No. 21011/08/2013-Estt(AL)
Government of India/Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
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Establishment (Leave) Section
General entitlement of leave
Sl. No. / Frequently Asked Question / Answer
1.
What is the maximum period of leave of any kind which can be allowed to
a Government servant? What is the impact if such limit is exceeded?
No. Government servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period of 5 years {Rule 12(1))
Normally,
absence from duty, with or without leave, for a continuous period
exceeding 5 years other than on foreign service, implies that such
Government servant has deemed to have resigned from Government service.
{Rule 12(2))
2. What are the leave entitlements of Govt. servants serving in a vacation Department?
The
rule 28 of the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 which came into effect from
1.9.2008 regulates the grant of Earned Leave for persons serving in the
Vacation Department. The said rule provides for as follows:-
(1)
(a) A Government servant(other than a military officer) serving in a
Vacation Department shall not be entitled to any earned leave in respect
of duty performed in any year in which he avails himself of the full
vacation.
(b) In respect of any year in which a Government
servant avails himself of a portion of the vacation, he shall be
entitled to earned leave in such proportion of 30 days, as the number of
days of vacation not taken bears to the full vacation: Provided that no
such leave shall be admissible to a Government servant not in permanent
employ or quasi-permanent employ in respect of the first year of his
service.
(c) If, in any year, the Government servant does not
avail himself of any vacation, earned leave shall be admissible to him
in respect of that year under rule 26.
• For the purpose of this
rule, the term `year' shall be construed not as meaning a calendar year
in which duty is performed but as meaning twelve months of actual duty
in a Vacation Department.
• A Government servant entitled to
vacation shall be considered to have availed himself of a vacation or a
portion of a vacation unless he has been required by general or special
order of a higher authority to forgo such vacation or portion of a
vacation: Provided that if he has been prevented by such order from
enjoying more than fifteen days of the vacation, he shall be considered
to have availed himself of no portion of the vacation.
• When a
Government servant serving in a Vacation Department proceeds on leave
before completing a full year of duty, the earned leave admissible to
him shall be calculated not with reference to the vacations which fall
during the period of actual duty rendered before proceeding on leave but
with reference to the vacation that falls during the year commencing
from the date on which he completed the previous year of duty.
•
As per Rule 29(1) the half pay leave account of every Government
servant (other than a military officer shall be credited with half pay
leave in advance, in two instalments of ten days each on the first day
of January and July of every calendar year. This is subject to
conditions laid down in OM No. 13013/2/2008-Estt.(L) dated 11-11-2008.
Source: www.persmin.nic.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/Leave-25032013.pdf]
No. 21011/08/2013-Estt(AL)
Government of India/Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
*****
Establishment (Leave) Section
General entitlement of leave
Sl. No. / Frequently Asked Question / Answer
1.
What is the maximum period of leave of any kind which can be allowed to
a Government servant? What is the impact if such limit is exceeded?
No. Government servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period of 5 years {Rule 12(1))
Normally,
absence from duty, with or without leave, for a continuous period
exceeding 5 years other than on foreign service, implies that such
Government servant has deemed to have resigned from Government service.
{Rule 12(2))
2. What are the leave entitlements of Govt. servants serving in a vacation Department?
The
rule 28 of the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 which came into effect from
1.9.2008 regulates the grant of Earned Leave for persons serving in the
Vacation Department. The said rule provides for as follows:-
(1)
(a) A Government servant(other than a military officer) serving in a
Vacation Department shall not be entitled to any earned leave in respect
of duty performed in any year in which he avails himself of the full
vacation.
(b) In respect of any year in which a Government
servant avails himself of a portion of the vacation, he shall be
entitled to earned leave in such proportion of 30 days, as the number of
days of vacation not taken bears to the full vacation: Provided that no
such leave shall be admissible to a Government servant not in permanent
employ or quasi-permanent employ in respect of the first year of his
service.
(c) If, in any year, the Government servant does not
avail himself of any vacation, earned leave shall be admissible to him
in respect of that year under rule 26.
• For the purpose of this
rule, the term `year' shall be construed not as meaning a calendar year
in which duty is performed but as meaning twelve months of actual duty
in a Vacation Department.
• A Government servant entitled to
vacation shall be considered to have availed himself of a vacation or a
portion of a vacation unless he has been required by general or special
order of a higher authority to forgo such vacation or portion of a
vacation: Provided that if he has been prevented by such order from
enjoying more than fifteen days of the vacation, he shall be considered
to have availed himself of no portion of the vacation.
• When a
Government servant serving in a Vacation Department proceeds on leave
before completing a full year of duty, the earned leave admissible to
him shall be calculated not with reference to the vacations which fall
during the period of actual duty rendered before proceeding on leave but
with reference to the vacation that falls during the year commencing
from the date on which he completed the previous year of duty.
•
As per Rule 29(1) the half pay leave account of every Government
servant (other than a military officer shall be credited with half pay
leave in advance, in two instalments of ten days each on the first day
of January and July of every calendar year. This is subject to
conditions laid down in OM No. 13013/2/2008-Estt.(L) dated 11-11-2008.
Source: www.persmin.nic.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/Leave-25032013.pdf]
