Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972
(1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of June, 1972.
Save as otherwise provided in these rules, these rules shall apply to Government servants appointed to the civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union, but shall not apply to--
(a) Railway servants;
(b) persons in casual or daily-rated or part-time employment;
(c) persons paid from contingencies;
(d) workmen employed in industrial establishments;
(e) persons employed in work-charged establishments;
(f) members of the All India Services;
(g) persons locally recruited for service in Diplomatic, Consular or other Indian establishments in foreign countries;
(h) persons employed on contract except when the contract provides otherwise;
(i) persons in respect of whom special provisions have been made by or under the provisions of the Constitution or any other law for the time being in force;
(j) persons governed, for purposes of leave, by the Fundamental Rules or the Civil Service Regulations;
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires--
(a) "Administrator" means an Administrator of a Union Territory;
(b) "Audit Officer" means the Accounts and Audit Officer, whatever his official designation, in whose circle the office of the Government servant is situated;
(c) "Authority competent to grant leave" means the authority specified in Column (3) of the First Schedule to these rules, competent to grant the kind of leave specified in the corresponding entries in Column (2) of the said Schedule;
(d) "Completed years of service" or "one year's continuous service" means continuous service of specified duration under the Central Government and includes the period spent on duty as well as on leave including extraordinary leave;
(e) "Date of retirement" or "date of his retirement" in relation to a Government servant, means the afternoon of the last day of the month in which the Government servant attains the age prescribed for retireme
(1) Government servants to whom these rules apply shall continue to be governed by these rules while on temporary transfer to the Indian Railways or to a State Government or while on foreign service within India.
(2) In the case of Government servants on foreign service outside India (including service with UN agencies within or outside India) or on temporary transfer to the Armed Forces of the Union, these rules shall apply only to the extent provided in the terms and conditions of foreign service or temporary transfer, as the case may be.
Unless it be otherwise provided in these rules, a permanent Government servant to whom these rules do not apply--
(a) when transferred temporarily to a service or post to which these rules apply, shall remain subject to the leave rules which were applicable to him before such transfer; and
Provided that where a Military Officer not in permanent civil employ has elected to draw civil rates of pay, his leave shall be regulated as per the provisions under these rules:
Provided further that in the event of his release/discharge from the Armed Forces, he shall carry forward the annual leave due to him with effect from the date of such release/discharge.
(DOPT Notification No. 11012/1/85-Estt.(L) dated 23.06.1987)
(b) when appointed substantively to a permanent post to which these rules apply, shall become subject to these rules from the date of such appointment, in which case the leave at his credit under the rules previously applicable to him shall be
If a Government servant governed by these rules is appointed in an industrial establishment wherein his leave terms are governed by the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), the authority competent to grant leave shall, suo motu, issue an order granting cash equivalent of leave salary in respect of earned leave and half pay leave at his credit subject to a maximum of 300 days and the cash so granted shall be a sum equal to the leave salary as admissible for earned leave and leave salary as admissible for half pay leave plus dearness allowance admissible on that leave salary at the rate in force on the date the Government servant ceases to be governed by the provisions of the said rules:--
Provided that in the event of his return to a post or service to which the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 apply, the benefit of cash equivalent of leave salary payable under Rule 39 shall be modified as under--
(a) On superannuation.-- encashment of leave shall be subject to t
A Government servant's claim to leave is regulated by the rules in force at the time the leave is applied for and granted.
(1) Except as provided in Rule 39 and this rule, any claim to leave to the credit of a Government servant, who is dismissed or removed or who resigns from Government service, ceases from the date of such dismissal or removal or resignation.
(2) Where a Government servant applies for another post under the Government of India but outside his parent office or department and if such application is forwarded through proper channel and the applicant is required to resign his post before taking up the new one, such resignation shall not result in the lapse of the leave to his credit.
(3) A Government servant, who is dismissed or removed from service and is reinstated on appeal or revision, shall be entitled to count for leave his service prior to dismissal or removal, as the case may be.
(4) A Government servant, who having retired on compensation or invalid pension or gratuity is re-employed and allowed to count his past service for pension, shall be entitled to coun
(1) At the request of a Government servant, the authority which granted him leave may commute it retrospectively into leave of a different kind which was due and admissible to him at the time the leave was granted, but the Government servant cannot claim such commutation as a matter of right.
Provided that no such request shall be considered unless received by such authority, or any other authority designated in this behalf, within a period of 30 days of the concerned Government servant joining his duty on the expiry of the relevant spell of leave availed of by him.
[DOPT Notification No. 140 15/2/97-Estt. (L), dated 31.12.1997]
(2) The commutation of one kind of leave into another shall be subject to adjustment of leave salary on the basis of leave finally granted to the Government servant, that is to say, any amount paid to him in excess shall be recovered or any arrears due to him shall be paid.
NOTE.-- Extraordinary leave granted on medical cer
Except as otherwise provided in these rules, any kind of leave under these rules may be granted in combination with or in continuation of any other kind of leave.
EXPLANATION.-- Casual leave which is not recognized as leave under these rules shall not be combined with any other kind of leave admissible under these rules.
(DOPT Notification No. No. 13026/2/2010-Estt. (L), dated 29.03.2012)
(1) No Government servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years
(2) Unless the President, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case, otherwise determines, a Government servant who remains absent from duty for a continuous period exceeding five years other than on foreign service, with or without leave, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Government service:
Provided that a reasonable opportunity to explain the reasons for such absence shall be given to that Government servant before provisions of sub-rule (2) are invoked.
Provided that this rule shall not apply to a case where leave is applied on medical certificate, in connection with a disability.
(DOPT Notification No. 18017/1/2014-Estt. (L), dated 03.04.2018)
(1) A Government servant (other than a Government servant who has been permitted a limited amount of private practice or who has been permitted to undertake casual literary work or service as an examiner or similar employment) while on leave, including leave preparatory to retirement shall not take up any service or employment elsewhere, including the setting up of a private professional practice as accountant, consultant or legal or medical practitioner, without obtaining the previous sanction of--
(a) the President, if the proposed services or employment lies elsewhere than in India; or
(b) the authority empowered to appoint him, if the proposed service or employment lies in India.
(2) (a) No Government servant while on leave, other than leave preparatory to retirement shall ordinarily be permitted to take up any other service or employment.
(b) If grant of such permission is considered desirable in any exceptional case, the Government servant may have
Any application for leave or for extension of leave shall be made in Form 1 to the authority competent to grant leave.
Provided that where a Government servant is unable to submit an application or medical certificate on account of a disability, such application or medical certificate may be signed and submitted by.
(a) the spouse of the Government servant; or
(b) the parents in case of an unmarried Government servant; or
(c) the child including adopted child or brother or sister of the Government servant, who has attained the age of majority; or
(d) any person who has been assigned limited guardianship of the Government servant in terms of Section 14 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), and the same shall be deemed to have been made and submitted by the Government servant himself.
(DOPT Notification No. 18017/1/2014-Estt. (L), dated 03.04.2018)
Except as provided in the Note below, a leave account shall be maintained in Form 2 for each Government servant by the Audit Officer in the case of Gazetted Government servants and by the Head of Office or an officer authorized by him in the case of non-Gazetted Government servants.
NOTE.-- In the case of Gazetted Government servants whose pay and allowances are drawn and disbursed by the Head of Office, the leave account shall be maintained by that Head of Office.
(MOF Notification No. 4(7)-E.IV(A)/72 dated 30.04.1973)
(1) No leave shall be granted to a Government servant until a report regarding its admissibility has been obtained from the authority maintaining the leave account.
NOTE.-- The order sanctioning leave shall indicate the balance of earned leave/half pay leave at the credit of the Government servant.
(GSR No. 1422, F. No. 11012/1/77-E.IV(A) dated 21.11.1979
(2)(a) Where there is reason to believe that the obtaining of admissibility report will be unduly delayed, the authority competent to grant leave may calculate, on the basis of available information, the amount of leave admissible to the Government servant and issue provisional sanction of leave for a period not exceeding sixty days.
(b) The grant of leave under this sub-rule shall be subject to verification by the authority maintaining the leave account and a modified sanction for the period of leave may be issued, where necessary.
(c) In the case of Gazetted Government servants, the Audit
Leave shall not be granted to a Government servant whom a competent punishing authority has decided to dismiss, remove or compulsorily retire from Government service.
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(1) An application for leave on medical certificate made by--
(DOPT Notification No. 13026/1/2002-Estt. (L), dated 15/16.01.2004)
(i) a Gazetted Government servant, shall be accompanied by a Medical Certificate in Form 3 given by a doctor in a Central Government Health Scheme Dispensary if such a Government servant is a Central Government Health Scheme beneficiary or by a Government Hospital or by an Authorized Medical Attendant if he is not a Central Government Health Scheme beneficiary and by an Authorized Doctor of the private hospital recognized under Central
Government Health Scheme or Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944, in case of hospitalization or indoor specialized treatment in respect of any particular kind of disease like heart disease, cancer, etc., for the treatment of which the concerned hospital has been recognized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare:
Provided that the Gazetted Government servant who is a Central Gov
(1)(a) When a Medical Authority has reported that there is no reasonable prospect that the Government servant will even be fit to return to duty, leave shall not necessarily be refused to such Government servant.
(b) The leave may be granted, if due, by the authority competent to grant leave on the following conditions:--
(i) if the Medical Authority is unable to say with certainty that the Government servant, who has acquired a disability, will never again be fit for service, leave not exceeding twelve months at a time may be granted and such leave shall not be extended without further reference to a Medical Authority;
(ii) if a Government servant is declared by the Medical Authority, as specified in Rule 19, as to have acquired such disability which may prevent him from discharging further service, leave or an extension of leave may be granted to him after the certificate of the Medical Authority has been received in Form 3-A:
Provided that any leave de
Except as provided in Rule 22, leave ordinarily begins on the day on which the transfer of charge is effected and ends on the day preceding that on which the charge is resumed.
(1)(i) When the day, immediately preceding the day on which a Government servant's leave (other than leave on medical certificate) begins or immediately following the day on which his leave expires, is a holiday or one of series of holidays, the Government servant shall be deemed to have been permitted (except in cases where for administrative reasons permission for prefixing/suffixing holidays to leave specifically withheld) to leave his station at the close of the day before, or return to it on the day following such holiday or series of holidays, provided that--
(a) his transfer or assumption of charge does not involve the handling or taking over of securities or moneys other than a permanent advance;
(b) his early departure does not entail a correspondingly early transfer from another station of a Government servant to perform his duties; and
(c) the delay in his return does not involve a corresponding delay in the transfer to another station of the Governme
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(MOF Notification No. 11012/1/77-E.IV(A) dated 21.11.1979)
(3) In case a Government servant is recalled to duty before the expiry of his leave, such recall to duty shall be treated as compulsory in all cases and the
Government servant shall be entitled--
(a) if the leave from which he is recalled is in India, to be treated as on duty from the date on which he starts for the station to which he is ordered, and to draw--
(i) travelling allowance under rules made in this behalf for the journey; and (ii) leave salary, until he joins his post, at the same rate at which he would have drawn it but for recall to duty;
(b) if the leave from which he is recalled is out of India, to count the time spent on the voyage to India as duty for purposes of calculating leave, and to receive--
(i) leave salary, during the voyage to India and for the period from the date of landing in India to the date of joining his post,
(1) A Government servant on leave shall not return to duty before the expiry of the period of leave granted to him unless he is permitted to do so by the authority which granted him leave.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), a Government servant on leave preparatory to retirement shall be precluded from returning to duty, save with the consent of the authority competent to appoint him to the post from which he proceeded on leave preparatory to retirement.
(3) (a) A Government servant who has taken leave on medical certificate may not return to duty until he has produced a medical certificate of fitness in Form 5.
(b) If the Government servant is a gazetted officer the certificate under clause (a) shall be obtained from a Medical Board, except in the following cases:--
(i) Cases in which the leave is for not more than three months;
(ii) Cases in which leave is for more than three months or leave for three months or less is extend
(1) Unless the authority competent to grant leave extends the leave, a Government servant who remains absent after the end of leave is entitled to no leave salary for the period of such absence and that period shall be debited against his leave account as though it were half pay leave, to the extent such leave is due, the period in excess of such leave due being treated as extraordinary leave.
(2) Wilful absence from duty after the expiry of leave renders a Government servant liable to disciplinary action.
(1)(a)(i) The leave account of every Government servant (other than a military officer) who is serving in a Department other than a Vacation Department, shall be credited with earned leave, in advance, in two installments of 15 days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year.
(GSR No. 1422, F. No. 11012/1/77-E.IV(A) dated 21.11.1979)
(ii) When a Government servant joins a new post without availing full joining time by reasons that--
[GSR No. 198 vide DOPT Notification No. 13012/12/86-Estt.(L) dated 25.03.1989]
(a) he is ordered to join the new post at a new place of posting without availing of full joining time to which he is entitled,
or
(b) he proceeds alone to the new place of posting and joins the post without availing full joining time and takes his family later within the permissible period of time for claiming traveling allowance for the family, the number of days of joining time as admissible under sub-rule (4)
(1) Earned leave shall be credited to the leave account of Government servant at the rate of 2 1/2 days for each completed calendar month of service which he is likely to render in a half-year of the calendar year in which he is appointed.
(2)(a) The credit for the half-year in which a Government servant is due to retire or resigns from the service shall be afforded only at the rate of 2 1/2 days per completed calendar month up to the date of retirement or resignation.
(MOF Notification No. 16(6)-E.IV(A)/74 dated 31.07.1976)
(b) When a Government servant is removed or dismissed from service, credit of earned leave shall be allowed at the rate of 2 1/2 days per completed calendar month up to the end of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which he is removed or dismissed from service;
(c) When a Government servant dies while in service, credit of earned leave shall be allowed at the rate of 2 1/2 days per completed month of service up to the
(DOPT Notification. No. 11020/01/2017-Estt. (L), dated 11.12.2018)
(1) (a) The leave account of every Government servant (other than a military officer) who is serving in a Vacation Department shall be credited with earned leave, in advance in two instalments of five days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year.
(b) In respect of any year in which a Government servant avails a portion of the vacation, he shall be entitled to additional earned leave in such proportion of twenty days, as the number of days of vacation not taken bears to the full vacation, provided the total earned leave credited shall not exceed thirty days in a calendar year.
(c) If, in any year, the Government servant does not avail any vacation, earned leave will be as per Rule 26 instead of Clauses (a) and (b).
EXPLANATION.-- 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 m
(DOPT Notification No. 11020/01/2017-Estt (L), dated 11.12.2018)
(1) The half pay leave account of every Government servant (other than a military officer and a Government servant serving in a Vacation Department) 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].
(2) (a) The leave shall be credited to the said leave account at the rate of 5/3 days for each completed calendar month of service which he is likely to render in the half-year of the calendar year in which he is appointed.
(b) The credit for the half-year in which a Government servant is due to retire or resigns from the service shall be allowed at the rate of 5/3 days per completed calendar month up to the date of retirement or resignation.
(c) When a Government servant is removed or dismissed from service, credit of half pay leave shall be allowed at the rate of 5/3 days per completed calendar mon
(1) Commuted leave not exceeding half the amount of half pay leave due may be granted on medical certificate to a Government servant (other than a military officer), subject to the following conditions:--
(a) the authority competent to grant leave is satisfied that there is reasonable prospect of the Government servant returning to duty on its expiry:
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(c) Deleted.
(d) when commuted leave is granted, twice the amount of such leave shall be debited against the half pay leave due;
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(MOF Notification No. 16(5)-E.IV(A)/74 dated 11.04.1975)
(1-A) Half pay leave up to a maximum of 180 days may be allowed to be commuted during the entire service (without production of medical certificate) where such leave is utilized for an approved course of study certified to be in the public interest by the leave sanctioning authority.
(2) Where a Government servant who has been granted commuted leave resigns from service or
(1) Save in the case of leave preparatory to retirement, Leave Not Due may be granted to a Government servant in permanent employ or quasi-permanent employ (other than a military officer) limited to a maximum of 360 days during the entire service on medical certificate subject to the following conditions:--
(a) The authority competent to grant leave is satisfied that there is reasonable prospect of the Government servant returning to duty on its expiry;
(b) Leave Not Due shall be limited to the half pay leave he is likely to earn thereafter;
(c) Leave Not Due shall be debited against the half pay leave the Government servant may earn subsequently.
(1-A) Leave Not Due may also be granted to such of the temporary Government servants as are suffering from TB, Leprosy, Cancer or Mental Illness, for a period not exceeding 360 days during entire service, subject to fulfillment of conditions in Clauses (a) to (c) of sub-rule (1) and subject to the following cond
(1) Extraordinary leave may be granted to a Government servant (other than a military officer) in special circumstances--
(a) when no other leave is admissible:
(b) when other leave is admissible, but the Government servant applies in writing for the grant of extraordinary leave.
(2) Unless the President in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case otherwise determines, no Government servant, who is not in permanent employ or quasi-permanent employ, shall be granted extraordinary leave on any one occasion in excess of the following limits:--
(a) three months;
(b) six months where the Government servant has completed one year's continuous service on the date of expiry of leave of the kind due and admissible under these rules, including three months' extraordinary leave under Clause (a) and his request for such leave is supported by a medical certificate as required by these rules;
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(d) eighteen months, where the Gov
(1)(a) A probationer shall be entitled to leave under these rules if he had held his post substantively otherwise than on probation.
(b) If, for any reason, it is proposed to terminate the services of a probationer, any leave which may be granted to him shall not extend--
(i) beyond the date on which the probationary period as already sanctioned or extended expires, or
(ii) beyond any earlier date on which his services are terminated by the orders of an authority competent to appoint him.
(2) A person appointed to a post on probation shall be entitled to leave under these rules as a temporary or a permanent Government servant according as his appointment is against a temporary or a permanent post:
Provided that where such person already holds a lien on a permanent post before such appointment, he shall be entitled to leave under these rules as a permanent Government servant.
(3) An apprentice shall be entitled to (a) leave, on medical certif
In the case of a person reemployed after retirement, the provisions of these rules shall apply as if he had entered Government service for the first time on the date of his re-employment.
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(DOPT Notification No. 11012/1/85-Estt.(L) dated 23.06.1987)
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(DOPT Notification No. 11012/1/85-Estt.(L) dated 23.06.1987)
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(DOPT Notification No. 11012/1/85-Estt.(L) dated 23.06.1987)
(1) A Government servant may be permitted by the authority competent to grant leave to take leave preparatory to retirement to the extent of earned leave due, not exceeding 300 days together with half pay leave due, subject to the condition that such leave extends up to and includes the date of retirement.
("240 days substituted with 300 days" vide DOPT Notification No. 13026/1/2002-Estt. (L), dated the 15/16.01.2004)
NOTE.-- The leave granted as leave preparatory to retirement shall not include extraordinary leave.
(2)(a) Where a Government servant who is on foreign service in or under any Local Authority or a Corporation or Company wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government or a Body controlled or financed by the Government (hereinafter referred to as the local body) applies for leave preparatory to retirement, the decision to grant or refuse such leave shall be taken by foreign employer with the concurrence of the lending authority u
(DOPT Notification No. 14028/1/2010-Estt. (L), dated 26.08.2011)
(1) A Government servant may be permitted to encash earned leave up to ten days at the time of availing of Leave Travel Concession while in service, subject to the conditions that--
(a) a balance of at least thirty days of earned leave is available to his credit after taking into account the period of encashment as well as leave being availed of:
(b) the total leave so encashed during the entire career does not exceed sixty days in the aggregate;
(2) The cash equivalent for encashment of leave under sub-rule (1) shall be calculated as follows, namely:--
Cash equivalent = | Pay admissible on the date of availing of the Leave Travel Concession plus Dearness Allowance admissible on that date. | ||
(1) No leave shall be granted to a Government servant beyond--
(a) the date of his retirement, or
(b) the date of his final cessation of duties, or
(c) the date on which he retires by giving notice to Government or he is retired by Government by giving him notice or pay and allowances in lieu of such notice, in accordance with the terms and conditions of his service, or
(d) the date of his resignation from service.
(2) (a) Where a Government servant retires on attaining the normal age prescribed for retirement under the terms and conditions governing his service, the authority competent to grant leave shall, suo motu, issue an order granting cash equivalent of leave salary for both earned leave and half pay leave, if any, at the credit of the Government servant on the date of his retirement subject to a maximum of 300 days;
(b) The cash equivalent of leave salary under Clause (a) shall be calculated as follows and shall be payable in one lum
In case a Government servant dies while in service, the cash equivalent of the leave salary that the deceased employee would have got had he gone on earned leave that would have been due and admissible to him but for the death on the date immediately following the death and in any case, not exceeding leave salary for 300 days (including the number of days for which encashment has been allowed along with Leave Travel Concession while in service), shall be paid to his family in the manner specified in Rule 39-C without any reduction on account of pension equivalent of death-cum-retirement gratuity.
NOTE.-- In addition to the cash equivalent of leave salary admissible under this rule, the family of the deceased Government servant shall also be entitled to payment of Dearness Allowance only as per orders issued in this behalf separately. (MOF Notification No. 16(5)-E.IV(A)/74 dated 11.04.1975)
(1) A Government servant who is declared by a Medical Authority to be completely and permanently incapacitated for further service may be granted, suo motu, by the authority competent to grant leave, cash equivalent of leave salary in respect of both earned leave and half pay leave, if any, at the credit of the Government servant on the date of invalidation from service, subject to a maximum of 300 days and the cash equivalent payable shall be the same as in sub-rule (2) of Rule 39.
(2) A Government servant not in permanent employ or quasi permanent employ shall not, however, be granted cash equivalent of leave salary in respect of half pay leave standing at his credit on the date of his invalidation from service.
[DOPT Notification No. 11012/1/2009-Estt. (L), dated 01.12.2009]
In the event of the death of a Government servant while in service or after retirement or after final cessation of duties but before actual receipt of its cash equivalent of leave salary payable under Rules 39, 39-A and 39-B, such amount shall be payable--
(DOPT Notification No. 14028/1/81-Estt.(L) dated 19.07.1984)
(i) to the widow, and if there are more widows than one, to the eldest surviving widow if the deceased was a male Government servant, or to the husband, if the deceased was a female Government servant;
EXPLANATION.-- The expression "eldest surviving widow" shall be construed with reference to the seniority according to the date of the marriage of the surviving widows and not with reference to their ages;
(ii) failing a widow or husband, as the case may be, to the eldest surviving son; or an adopted son;
(iii) failing (i) and (ii) above, to the eldest surviving unmarried daughter;
(iv) failing (i) to (iii) above, to the eld
(1) Except as provided in sub-rule (7), a Government servant who proceeds on earned leave is entitled to leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on earned leave.
(DOPT Notification No. 14028/9/80-Estt.(L) dated 01.10.1981)
NOTE:-- In respect of any period spent on foreign service out of India, the 'pay which the Government servant would have drawn if on duty in India but for foreign service out of India shall be substituted for the pay actually drawn while calculating leave salary.
(2) deleted
(MoF Notification No. F. 6(3)-E. IV (A)/75, dated the 07.10.1976)
(3) A Government servant on half pay leave or leave not due is entitled to leave salary equal to half the amount specified in sub-rule (1).
(4) A Government servant on commuted leave is entitled to leave salary equal to the amount admissible under (sub-rule (1).
(5) A Government servant on extraordinary leave is not entitled to any leave salary.
The leave salary payable under these rules shall be drawn in rupees in India.
A Government servant, including a Government servant on foreign service, proceeding on leave for a period not less than thirty days may be allowed an advance in lieu of leave salary up to a month's pay and allowances admissible on that leave salary subject to deductions on account of Income Tax, Provident Fund, House Rent, Recovery of Advances, etc.
(MOF Notification No. P-11012/1/77-E-IV(A) dated 21.11.1979)
(1) A female Government servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children may be granted maternity leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a period of (180 days) from the date of its commencement.
(MOF Notification No. P-11012/1/77-E-IV(A) dated 21.11.1979)
("135 days substituted by 180 days" vide DOPT Notification No. 1101 2/1/2009-Estt. (L), dated 01.12.2009).
(2) During such period, she shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
NOTE:-- In the case of a person to whom Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), applies, the amount of leave salary payable under this rule shall be reduced by the amount of benefit payable under the said Act for the corresponding period.
(3) Maternity leave not exceeding 45 days may also be granted to a female Government servant (irrespective of the number of surviving children) during the entire service of that female Gove
(DOPT Notification No. 13026/1/99-Estt. (L), dated 18.04.2002)
(1) A male Government servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children, may be granted Paternity Leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a period of 15 days, during the confinement of his wife for childbirth, i.e., up to 15 days before, or up to six months from the date of delivery of the child.
(2) During such period of 15 days, he shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
(3) The paternity Leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
(4) The paternity leave shall not be debited against the leave account.
(5) If Paternity Leave is not availed of within the period specified in sub-rule (1), such leave shall be treated as lapsed.
NOTE:-- the Paternity Leave shall not normally be refused under any circumstances.
1[(6) In case of a child begotten through surrogacy, the c
(DOPT Notification No. 110 I2/1/2009-Estt. (L), dated 01.12.2009)
(1) A male Government servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children, on valid adoption of a child below the age of one year, may be granted Paternity Leave for a period of 15 days within a period of six months from the date of valid adoption.
(2) During such period of 15 days, he shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
(3) The Paternity Leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
(4) The Paternity Leave shall not be debited against the leave account.
(5) If Paternity Leave is not availed of within the period specified in sub-rule (1), such leave shall be treated as lapsed.
NOTE 1.-- The Paternity Leave shall not normally be refused under any circumstances.
NOTE 2.-- "Child" for the purpose of this rule will include a child taken as ward by the Government servant, under the
(DOPT Notification No. 13018/4/2004-Estt. (L), dated 31.03.2006)
(1) A female Government servant, with fewer than two surviving children, on valid adoption of a child below the age of one year may be granted child adoption leave, by an authority competent to grant leave, for a period of 180 days immediately after the date of valid adoption.
(2) During the period of child adoption leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
(3) (a) Child adoption leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
(b) In continuation of the child adoption leave granted under sub-rule (1), a female Government servant on valid adoption of a child may also be granted, if applied for, leave of the kind due and admissible (including leave not due and commuted leave not exceeding 60 days without production of medical certificate) for a period up to one year reduced by the age of the adopted child on the date of valid adopt
(DOPT Notification No. 13018/4/2011-Estt. (L), dated 27.08.2011)
(1) Subject to the provisions of this rule, a female Government servant and single male Government servant may be granted child care leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a maximum period of seven hundred and thirty days during entire service for taking care of two eldest surviving children, whether for rearing or for looking after any of their needs, such as education, sickness and the like.
(DOPT Notification No. 11020/01/2017-Estt. (L), dated 11.12.2018)
(2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1), "child" means--
(a) a child below the age of eighteen years: or
(b) an offspring of any age with a minimum disability of forty per cent as specified in the Government of India in Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment's Notification No. 16-18/97-N 1.1, dated the 1st June, 2001.
(DOPT Notification No. 13018/6/2013-Estt. (L), dated 06.06.2018)
(3) Grant of child car
(DOPT Notification No. 11020/01/2017-Estt. (L), dated 11.12.2018)
The authority competent to grant leave may grant Work Related Illness and Injury Leave (hereinafter referred to as WRIIL) to a Government servant (whether permanent or temporary), who suffers illness or injury that is attributable to or aggravated in the performance of her or his official duties or in consequence of her or his official position subject to the provisions contained in sub-rule (1) of Rule 19 of these rules, on the following conditions, namely:
(1) Full pay and allowances shall be granted to all employees during the entire period of hospitalization on account of WRILL.
(2) Beyond hospitalization, WRIIL shall be governed as follows:--
(a) A Government servant (other than a military officer) - full pay and allowances for the six months immediately following hospitalization and Half Pay for twelve months beyond the said period of six months. The Half Pay period may be commuted to
Omitted.
Omitted.
(1) A Government servant serving as an officer, warrant officer or petty officer on a Government vessel may, while undergoing medical treatment for sickness or injury, either on his vessel or in hospital, be granted leave, by an authority competent to grant leave, on leave salary equal to full pay for a period not exceeding six weeks:
Provided that such shall not be granted if a Government Medical officer certifies that the Government servant is malingering or that his ill-health is due to drunkenness or similar self-indulgence or to his own action in willfully causing or aggravating disease or injury.
(2) A seaman disabled in the exercise of his duty may be allowed leave on leave salary equal to full pay for a maximum period not exceeding three months, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:--
(a) a Government Medical Officer must certify the disability;
(b) the disability must not be due to the seaman's own carelessness or inexperience'
(DOPT Notification No. 13026/2/2016-Estt.(L), dated 15.03.2017.)
Leave up to a period of 90 days may be granted to an aggrieved female Government servant on the recommendation of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case maybe, during the pendency of inquiry under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the leave granted to the aggrieved female Government servant under this rule shall not be debited against the leave account.
(1) Departmental leave may be granted to:--
(a) Class III Government servants (other than Division I staff and Clerks) and to Class IV Government servants in the Survey of India, attached to Survey Parties with field and recess duties:
(b) members of the seasonal staff in the Posts and Telegraphs Department, whose duties are not continuous but are limited to certain fixed period in each year.
(2) In addition to leave due and admissible, departmental leave may be granted only to Government servants whose services are temporarily not required.
(3) (a) Departmental leave with leave salary may be granted during the recess by the Head of the Party or Office to which the Government servant belongs in the Survey of India or an authority not lower than the Divisional Superintendent of Post Offices in the Posts and Telegraphs Department, as the case may be provided the authority granting the leave considers in the case of a Class IV Government servant that it is d
(1) Subject to conditions specified in this Chapter, study leave may be granted to a Government servant with due regard to the exigencies of public service to enable him to undergo, in or out of India, a special course of study consisting of higher studies or specialized training in a professional or a technical subject having a direct and close connection with the sphere of his duty.
(2) Study leave may also be granted--
(i) for a course of training or study tour in which a Government servant may not attend a regular academic or semi-academic course if the course of training or the study tour is certified to be of definite advantage to Government from the point of view of public interest and is related to sphere of duties of the Government servant; and
(ii) for the purpose of studies connected with the framework or background of public administration subject to the conditions that--
(a) the particular study or study tour should be approved by the authori
(DOPT Notification No. 13023/3/98-Estt. (L), Vol. 11, dated 26.10.2007)
(1) The maximum amount of study leave, which may be granted to a Government servant, other than Central Health Service Officers, shall be--
(a) ordinarily twelve months at any one time, and
(b) during his entire service, twenty-four months in all (inclusive of similar kind of leave for study or training granted under any other rules).
(2) In respect of Central Health Service Officers, study leave may be granted for thirty-six months for acquiring postgraduate qualification, subject to the condition that a Central Health Service Officer who has been granted such study leave shall execute a bond under sub-rule (4) of Rule 53 to serve the Government for a period of five years after completion of the study course.
(1)(a) Every application for study leave shall be submitted through proper channel to the authority competent to grant leave.
(b) The course or courses of study contemplated by the Government servant and any examination which he proposes to undergo shall be clearly specified in such application.
(2) Where it is not possible for the Government servant to give full details in his application, or if, after leaving India, he is to make any change in the programme which has been approved in India, he shall submit the particulars as soon as possible to the Head of the Mission or the authority competent to grant leave, as the case may be, and shall not, unless prepared to do so at his own risk, commence the course of study or incur any expenses in connection therewith until he receives the approval of the authority competent to grant the study leave for the course.
(1) A report regarding the admissibility of the study leave shall be obtained from the Audit Officer:
Provided that the study leave, if any, already availed of by the Government servant shall be included in the report.
(2) Where a Government servant borne permanently on the cadre of one department or establishment is serving temporarily in another department or establishment, the grant of study leave to him shall be subject to the condition that the concurrence of the department or the establishment to which he is permanently attached is obtained before the leave is granted.
(3) Where the study leave is granted for prosecution of studies abroad, the Head of the Mission concerned shall be informed of the fact by the authority granting the leave, provided that where such leave has been granted by an Administrator, the intimation shall be sent through the Ministry concerned.
NOTE:-- The Head of the Mission shall be contacted by the Government servant
(1) Study leave shall not be debited against the leave account of the Government servant.
(2) Study leave may be combined with other kinds of leave, but in no case shall be grant of this leave in combination with leave, other than extraordinary leave involve a total absence of more than twenty eight months generally and thirty-six months for the courses leading to Ph.D. degree from the regular duties of the Government servant.
Explanation:--the limit of twenty-eight months/thirty six months of absence prescribed in this sub-rule includes the period of vacation.
(DOPT Notification No. 13026/2/1990-Estt.(L) dated 22.10.1990)
(3) A Government servant granted study leave in combination with any other kind of leave may, if he so desires, undertake or commence a course of study during any other kind of leave.
(DOPT Notification No. 13023/1/2017-Estt.(L), dated 01.01.2018)
Provided that the period of such leave coinciding with the course of
When the course of study fall short of study leave granted to a Government servant, he shall resume duty on the conclusion of the course of study, unless the previous sanction of the authority competent to grant leave has been obtained to treat the period of shortfall as ordinary leave.
(DOPT Notification. No. 13026/1/2002-Estt. (L), dated 15/16.01.2004)
(1) Except as provided in sub-rule (6), during Study Leave availed of outside India, a Government servant shall draw Leave Salary equal to the pay that the Government servant drew while on duty with Government immediately before proceeding on such leave and in addition the Dearness Allowance and House Rent Allowance.
(2) Except as provided in sub-rule (6), during Study Leave availed of in India, a Government servant shall draw Leave Salary equal to the pay that the Government servant drew while on duty with Government immediately before proceeding on such leave and in addition the Dearness Allowance and House Rent Allowance as admissible in accordance with the provisions of Rule 60.
(3) Payment of leave salary at full rate under sub-rule-(2) shall be subject to furnishing of a certificate by the Government servant to the effect that he, is not in receipt of any scholarship, stipend or remunerat
Omitted.
(DOPT Notification No. 13023/1/2017-Estt. (L), dated. 01.01.2018)
Omitted.
(DOPT Notification No. 13023/1/2017-Estt. (L), dated. 01.01.2018)
Omitted.
(DOPT Notification No. 13023/1/2017-Estt. (L), dated. 01.01.2018)
(1) For the first (180) days of the Study Leave, House Rent Allowance shall be paid at the rates admissible to the Government servant from time to time at the station from where he proceeded on study leave. The continuance of payment of House Rent Allowance beyond (180) days shall be subject to the production of a certificate as prescribed in Para. 8(d) of Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. 2(37)-E.II (B)/64, dated 27-11-1965, as amended from time to time.
(DOPT Notification No. 13023/1/82-Estt. (L), dated 16.04.1983)
(DOPT Notification No. 11014/3/89-Estt. (L), dated 21.01.1992)
(2) Except for house rent allowance as admissible under sub-rule (1) and the Dearness Allowance, where admissible, no other allowance shall be paid to a Government servant in respect of the period of study leave granted to him.
(DOPT Notification No. 13023/1/2017-Estt. (L), dated 01.01.2018)
A Government servant to whom study leave has been granted shall not ordinarily be paid Travelling Allowance but the President may in exceptional circumstances sanction the payment of such allowance.
NOTE;-- Where a Government servant serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department is on study leave in India, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India may, in exceptional circumstances, sanction the grant of Travelling Allowance.
A Government servant to whom study leave has been granted shall ordinarily be required to meet the cost of fees paid for the study but in exceptional cases, the President may sanction the grant of such fees:
Provided that in no case shall the cost of fees be paid to a Government servant who is in receipt of scholarship or stipend from whatever source or who is permitted to receive or retain, in addition to his leave salary, any remuneration in respect of part-time employment.
NOTE-- Where a Government servant serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department is on study leave in India, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India may, in exceptional circumstances, sanction the grant of the cost of fees paid for the study.
(1) If a Government servant resigns or retires from service or otherwise quits service without returning to duty after a period of study leave or within a period of [three years (five years in the case of Central Health Service Officer who has been granted thirty-six months' leave under sub-rule (2) of Rule 51) after] such return to duty or fails to complete the course of study and is thus unable to furnish the certificates as required under sub-rule (5) of Rule 53, he shall be required to refund --
(DOPT Notification No. 1302615/2010-Estt. (L), dated 05.08.2011)
(i) the actual amount of leave salary, cost of fees, travelling and other expenses, if any, incurred by the Government of India; and
(DOPT Notification No. 13023/1/2017-Estt.(L), dated 01.01.2018)
(ii) the actual amount, if any, of the cost incurred by other agencies such as foreign Governments, Foundations and Trusts in connection with the course of study, together with interest thereon at rates
Where any doubt arises as to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to the Government of India in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions for decision.
(DOPT Notification no. 11012/1/85-Estt.(L) dated 06.06.1988)
Where any Ministry or Department of Government of India is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules causes undue hardship in any particular case, that Ministry or Department, as the case may be, may be order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such exceptions and conditions as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner:
Provided that no such order shall be made except with the concurrence of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
(DOPT Notification no. 11012/1/85-Estt.(L) dated 06.06.1988)
(1) On the commencement of these rules, every rule, regulation or order, including Office Memorandum (hereinafter referred to in this rule as the old rule) in force immediately before such commencement shall, in so far as it provides for any of the matters contained in these rules, cease to operate.
(2) Notwithstanding such cesser of operation, anything done or any action taken or any leave earned by, or granted to, or accrued to the credit of a Government servant, under the old rule, shall be deemed to have been done, taken, earned, granted or accrued under the corresponding provisions of these rules.
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