Leave Faq

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. Frequently Asked Question Answer No. 1. What is the maximum period • No. Government servant shall be granted of leave of any kind which can leave of any kind for a continuous period of be allowed to a Government 5 years {Rule 12(1)) servant? Normally, absence from duty, with or What is the impact if such without leave, for a continuous period limit is exceeded? 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 The rule 28 of the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 entitlements of Govt. servants which came into effect from 1.9.2008 serving in a vacation regulates the grant of Earned Leave for Department? 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...