ORDER :

CMP No.11621 of 2021.

For the reasons stated in the application, the amendment as prayed for, is allowed. Application stands disposed of.

Amended writ petition is taken on record.

CWP No. 1675 of 2021.

The instant petition has been filed for grant of the following substantive reliefs:-

“(i) That the Notification dated 07.03.2012 (Annexure PA-1 substituted as Annexure P-7A may very kindly be quashed and set aside.

(ii) That the action of the respondents to deny maternity leave/Child Care Leave to the petitioner and order of recovery dated 08.02.2021 may be held illegal, wrong and respondents may be directed to pay the petitioner the payment for the period of 13.06.2020 to 25.09.2020 with the interest rate of 9% Annum on the account of recoveries made with all Consequential Benefits.

(iii) That the respondents may very kindly be directed to treat the period from 13.06.2020 to 25.09.2020 as a Service Period.

(iv) That the petitioner may also be held entitled for child care leave.”

2. The undisputed facts are that the petitioner adopted a female child on 11.03.2020, who was born on 25.02.2020.

3. Now, the moot question is whether the petitioner can claim the benefit of maternity leave of