of 60 days can be granted without medical certificate
to a female employee with less than two living children, on adoption of
a child less than one year old. Commuted leave may be granted at the
request of the employee even when earned leave is due to him.
4.
Leave Not Due:
This Leave is also granted on medical certificate normally. Leave not
due is granted when there is no half-pay leave at credit and the
employee requests for the grant of Leave Not Due. It is granted only
medical certificate if the leave sanctioning authority is satisfied that
there is a reasonable prospect of the employee returning to duty on its
expiry. It may be granted without medical certificate in continuation
of maternity leave, and may be granted without medical certificate to a
female employee with less than two living children, on adoption of a
child less than one year old. The amount of leave should be limited to
the half-pay leave that the employee is likely to earn subsequently.
Leave not due during the entire service is limited to a maximum of 360
days and due will be debited against the half-pay leave that the
employee may earn subsequently.
5.
Maternity Leave : Maternity leave is granted to women government employees.
1) Pregnancy: 180 days - Admissible only to employees with less than two surviving children.
2)
Miscarriage/abortion (induced or otherwise): Total of 45 days in the
entire service. However, any such leave taken prior to 16.6.1994 will
not be taken into account for this limitation. Admissible irrespective
of number of surviving children. Application to be supported by a
certificate from a registered medical practitioner for NGOs and from AMA
for GOs.
The maternity leave is not debited to leave account and
full pay is granted. It cannot be combined with any other leaves and
counts as service for increments and pension.
6.
Paternity Leave :
A male employee with less than two surviving children may be granted
Paternity Leave for a period of 15 days during the confinement of his
wife. During the period of such leave he shall be paid leave salary
equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave. Paternity
Leave shall not be debited against the leave account and may be
combined with other kind of leave as in the case of Maternity Leave.
7.
Study Leave:
Study leave may be granted to all government employees with not less
than five years' service for undergoing a special course consisting of
higher studies or specialized training in a professional or technical
subject having a direct and close connection with the sphere of his
duties as a civil servant.
The course for which the study leave is
taken should be certified to be of definite advantage to govt from the
point of view of public interest and that particular study should be
approved by the authority competent to grant leave.
The official
should submit a full report on the work done during study leave. Maximum
of 24 months of leave is sanctioned. In the case of CHS officers 36
months of leave can be granted at a stretch or in different spells.
Study
leave will not be debited to the leave account and may be combined with
other leave due. Study leave is not granted for studies outside India
if facilities are available in India and to an official due to retire
within 3 years of return from the study leave.
8.
Extra Ordinary Leave :
Extraordinary leave is granted to a Government servant when no other
leave is admissible or when other leave is admissible, but the
Government servant applies in writing for extraordinary leave.
Extraordinary
leave cannot be availed concurrently during the notice period, when
going on voluntary retirement and EOL may also be granted to regularize
periods of absence without leave retrospectively.
9.
Casual Leave : In a calendar year eight days of casual leave is permissible.
Casual
leave is not a recognized form of leave and is not subject to any rules
made by the Government of India. An official on Casual Leave is not
treated as absent from duty and pay is not intermitted.
(i) Casual Leave can be combined with Special Casual Leave/vacation but not with any other kind of leave.
(ii) It cannot be combined with joining time.
(iii) Sundays and Holidays falling during a period of Casual Leave are not counted as part of Casual Leave.
(iv) Sundays/public holidays/restricted holidays/weekly offs can be prefixed/suffixed to Casual Leave.
(v) Casual Leave can be taken while on tour, but no daily allowance will be admissible for the period.
(vi) Casual Leave can be taken for half day also.
(vii)
Essentially intended for short periods. It should not normally be
granted for more than 5 days at any one time, except under special
circumstances.
(viii) LTC can be availed du ring Casual Leave.
(ix)
Individuals appointed and joining duty during the middle of a year may
avail of Casual Leave proportionately or to the full extent at the
discretion of the Competent Authority.
10.
Child Care Leave :
Woman employees having minor children may be granted Child Care Leave
by an authority competent to grant leave for a maximum period of 730
days (2 years) during their entire service for taking care of up to two
children., whether for rearing or to look after any of their needs like
examination, sickness, etc..
Conditions for Child Care Leave
1.
Child care leave shall not be admissible if the child is eighteen years
of age or older equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on
leave.
2. It can be availed in more than one spell.
3. It can not be debited against the leave account.
4. It may be combined with leave of the kind due and admissible.
11.
Hospital Leave:
Hospital leave is admissible to Group 'C' employees whose duties
involve handling of dangerous machinery, explosive materials, poisonous
drugs and performance of hazardous takes and to Group 'D' Employees.
Medical
certificate from an authorized medical attendant is necessary for grant
of this leave. This hospital leave may be combined with any other kind
of leave due and admissible, provided total period of leave does not
exceed 28 months.
12.
Vacation Department Staff leave Entitlement :
The leave entitlements of employees of Vacation Departments (i.e.
departments where regular vacations are allowed during which those
serving in them are permitted to be absent from duty) are the same as
those serving in non-vacation Departments except in respect of 'earned
leave'.
No earned leave will be admissible to a government servant
of a vacation Department in any year in which he avails of the full
vacation. The vacation can be combined with casual leave.
13.
Special Disability Leave :
Special disability leave admissible to all employees when disabled by
injury intentionally or accidentally inflicted or caused in or in
consequence of the due performance of official duties or in consequences
of official position. The disability above should have manifested
within three months of the occurrence to which it is attributed and the
person disabled had acted with due promptitude in bringing it to notice.
The leave sanctioning authority, if satisfied as to the cause of the
disability, may relax the condition and grant leave in cases where
disability has manifested more than three months after the occurrence of
its cause.
Special disability leave is also admissible when
disabled by illness incurred in the performance of any particular duty,
which has the effect of increasing liability to illness or injury beyond
the ordinary risk attaching to the civil post held, under the same
condition.This disability should be certified by an Authorised Medical
Attendant to be directly due to the performance of the particular duty.
Maximum of 24 months of leave may be granted.
May be combined with any other leave.
Will count as service for pension.
Will not be debited to the leave account.
14.
Child Adoption Leave:
Child adoption leave is granted to Female employees, with fewer than
two surviving children on valid adoption of a child below the age of one
year, for a period of 135 days immediately after the date of valid
adoption.
Leave salary will be equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
It may be combined with leave of any other kind. Leave not debited against the leave account.
15.
Leave to Probationers :
A person appointed to a post on probation is entitled to all kinds of
leave admissible under the rules to a permanent servants according as
his appointment is against a permanent post.
16.
Leave to Apprentices :
Apprentices are admissible to leave on medical certificate, on leave
salary equivalent to half pay for a period not exceeding one month in
any year of apprenticeship
