Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 — Study Notes

• ⚠️Leave cannot be claimed as of right. When exigencies of public service so require, leave may be refused or revoked.
• 📌The authority shall not alter the kind of leave due and applied for, except at the written request of the Government servant. ❗ Written request needed
• 🏥Proviso (disability/Rule 20 cases): Leave shall not be refused or revoked without reference to the Medical Authority, whose advice shall be binding. Added 2018

• 📋A Government servant's claim to leave is regulated by the rules in force at the time the leave is applied for and granted.

• ⛔Leave at credit ceases from the date of dismissal, removal or resignation.

• 🔄At the request of a Government servant, the granting authority may commute leave retrospectively into a different kind — which was due and admissible at the time. Not a right.
• 📅Time limit: Request must be received within 30 days of rejoining duty. ❗ 30 days
• 💰Adjustment of leave salary — excess recovered or arrears paid.
• 📌Note: Extraordinary leave may be commuted retrospectively into leave not due subject to Rule 31.

• ✅Any kind of leave may be granted in combination with or in continuation of any other kind of leave.

• 🔒No Government servant shall be granted leave for a continuous period exceeding five years. ❗ 5-year maximum
• ⚠️Absence beyond 5 years (other than on foreign service) — the Government servant shall be deemed to have resigned from Government service, unless the President determines otherwise.
• 📌A reasonable opportunity to explain reasons for absence shall be given before invoking the deemed resignation.
• 🏥Disability exception: Rule 12 shall not apply to leave on medical certificate in connection with a disability. Added 2018

• ⛔A Government servant while on leave shall not take up any service or employment elsewhere without prior sanction of — the President (if outside India) or the authority empowered to appoint him (if in India).

• 📋Any application for leave or for extension of leave shall be made in Form 1 to the authority competent to grant leave.

• 📒A leave account shall be maintained in Form 2 for each Government servant:

• 🔍Sub-rule (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.
• 📌The order sanctioning leave shall indicate the balance of EL/HPL at the credit of the Government servant.

In case of a Government servant who has acquired a disability, the Medical Authority shall certify in Form 3-A:

• (a)The nature and extent of the disability
• (b)The date from which such disability has occurred or manifested (to the extent medically possible)
• (c)Whether there are reasonable prospects for the Govt servant to be fit to resume duties, and if not, categorically state that he is completely and permanently incapacitated for further service

• 🔍Sub-rule (3): The leave sanctioning authority may, at its discretion, secure a second medical opinion by requesting a Government Medical Officer not below the rank of Civil Surgeon or Staff Surgeon to examine the applicant at the earliest.
• 📋Sub-rule (4): The Government Medical Officer shall express an opinion on both the facts of the illness and the necessity for the amount of leave recommended. He may require the applicant to appear before himself or a Medical Officer nominated by him.
• ⚠️Sub-rule (5): The grant of a medical certificate does not in itself confer any right to leave. The certificate shall be forwarded to the leave sanctioning authority and orders awaited. ❗ Certificate ≠ right to leave
• ✅Sub-rule (6) — Waiver: The authority competent to grant leave may, in its discretion, waive the production of a medical certificate for leave of not exceeding three days at a time. Such leave shall not be treated as leave on medical certificate and shall be debited against other leave. ⭐ 3-day waiver

• 📌Sub-rule (1)(a): When a Medical Authority has reported that there is no reasonable prospect that the Government servant will ever be fit to return to duty, leave shall not necessarily be refused to such Government servant.

• ⚖️Sub-rule (2): In the case of a Government servant granted leave under sub-rule (1)(b), the provisions of Section 20 of the RPWD Act, 2016 shall apply suo motu (automatically, without application). Added 2018

• 📅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.

• 📅When the day immediately preceding the start of leave or immediately following the expiry of leave is a holiday or series of holidays, the Government servant shall be deemed permitted to leave his station at close of the day before or return on the day following such holiday — subject to three provisos:

• ✅Sub-rule (2): The Head of Department may waive the application of Proviso (a) in any particular case — on condition that the departing Government servant remains responsible for the moneys in his charge.
• 💰Sub-rule (3): Unless the leave sanctioning authority directs otherwise:
  • (a) If holidays are prefixed to leave — leave and any rearrangement of pay take effect from the day after the holidays.
  • (b) If holidays are suffixed to leave — leave is treated as having terminated from the day leave would have ended if holidays had not been suffixed; pay rearrangement takes effect from that day.
• 📌Note: A compensatory leave granted in lieu of duty performed on Sunday or a holiday (full day) may be treated as a holiday for the above purpose.

• 📌Sub-rules (1) and (2): Deleted.

• ⛔A Government servant on leave shall not return to duty before the expiry of leave unless permitted to do so by the authority which granted him leave.

• 📋(a) A Government servant who took leave on medical certificate may not return to duty until he has produced a medical certificate of fitness in Form 5.

• 📌Sub-rule (3)(d): For non-Gazetted Govt servants, the authority may at its discretion accept a certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner.

• ⚠️(a) A Government servant returning from leave is not entitled to resume the same post which he held before going on leave, as a matter of course — unless specifically ordered. ⭐ Exam point
• 📋(b) He shall report his return to duty to the authority which granted leave (or the authority specified in the leave order) and await orders.
• 🏥Note: A Government servant who had been suffering from Tuberculosis may be allowed to resume duty on the basis of a fitness certificate which recommends light work.

• ⚖️Sub-rule (2): Wilful absence from duty after expiry of leave renders a Government servant liable to disciplinary action.

• 📌When a Government servant joins a new post without availing full joining time because: (a) ordered to join without full joining time, or (b) proceeds alone and takes family later within permissible period —
• ✅The unavailed joining time (max 15 days, reduced by days actually availed) shall be credited to his EL account. ⭐ Joining time credited as EL
• ⚠️Condition: EL at credit together with joining time so credited shall not exceed 300 days.

• (i)Where a Govt servant not in permanent/quasi-permanent employ is appointed substantively to a permanent post without interruption, his leave account shall be credited with the EL that would have been admissible had his previous duty been rendered as permanent/quasi-permanent — reduced by EL already taken.
• (ii)Any EOL availed since permanent appointment may, subject to Rule 10, be converted into EL to the extent due and admissible as a result of recasting of the leave account.

• 📌A period spent in foreign service shall count as duty for earning EL under Rule 26, if contribution towards leave salary is paid on account of such period. ⭐ Exam point

• ✈️EL exceeding 180 days but not exceeding 300 days may be granted if the entire leave or any portion is spent outside India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan — for Govt servants in Class I or Class II service.
• ⚠️Condition: Period of such leave spent in India shall not in the aggregate exceed 180 days.

• 📊Sub-rule (1): EL credited at the rate of 2½ 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. ❗ 2.5 days per completed month

• 📌Sub-rule (3): If a Govt servant has availed of EOL and/or some period treated as dies non in a half-year, the credit at commencement of the next half-year shall be reduced by 1/10th of the period of such EOL/dies non, subject to a maximum of 15 days. ❗ Reduction: 1/10th, max 15 days
• 📌Sub-rule (4): While affording credit, fractions of a day shall be rounded off to the nearest day.

• 📌For this rule, "year" = 12 months of actual duty in a Vacation Department — not a calendar year.
• 📌A Govt servant is considered to have availed vacation unless required by general/special order of higher authority to forgo it. If prevented from enjoying more than 15 days of vacation by such order — considered to have availed no portion of the vacation. ⭐ 15-day threshold
• 🔗Vacation + EL combination: Vacation may be taken in combination with or in continuation of any leave. Total of vacation and EL taken in conjunction shall not exceed the EL due and admissible under Rule 26.
• 📦Maximum accumulation: 300 days (same as Rule 26). Unavailed joining time credit facility also available to Vacation Dept employees.

• 📌Sub-rule (3): A Govt servant eligible for Departmental leave (Rule 49) shall be entitled to HPL of 20 days on completion of 12 months of actual duty.
• 📋Sub-rule (4): HPL may be granted on medical certificate or on private affairs.
• 📌Sub-rule (5): Fractions of a day shall be rounded off to the nearest day while affording HPL credit.

• 📊Sub-rule (1): Commuted leave not exceeding half of HPL at credit may be granted on medical certificate.
• ⚠️Conditions: (a) Competent authority satisfied there is reasonable prospect of returning to duty on expiry. (d) Twice the amount of commuted leave shall be debited against HPL due. ❗ 1 commuted day = 2 HPL days debited

• 📌Note: Commuted leave may be granted even when EL is due — at the request of the Govt servant.

• (a)When no other leave is admissible
• (b)When other leave is admissible, but the Govt servant applies in writing for the grant of EOL

• 💰Leave salary: Nil

• 📋(a) Where EOL in relaxation of clause (e) is granted for studies, the Govt servant shall execute a Bond in Form 6 — undertaking to refund actual expenditure incurred by Govt (plus interest) if he does not return to duty on expiry of such leave or quits service before 3 years after return to duty. ❗ 3-year service obligation
• 📋(b) Bond to be supported by Sureties from two permanent Govt servants of comparable or higher status.

• 📌Sub-rule (4): Government servants belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes may be granted EOL by the Head of Department in relaxation of sub-rule (2) for attending Pre-Examination Training Course at Govt-notified centres. ⭐ SC/ST: HoD power
• 📌Sub-rule (5): Two spells of EOL, if intervened by any other kind of leave, shall be treated as one continuous spell of EOL for the purpose of sub-rule (2). ⭐ Exam point
• 🔄Sub-rule (6): The authority competent to grant leave may commute retrospectively periods of absence without leave into EOL.

• 📌In the case of a person re-employed 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. ⭐ Fresh entrant for all leave purposes

• 📅A Govt servant may be permitted to take LPR to the extent of EL due, not exceeding 300 days, together with HPL due — subject to the condition that such leave extends up to and includes the date of retirement. ❗ EL max 300 days · must touch retirement date
• ⛔Note: LPR shall not include EOL.

• (a)Where Govt servant is on foreign service in or under a Local Authority / Corporation / Company wholly or substantially owned/controlled by Govt or a Body controlled/financed by Govt: the decision to grant or refuse LPR shall be taken by the foreign employer with the concurrence of the lending authority under Central Govt.
• (b)Such Govt servant shall also be allowed to encash EL at credit on the date of retirement in the manner provided in Rule 39(2).

• 📌Where Govt servant is on foreign service in or under a local body other than the one in sub-rule (2)(a), LPR shall be admissible only when he quits duty under the foreign employer.
• ⛔Proviso: Where the Govt servant continues in service under such foreign employer, he shall not be eligible for cash payment in lieu of leave under Rule 39.

• 📊A Govt servant may be permitted to encash EL up to 10 days at the time of availing LTC while in service, subject to: ❗ Max 10 days per LTC
• (a)A balance of at least 30 days of EL is available at credit after accounting for encashment and leave being availed. ❗ 30-day minimum balance
• (b)Total EL so encashed during entire career does not exceed 60 days in aggregate. ❗ 60-day lifetime cap

• 📌The period of EL encashed under Rule 38-A shall not be deducted from the quantum of leave that can normally be encashed under Rules 6, 39, 39-A, 39-B, 39-C and 39-D.

• ⛔No leave shall be granted beyond: (a) date of retirement · (b) date of final cessation of duties · (c) date of retirement by notice or pay in lieu of notice · (d) date of resignation.

• (i)During period of extension: EL due for extension period + EL at credit on date of retirement — subject to max 180/300 days as per Rule 26.
• (ii)After expiry of extension: cash equivalent of EL+HPL at retirement + EL+HPL earned during extension minus leave availed during extension — subject to max 300 days.

• 📌Suo motu cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit — subject to max 300 days. Same formula as sub-rule (2).

• 💰Cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit of the deceased Govt servant on the date of death, not exceeding 300 days, shall be paid to his family in the manner specified in Rule 39-C. Same formula as Rule 39(2). ❗ 300 days
• 📌Note: In addition to cash equivalent of leave salary, the family shall also be entitled to payment of Dearness Allowance only as per separately issued orders.

• 🏥Sub-rule (1): A Govt servant declared by a Medical Authority to be completely and permanently incapacitated for further service may be granted, suo motu, cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit on date of invalidation — maximum 300 days. Same formula as Rule 39(2).
• ⚠️Sub-rule (2): A Govt servant not in permanent or quasi-permanent employ shall not be granted cash equivalent in respect of HPL standing at his credit on the date of invalidation. ⭐ Non-permanent: no HPL encashment

In the event of death (in service, after retirement, or after cessation of duties but before actual receipt of cash equivalent), the amount shall be payable in the following order:

• 🏭A Govt servant permitted to be absorbed in a Corporation/Company/Body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by Central/State Govt shall be granted, suo motu, cash equivalent of EL at credit on the date of absorption — subject to maximum of 300 days. Same formula as Rule 39(2).
• ⚠️Note — "Permanent absorption" means: A Govt servant who applied through proper channel for a PSU/Autonomous Body post and resigns from Govt service to take up that appointment. ⭐ Only EL, not HPL

• 📌The leave salary payable under these rules shall be drawn in rupees in India.

• 💰A Govt servant (including a Govt servant on foreign service) proceeding on leave for a period of not less than 30 days may be allowed an advance in lieu of leave salary of up to one 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. ⭐ 30-day minimum for advance

• 👩A female Government servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children may be granted maternity leave for a period of 180 days from the date of its commencement. ❗ 180 days

• 💰During maternity leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave (full pay).
• 📌ESI Act Note: Where ESI Act 1948 applies, the leave salary shall be reduced by the amount of ESI benefit payable for the corresponding period.

• ✅(a) Maternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
• ✅(b) Notwithstanding the requirement of medical certificate in Rule 30(1) or Rule 31(1), leave of the kind due and admissible — including commuted leave for a period not exceeding 60 days and leave not due — up to a maximum of two years — may, if applied for, be granted in continuation of maternity leave granted under sub-rule (1). ❗ Up to 2 years continuation · commuted leave max 60 days without MC

• 📌Maternity leave shall not be debited against the leave account.

• 👨A male Government servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children may be granted paternity 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. ❗ 15 days · within 6 months

• 💰(2) Leave salary: pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave (full pay).
• ✅(3) Paternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
• 📌(4) Paternity leave shall not be debited against the leave account.
• ⚠️(5) If paternity leave is not availed within the period specified in sub-rule (1), such leave shall be treated as lapsed. ❗ Lapses if not availed

• 👨A male Government servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children, on accepting a child in pre-adoption foster care or 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 accepting the child in foster care or valid adoption. ❗ 15 days · Child below 1 year · within 6 months

• 💰(2) Leave salary: full pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
• ✅(3) Paternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
• 📌(4) Paternity leave shall not be debited against the leave account.
• ⚠️(5) If paternity leave is not availed within the specified period, such leave shall be treated as lapsed.

• 👩A female Government servant with fewer than two surviving children, on accepting a child in pre-adoption foster care or on valid adoption of a child below the age of one year, may be granted child adoption leave for a period of 180 days, immediately after accepting the child in foster care or on valid adoption. ❗ 180 days · Child below 1 year

• 💰During child adoption leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave (full pay).

• ✅(a) Child adoption leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.

• 📌Child adoption leave shall not be debited against the leave account.
• 📌Note — "Child": Includes a child taken as ward under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 or applicable personal law — provided the ward lives with the Govt servant, is treated as a family member, and through a special will has been conferred the same status as a natural born child.

• 📅A female Government servant and a single male Government servant may be granted CCL for a maximum period of 730 days during entire service for taking care of their two eldest surviving children. ❗ 730 days · Two eldest children
• 📌Purpose: for rearing or looking after any of their needs such as education, sickness and the like.

• 📌Explanation — "Single Male Government servant" means an unmarried, or widower, or divorcee Government servant.

• ✅(5) CCL may be combined with leave of any other kind.
• ✅(6) Notwithstanding the MC requirement in Rule 30(1) or 31(1), leave of the kind due and admissible — including commuted leave not exceeding 60 days and leave not due — up to a maximum of one year — if applied for, may be granted in continuation with CCL. ❗ Commuted leave max 60 days without MC in continuation
• 📌(7) CCL shall not be debited against the leave account.

• 🏥WRIIL may be granted to a Government servant (whether permanent or temporary) who suffers illness or injury that is attributable to or aggravated in the performance of official duties or in consequence of official position — subject to Rule 19(1). ⭐ Attributable to official duties

• 💰Full pay and allowances shall be granted during the entire period of hospitalization. ❗ Full pay for entire hospitalization

• 📌(3) Where the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 applies, the leave salary payable under WRIIL shall be reduced by the amount of compensation paid under the Act.
• ⚠️(4) No EL or HPL shall be credited during the period that the employee is on WRIIL. ❗ No EL/HPL credit during WRIIL

• ⚓A Govt servant serving as an officer, warrant officer or petty officer on a Government vessel, while undergoing medical treatment for sickness or injury (on vessel or in hospital), may be granted leave on full pay for a period not exceeding six weeks. ❗ Max 6 weeks
• ⛔Proviso — Not granted if: A Govt Medical Officer certifies the Govt servant is malingering, or that ill-health is due to drunkenness or similar self-indulgence, or to his own action in wilfully causing or aggravating disease or injury.

• ⚓A seaman disabled in the exercise of his duty may be allowed leave on full pay for a maximum period not exceeding three months, if: ❗ Max 3 months
• (a)A Government Medical Officer certifies the disability
• (b)The disability is not due to the seaman's own carelessness or inexperience
• (c)The vacancy caused by his absence is not filled

• (a)Where the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 applies: leave salary shall be reduced by the amount of compensation payable under Section 4(1)(d) of that Act.
• (b)Where the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 applies: leave salary shall be reduced by the amount of ESI benefit payable for the corresponding period.

• ⚖️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 may be, during the pendency of inquiry under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. ❗ 90 days · Female Govt servant only · IC/LC recommendation
• 📌Leave granted under this rule shall not be debited against the leave account.

• 📌Departmental leave may be granted to:
  • (a) Class III Govt servants (other than Division I staff and Clerks) and Class IV Govt 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 limited to certain fixed periods each year.

• 📌In addition to leave due and admissible, departmental leave may be granted only to Government servants whose services are temporarily not required. ⭐ In addition to other leave

• 📌Where the President by general or special order authorizes, departmental leave without leave salary may be granted by the Surveyor-General/PMG/Director of P&T in continuation of departmental leave with leave salary.

• (7)Departmental leave does not count as duty and shall not be debited to the leave account.
• (8)Departmental leave may be granted when no leave is due. ⭐ Can be granted without any leave at credit
• (9)Departmental leave may be combined with any other kind of leave which may be due.
• (10)(a)Where the Surveyor-General/PMG/Director of P&T considers that a Govt servant is unlikely to be eligible for departmental leave in future, he may by order in writing declare that, with effect from a specified date (not earlier than the Govt servant's last return from departmental leave), any balance of leave at debit in the leave account shall be cancelled.
• (10)(b)All leave earned after such date shall be credited as due in the leave account; all leave taken after such date (including departmental leave with leave salary) shall be debited in it.

• 📚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 specialised training in a professional or technical subject having a direct and close connection with the sphere of his duty.

• (i)For a course of training or study tour (not necessarily a regular academic/semi-academic course) if certified to be of definite advantage to Government from the point of view of public interest and related to the sphere of duties.
• (ii)For studies connected with the framework or background of public administration — subject to: approval by the competent authority, and submission of a full report on the work done on return. Note: Applications under clause (iii) shall be considered on merits in consultation with DoE, MoF.
• (iii)For studies which may not be closely or directly connected with the work but are capable of widening the Govt servant's mind in a manner likely to improve his abilities as a civil servant and equip him to collaborate with other branches of the public service.

• (iii)Where study leave is outside India: DEA, MoF must agree to release of foreign exchange. DEA shall satisfy itself that the Govt servant complies with minimum educational criteria as per general orders regulating release of foreign exchange for persons proceeding abroad for higher studies.

• ⛔Study leave outside India shall not be granted for prosecution of studies in subjects for which adequate facilities exist in India or under any schemes administered by DEA/Ministry of Education.

• 📌Study leave shall not be granted with such frequency as to remove the Govt servant from contact with his regular work or to cause cadre difficulties owing to his absence on leave.

• 📋Sub-rule (1): Every application shall be submitted through proper channel to the authority competent to grant leave. The course/courses of study and examinations proposed shall be clearly specified.
• 📌Sub-rule (2): Where full details cannot be given in the application, or if a change in the approved programme occurs after leaving India — the Govt servant shall submit particulars to the Head of Mission or competent authority as soon as possible and shall not commence the course or incur expenses until approval is received (at own risk if commenced without approval).

• 🔍Sub-rule (1): A report regarding admissibility of study leave (including any study leave already availed) shall be obtained from the Audit Officer.
• 🤝Sub-rule (2): Where a Govt servant serving temporarily in another dept/establishment, the grant of study leave shall be subject to concurrence of the permanent cadre dept/establishment.
• 🌐Sub-rule (3): Where study leave is for prosecution of studies abroad, the Head of Mission concerned shall be informed by the authority granting the leave (via the concerned Ministry if granted by an Administrator). The Head of Mission shall be contacted by the Govt servant for letters of introduction or other facilities.

• 📋Sub-rule (5): On completion of the course, the Govt servant shall submit to the granting authority the certificates of examinations passed or special courses undertaken, indicating date of commencement and termination with any remarks of the authority in charge of the course. If abroad, certificates submitted through the Head of Mission.

• 📌Sub-rule (1): Study leave shall not be debited against the leave account of the Government servant. ⭐ Not debited

• 📌Sub-rule (3): A Govt servant may undertake or commence a course of study during any other kind of leave if he so desires.
• ⚠️Proviso: The period of such other leave coinciding with the course of study shall not count as study leave. ⭐ Other leave during course ≠ study leave

• 📌When the course of study falls short of the study leave granted, the Govt servant shall resume duty on the conclusion of the course, unless the previous sanction of the competent authority has been obtained to treat the period of shortfall as ordinary leave.

• 📋Sub-rule (3) — Certificate required for India study leave: Full-rate leave salary subject to furnishing a certificate that he is not in receipt of any scholarship, stipend or remuneration in respect of any part-time employment.

• 📌Sub-rule (6): During study leave (within or outside India) on or after 1st January 1996, a Central Govt servant shall draw benefits of Revised Pay from the date such revision took place.

• 🏠Sub-rule (1) — HRA: For the first 180 days of study leave, HRA shall be paid at rates admissible at the station from where he proceeded on study leave. Continuance beyond 180 days is subject to production of the prescribed certificate. ❗ HRA up to 180 days freely; beyond 180 days on certificate
• ⛔Sub-rule (2): Except for HRA (as per sub-rule (1)) and DA (where admissible), no other allowance shall be paid to a Government servant in respect of the period of study leave. ⭐ Only HRA + DA permissible

• ⛔A Government servant on study leave shall ordinarily not be paid Travelling Allowance.
• ✅The President may in exceptional circumstances sanction the payment of TA.
• 📌Note — IA&AD: Where a Govt 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 TA.

• ⛔A Government servant on study leave shall ordinarily be required to meet the cost of fees paid for the study himself.
• ✅In exceptional cases, the President may sanction the grant of such fees.
• ⛔Proviso: The cost of fees shall in no case be paid to a Govt servant who is in receipt of a scholarship or stipend from whatever source or who is permitted to receive or retain any remuneration in respect of part-time employment.
• 📌Note — IA&AD: The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India may in exceptional circumstances sanction the grant of cost of fees where a Govt servant serving in IA&AD is on study leave in India.

• (a)Study leave availed shall be converted into regular leave standing at credit on the date study leave commenced; any regular leave taken in continuation suitably adjusted; balance that cannot be so converted treated as EOL.
• (b)In addition to the refund under sub-rule (1), the Govt servant shall also refund any excess of leave salary actually drawn over the leave salary admissible on conversion of study leave.

• ✅Notwithstanding anything in this rule, the President may, if necessary or expedient in public interest or in view of the peculiar circumstances of the case or class of cases, waive or reduce the amount required to be refunded under sub-rule (1). ⭐ Presidential waiver power

• ❓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.

• ⚖️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 may, by 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.

• 📜Sub-rule (1): On the commencement of these rules, every rule, regulation or order, including Office Memorandum (referred to as "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.

The Second Schedule prescribes the forms to be used under the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972. Below is a complete reference of all forms, their rule citations, and their purpose.

• 📋Certifies that the named Gazetted Govt servant (whose signature is taken on the form) is suffering from a specified ailment and that a period of absence from duty is absolutely necessary for restoration of health.
• 📌Issued by: Civil Surgeon / Staff Surgeon / Authorized Medical Attendant at the CGHS Dispensary or Govt Hospital.

• 📋Form 3-A is used where a Government servant has acquired a disability. It certifies:
• 1That the Govt servant is under medical supervision and suffering from a specified medical condition.
• 2The date from which the medical condition can be reasonably estimated to have manifested.
• 3One of two conclusions (relevant boxes to be struck as applicable):
  • (i) It cannot be said with certainty that the Govt servant will never again be fit for service → recommends leave for a period up to one year.
  • (ii) There is no reasonable prospect that the Govt servant will ever be fit to return to duty.

• 📋Same structure as Form 3 but for non-Gazetted Govt servants. Issued by Authorized Medical Attendant / Government Hospital / or other Registered Medical Practitioner.

• 📋Certifies that the named Govt servant has recovered from his/her illness and is now fit to resume duties in Government service.
• 📌Issued by: Medical Board (3 members) / Civil Surgeon or Staff Surgeon / Authorized Medical Attendant / Registered Medical Practitioner — depending on the category of Govt servant and duration of leave (per Rule 24(3)).
• ⚠️The issuing authority must state that they have examined the original medical certificate(s) and statement(s) of the case on which leave was granted or extended and have taken these into consideration in arriving at their decision.

• 📋This bond is executed by a temporary Govt servant when granted Extraordinary Leave in relaxation of Rule 32(2)(e) for the purpose of study.
• 👥Joint and several bond — the Govt servant (Obligor) along with two sureties who are permanent Govt servants of comparable or higher status.

• 📋Form 7: Executed by a Government servant in permanent employ when proceeding on Study Leave. Individual bond — no sureties required (only the Govt servant binds himself/herself).
• 📋Form 8: Executed by a Government servant in permanent employ when granted Extension of Study Leave. Also an individual bond (refers back to the original bond executed at the time of study leave).

• 📋Form 9: Executed by a Government servant not in permanent employ when proceeding on Study Leave. Joint and several bond with sureties.
• 📋Form 10: Executed by a Government servant not in permanent employ when granted Extension of Study Leave. Also joint and several with sureties (refers back to original bond in Form 9).

• 📌Same bond period extension clause applies: the bond period is extended by the aggregate periods of leave of any kind availed during the currency of the bond period.
• 📌Same definition of "currency of bond" applies — period during which liability is activated and Government's right to claim is alive.
• 📌All bonds governed by the laws of India; disputes settled by appropriate Courts in India.