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class=\"toc-toggle__label\">\n <i class=\"fas fa-list\"><\/i>\n Table of Contents\n <\/span>\n <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down toc-toggle__icon\" id=\"tocIcon\"><\/i>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"mobile-toc\" id=\"mobileToc\">\n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter I: Preliminary<\/div>\n <a href=\"#rule-1\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 1: Short Title<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-2\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 2: Application<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-3\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 3: Definitions<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-4\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 4: Government servants on temporary transfer or on foreign service<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-5\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 5: Transfer from services or posts governed by other leave rules<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-6\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 6: Transfer to industrial establishment<\/a>\n \n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter II: General<\/div>\n <a href=\"#rule-7\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 7: Right to Leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-8\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 8: Regulation of Claim<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-9\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 9: Dismissal\/Resignation<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-10\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 10: Commutation<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-11\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 11: Combination<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-12\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 12: Max Leave<\/a>\n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter III: Grant of and return from leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-14\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 14: Application for leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-15\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 15: Leave account<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-16\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 16: Verification of title to leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-17\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 17: Leave not to be granted in certain circumstances<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-18\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 18: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-19\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 19: Grant of leave on medical certificate to Gazetted and non-Gazetted Government servants<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-20\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 20: Leave to a Government servant who is unlikely to be fit to return to duty<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-21\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 21: Commencement and termination of leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-22\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 22: Combination of holidays with leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-23\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 23: Recall to duty before expiry of leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-24\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 24: Return from leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-25\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 25: Absence after expiry of leave<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter IV: Kinds of leave due and Admissible<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-26\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 26: Earned leave for Government servants serving in Departments other than Vacation Departments<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-27\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 27: Calculation of Earned Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-28\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 28: Earned leave for persons serving in Vacation Departments<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-29\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 29: Half pay leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-30\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 30: Commuted leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-31\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 31: Leave not due<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-32\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 32: Extraordinary leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-33\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 33: Leave to probationer, a person on probation and an apprentice<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-34\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 34: Persons re-employed after retirement<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-35\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 35: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-36\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 36: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-37\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 37: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-38\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 38: Leave preparatory to retirement<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-38-A\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 38-A: Encashment of Earned Leave along with Leave Travel Concession while in service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39: Leave\/Cash payment in lieu of leave beyond the date of retirement, compulsory retirement or quitting of service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-A\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39-A: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death in service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-B\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39-B: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of invalidation from service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-C\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39-C: Payment of cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death, etc., of Government servant<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-D\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39-D: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of permanent absorption in Public Sector Undertaking\/Autonomous Body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Central\/State Government<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-40\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 40: Leave Salary<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-41\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 41: Drawal of leave salary<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-42\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 42: Advance of Leave salary<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter V: Special kinds of leave other than study leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-43\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43: Maternity Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-A\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43-A: Paternity leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-AA\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43-AA: Paternity Leave for Child Adoption<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-B\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43-B: Child Adoption Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-C\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43-C: Child Care Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-44\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 44: Work Related Illness and Injury Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-45\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 45: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-46\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 46: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-47\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 47: Seamen's sick leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-48\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 48: Special Leave connected to inquiry of sexual harassment<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-49\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 49: Departmental Leave<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter VI: Study Leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-50\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 50: Conditions for grant of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-51\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 51: Maximum amount of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-52\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 52: Applications for study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-53\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 53: Sanction of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-54\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 54: Accounting of study leave and combination with leave of other kinds<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-55\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 55: Regular of study leave extending beyond course of study<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-56\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 56: Leave Salary during study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-57\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 57: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-58\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 58: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-59\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 59: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-60\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 60: Admissibility of allowances in addition to Study Allowance<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-61\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 61: Travelling Allowance during study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-62\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 62: Cost of fees for study<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-63\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 63: Resignation or retirement after study leave or non-completion of the course of study<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter VII: Miscellaneous<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-64\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 64: Interpretation<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-65\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 65: Power to relax<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-66\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 66: Repeal and saving<\/a>\n<\/div>\n \n <div class=\"layout\">\n \n <aside class=\"toc-sidebar\">\n <h3 class=\"toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/h3>\n \n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter I: Preliminary<\/div>\n <a href=\"#rule-1\" class=\"toc-link active\">Rule 1: Short Title<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-2\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 2: Application<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-3\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 3: Definitions<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-4\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 4: Government servants on temporary transfer or on foreign service<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-5\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 5: Transfer from services or posts governed by other leave rules<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-6\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 6: Transfer to industrial establishment<\/a>\n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter II: General<\/div>\n <a href=\"#rule-7\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 7: Right to Leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-8\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 8: Regulation of claim to leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-9\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 9: Effect of dismissal, removal or resignation on leave at credit<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-10\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 10: Commutation of one kind of leave into another<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-11\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 11: Combination of different kinds of leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-12\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 12: Maximum amount of continuous leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-13\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 13: Acceptance of service or employment while on leave<\/a>\n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter III: Grant of and return from leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-14\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 14: Application for leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-15\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 15: Leave account<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-16\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 16: Verification of title to leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-17\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 17: Leave not to be granted in certain circumstances<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-18\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 18: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-19\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 19: Grant of leave on medical certificate to Gazetted and non-Gazetted Government servants<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-20\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 20: Leave to a Government servant who is unlikely to be fit to return to duty<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-21\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 21: Commencement and termination of leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-22\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 22: Combination of holidays with leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-23\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 23: Recall to duty before expiry of leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-24\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 24: Return from leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-25\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 25: Absence after expiry of leave<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter IV: Kinds of leave due and Admissible<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-26\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 26: Earned leave for Government servants serving in Departments other than Vacation Departments<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-27\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 27: Calculation of Earned Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-28\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 28: Earned leave for persons serving in Vacation Departments<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-29\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 29: Half pay leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-30\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 30: Commuted leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-31\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 31: Leave not due<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-32\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 32: Extraordinary leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-33\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 33: Leave to probationer, a person on probation and an apprentice<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-34\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 34: Persons re-employed after retirement<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-35\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 35: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-36\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 36: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-37\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 37: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-38\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 38: Leave preparatory to retirement<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-38-A\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 38-A: Encashment of Earned Leave along with Leave Travel Concession while in service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39: Leave\/Cash payment in lieu of leave beyond the date of retirement, compulsory retirement or quitting of service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-A\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39-A: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death in service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-B\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39-B: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of invalidation from service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-C\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39-C: Payment of cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death, etc., of Government servant<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-D\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39-D: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of permanent absorption in Public Sector Undertaking\/Autonomous Body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Central\/State Government<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-40\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 40: Leave Salary<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-41\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 41: Drawal of leave salary<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-42\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 42: Advance of Leave salary<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter V: Special kinds of leave other than study leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-43\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43: Maternity Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-A\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43-A: Paternity leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-AA\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43-AA: Paternity Leave for Child Adoption<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-B\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43-B: Child Adoption Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-C\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43-C: Child Care Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-44\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 44: Work Related Illness and Injury Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-45\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 45: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-46\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 46: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-47\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 47: Seamen's sick leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-48\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 48: Special Leave connected to inquiry of sexual harassment<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-49\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 49: Departmental Leave<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter VI: Study Leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-50\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 50: Conditions for grant of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-51\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 51: Maximum amount of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-52\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 52: Applications for study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-53\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 53: Sanction of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-54\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 54: Accounting of study leave and combination with leave of other kinds<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-55\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 55: Regular of study leave extending beyond course of study<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-56\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 56: Leave Salary during study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-57\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 57: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-58\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 58: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-59\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 59: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-60\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 60: Admissibility of allowances in addition to Study Allowance<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-61\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 61: Travelling Allowance during study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-62\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 62: Cost of fees for study<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-63\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 63: Resignation or retirement after study leave or non-completion of the course of study<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter VII: Miscellaneous<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-64\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 64: Interpretation<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-65\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 65: Power to relax<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-66\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 66: Repeal and saving<\/a>\n <\/aside>\n\n \n <main class=\"main-content\">\n <div class=\"gazette-content\">\n \n \n \n <div class=\"gazette-header\">\n <div class=\"gazette-header__subtitle\">GOVERNMENT OF INDIA<\/div>\n <h1 class=\"gazette-header__title\">Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n \n <div id=\"ch-1\" class=\"chapter-title\">Chapter I<\/div>\n <div class=\"section-title\">Preliminary<\/div>\n \n <div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-1\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 1<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Short title and commencement<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(1)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>These rules may be called the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(2)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>They shall come into force on the <span class=\"text-box-green\">1st day of June, 1972<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-2\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 2<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Extent of Application<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>Save as otherwise provided in these rules, these rules shall apply to Government servants appointed to the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union<\/span>, but shall not apply to-<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"proviso-box\">\n <div class=\"proviso-box__title\">These Rules SHALL NOT Apply To<\/div>\n <ul class=\"proviso-box__list\">\n <li><strong>Railway servants<\/strong> - Have separate Railway Service Leave Rules<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons in casual or daily-rated or part-time employment<\/strong> - Different employment terms with no regular establishment<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons paid from contingencies<\/strong> - Salaries drawn from contingency funds, not regular budget<\/li>\n <li><strong>Workmen employed in industrial establishments<\/strong> - Governed by Industrial Disputes Act and Factories Act<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons employed in work-charged establishments<\/strong> - Salaries charged to specific works\/projects<\/li>\n <li><strong>Members of the All India Services<\/strong> - IAS, IPS, IFoS have separate AIS Leave Rules<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons locally recruited for service in Diplomatic, Consular or other Indian establishments in foreign countries<\/strong> - Local hires at missions abroad<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons employed on contract except when the contract provides otherwise<\/strong> - Contractual employees unless contract specifies applicability<\/li>\n <li><strong>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<\/strong> - Those under special constitutional\/statutory provisions<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons governed, for purposes of leave, by the Fundamental Rules or the Civil Service Regulations<\/strong> - Pre-existing leave frameworks continue<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons serving under a Central Government Department, on deputation from a State Government or any other source, for a limited duration<\/strong> - Deputationists retain parent cadre rules<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n <strong>Scope:<\/strong> Applies to all Central Government civil servants in <span class=\"highlight-green\">Union affairs<\/span> except the <span class=\"highlight\">11 excluded categories<\/span> above. Most important exclusions: Railway servants, All India Services, and contractual employees.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-3\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 3<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Definitions<\/span> \n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(1)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(a)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Administrator<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Administrator means an <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Administrator of a Union Territory<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n Refers to administrative heads of Union Territories: <span class=\"highlight-amber\">Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Chandigarh, and Ladakh<\/span>. Exercises executive powers for UTs without elected legislatures.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(b)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Audit Officer<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Audit Officer means the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Accounts and Audit Officer<\/span>, <span class=\"highlight-green\">whatever his official designation<\/span>, in whose <span class=\"highlight-amber\">circle the office of the Government servant is situated<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"warning-box\">\n <div class=\"warning-box__icon\">\u26a0<\/div>\n <div class=\"warning-box__content\">\n Designation may vary (Principal Accounts Officer, Pay & Accounts Officer, etc.) but refers to the audit authority having <strong>jurisdictional control<\/strong> over the geographical area of the government servant's office. Responsible for leave account audit.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(c)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Authority competent to grant leave<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Authority competent to grant leave means the authority specified in <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Column (3) of the First Schedule<\/span> to these rules, competent to grant the <span class=\"highlight-green\">kind of leave<\/span> specified in the corresponding entries in <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Column (2)<\/span> of the said Schedule.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"dark-info-box\">\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__title\">Leave Sanctioning Authority Matrix<\/div>\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__content\">\n Sanctioning powers are <strong>delegated hierarchically<\/strong> based on leave type. First Schedule provides the matrix: Column 2 lists leave types, Column 3 lists competent authorities. Different leaves require different approval levels (e.g., Casual Leave by immediate superior vs. Study Leave by higher authority).\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(d)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Completed years of service or one year's continuous service<\/span><\/p>\n <p>\"Completed years of service or one year's continuous service\" means <span class=\"highlight-blue\">continuous service of specified duration under the Central Government<\/span> and includes the period spent on <span class=\"highlight-green\">duty<\/span> as well as on <span class=\"highlight-green\">leave<\/span> including <span class=\"highlight-amber\">extraordinary leave<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"values-grid\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2713<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Period on duty counts<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2713<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">All regular leave types included<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2713<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Extraordinary leave also counts<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2717<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Break in service resets counter<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"success-box\">\n <div class=\"success-box__content\">\n <strong>Significance:<\/strong> Critical for eligibility of LTC, study leave, leave encashment. Unlike many rules, even <span class=\"highlight-amber\">extraordinary leave (unpaid)<\/span> counts. Service must be <span class=\"highlight\">continuous<\/span> - resignation or dismissal resets to zero on rejoining.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(e)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Date of retirement or date of his retirement<\/span><\/p>\n <p>\"Date of retirement\" or \"date of his retirement\" in relation to a Government servant, means the <span class=\"text-box-blue\">afternoon of the last day of the month<\/span> in which the Government servant <span class=\"highlight-blue\">attains the age prescribed for retirement<\/span> under the terms and conditions governing his services.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box\">\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__badge\">MOF NOTIFICATION<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__title\">Date of Retirement Clarification<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__reference\">Notification No. 5(7)-E.IV(A)\/75 dated 02.12.1975<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__content\">\n Clarifies retirement occurs on <strong>afternoon of the last day of the month<\/strong> (not on birthday). Employee born 15th January attaining 60 years retires on afternoon of 31st January, enabling full month's leave, salary, and proper retirement formalities.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"exam-note-box\">\n <div class=\"exam-note-box__content\">\n <span class=\"exam-note-box__label\">Key Point:<\/span>\n Retirement time = <u>Afternoon (traditionally 3:00 PM)<\/u> of <u>last day of month<\/u> of superannuation. Employee can avail leave for entire month and receive full month's benefits.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(f)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Department of the Central Government<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Department of the Central Government means a <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Ministry or a Department<\/span> of the Central Government as notified from time to time and includes the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Planning Commission<\/span>, the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Department of Parliamentary Affairs<\/span>, the <span class=\"highlight-green\">President's Secretariat<\/span>, the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Vice-President's Secretariat<\/span>, the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Cabinet Secretariat<\/span> and the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Prime Minister's Secretariat<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Ministries\/Departments:<\/strong> All regular ministries per Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Planning Commission:<\/strong> Now replaced by NITI Aayog\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Department of Parliamentary Affairs:<\/strong> Coordinates government business in Parliament\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">4<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>President's Secretariat:<\/strong> Assists President in constitutional functions\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">5<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Vice-President's Secretariat:<\/strong> Supports VP and ex-officio Rajya Sabha Chairman\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">6<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Cabinet Secretariat:<\/strong> Apex body coordinating inter-ministerial matters (includes RAW, SPG)\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">7<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Prime Minister's Secretariat (PMO):<\/strong> Staff support to Prime Minister\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(fa)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Disability<\/span><\/p>\n <p>\"disability\" means <span class=\"text-box-blue\">\"specified disability\"<\/span>, <span class=\"text-box-blue\">\"benchmark disability\"<\/span> and <span class=\"text-box-blue\">\"disability having high support needs\"<\/span> as referred to in the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016)<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box\">\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__badge\">DOPT NOTIFICATION<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__title\">Disability Categories Insertion<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__reference\">Notification No. 18017\/l\/2014-Estt. (L), dated 03.04.2018<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__content\">\n Clause <strong>inserted in 2018<\/strong> to align with RPwD Act 2016, recognizing modern disability understanding and providing legal basis for disability-related leave provisions, medical leave extensions, and special accommodations.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"styled-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Disability Category<\/th>\n <th>Definition (RPwD Act 2016)<\/th>\n <th>Leave Implications<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><strong class=\"highlight-blue\">Specified Disability<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>21 specified conditions: blindness, low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability, autism, etc.<\/td>\n <td>Eligible for disability-specific leave benefits<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong class=\"highlight-blue\">Benchmark Disability<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Disability \u226540% certified by medical board<\/td>\n <td>Enhanced leave benefits, relaxations in leave rules<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong class=\"highlight-blue\">High Support Needs<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>\u226580% disability with multiple conditions requiring high support for daily activities<\/td>\n <td>Maximum leave concessions and special provisions<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(g)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Foreign service<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Foreign service means service in which a Government servant receives his pay with the <span class=\"highlight-green\">sanction of Government<\/span> from <span class=\"highlight\">any source other than the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of any State [or the Consolidated Fund of a Union Territory]<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"warning-box\">\n <div class=\"warning-box__icon\">\u26a0<\/div>\n <div class=\"warning-box__content\">\n <strong>Critical Distinction:<\/strong> \"Foreign Service\" does NOT mean foreign country posting. Determined solely by <em>salary payment source<\/em>. If paid from sources OTHER than the three Consolidated Funds, it's foreign service regardless of location.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"exception-box\">\n <div class=\"exception-box__title\">Foreign Service Examples<\/div>\n <ul class=\"exception-box__list\">\n <li>Deputation to PSUs where salary paid by PSU<\/li>\n <li>Autonomous bodies (ICMR, CSIR) with independent funding<\/li>\n <li>International organizations (UN, WHO, World Bank) on their payroll<\/li>\n <li>State PSEs paying the salary<\/li>\n <li>Statutory authorities with independent budgets<\/li>\n <li>Private sector under government schemes<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n <strong>Leave Account:<\/strong> During foreign service, leave account maintained by <span class=\"highlight-blue\">parent (lien-holding) department<\/span>. Leave earned per deputation terms but terminal benefits calculated per parent cadre rules.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(h)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Form<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Form means a Form appended to the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Second Schedule<\/span> to these rules.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n Second Schedule contains standardized proformas for leave applications and certificates ensuring uniformity across all Central Government departments.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(i)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Government servant in quasi-permanent employ<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Government servant in quasi-permanent employ means-<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(A)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>An officer who, having been <span class=\"highlight-blue\">declared by the Union Public Service Commission to be eligible<\/span> for appointment to the ministerial Services of the Government of India, has been appointed to a <span class=\"highlight-green\">temporary or officiating vacancy<\/span> on the <span class=\"highlight-amber\">understanding given to him in writing<\/span> before he took up the appointment, that that vacancy is expected to become permanent but is <span class=\"highlight\">not confirmed after completion of three years continuous service<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(B)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>An officer who may be declared as quasi-permanent under the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Central Civil Services (Temporary Services) Rules, 1965<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"values-grid\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2460<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">UPSC-declared eligible for ministerial services<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2461<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Written assurance vacancy will become permanent<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2462<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Appointed to temporary\/officiating vacancy<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2463<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Not confirmed after 3 years continuous service<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"dark-info-box\">\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__title\">Quasi-Permanent Status<\/div>\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__content\">\n Transitional category between <strong>temporary and permanent<\/strong> providing job security and leave benefits similar to permanent employees. Prevents indefinite exploitation of temporary status after substantial service (3 years). Protects from arbitrary termination while permanency process is pending.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(j)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Government servant in permanent employ<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Government servant in permanent employ means an officer who holds <span class=\"highlight-blue\">substantively<\/span> or <span class=\"highlight-blue\">provisionally substantively<\/span> a permanent post or who <span class=\"highlight-green\">holds a lien<\/span> on a permanent post or who would have held a lien on permanent post had the lien not been <span class=\"highlight-amber\">suspended<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"styled-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Status<\/th>\n <th>Meaning<\/th>\n <th>Example Scenario<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Substantively holding<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Confirmed in permanent post and currently working in it<\/td>\n <td>Assistant confirmed and working in own post<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Provisionally substantively<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Substantive appointment but confirmation provisional pending condition<\/td>\n <td>Confirmed subject to passing departmental exam within 2 years<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Holds lien<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Has permanent post but not currently working in it<\/td>\n <td>Officer on deputation\/foreign service retaining parent post<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Lien suspended<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Lien temporarily suspended but would exist otherwise<\/td>\n <td>Appointed to another post on probation; original lien suspended<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"success-box\">\n <div class=\"success-box__content\">\n <strong>Lien Concept:<\/strong> Permanent right to hold a post ensuring return after temporary assignments. Even while working elsewhere (higher post, deputation), holding lien makes one a <span class=\"highlight-blue\">\"permanent employee\"<\/span> for leave calculations. Lien suspended during probation in another post but revives if probation unsuccessful.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(k)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Head of Mission<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Head of Mission means <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Ambassador, Charge d' Affaires, Minister, Consul-General, High Commissioner<\/span> or any other authority declared as such by the Central Government, in the <span class=\"highlight-green\">country in which the Government servant undergoes a course of study or training<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n <strong>Application Context:<\/strong> Relevant for government servants on <span class=\"highlight-amber\">study leave or training abroad<\/span>. Head of Mission acts as administrative authority for monitoring attendance, certifying study completion, verifying medical certificates, and reporting irregularities.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(l)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Military Officer<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Military Officer means an officer of the Armed Forces who is-<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(i)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>A <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Commissioned Officer<\/span> of the Army, the Navy or the Air Force, or<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(ii)<\/div>\n <div>\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(a)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>A <span class=\"highlight-green\">Junior Commissioned Officer<\/span> (including an honorary commissioned officer), or an <span class=\"highlight-green\">'other rank'<\/span> of the Army, or<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(b)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>A <span class=\"highlight-green\">Branch List Officer<\/span> or <span class=\"highlight-green\">rating<\/span> of the Navy, or<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(c)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>An <span class=\"highlight-green\">airman<\/span> including a <span class=\"highlight-green\">Master Warrant Officer<\/span> of the Air Force.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"styled-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Service<\/th>\n <th>Commissioned Officers<\/th>\n <th>Non-Commissioned Ranks<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Army<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Lieutenant to General<\/td>\n <td><strong>JCOs:<\/strong> Subedar Major, Subedar, Naib Subedar<br><strong>Other Ranks:<\/strong> Havildar, Naik, Lance Naik, Sepoy<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Navy<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Sub-Lieutenant to Admiral<\/td>\n <td><strong>Branch List Officers<\/strong><br><strong>Ratings:<\/strong> Master Chief Petty Officer to Ordinary Seaman<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Air Force<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Flying Officer to Air Chief Marshal<\/td>\n <td><strong>Airmen:<\/strong> Master Warrant Officer, Warrant Officer, Junior Warrant Officer, Sergeant to Aircraftman<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"warning-box\">\n <div class=\"warning-box__icon\">\u26a0<\/div>\n <div class=\"warning-box__content\">\n <strong>Relevance:<\/strong> Definition applies when military officers on deputation to civilian departments or for inter-departmental leave coordination. Military personnel have separate leave rules but this ensures proper interface.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(m)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Vacation Department<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Vacation Department means a department or part of a department, to which <span class=\"highlight-blue\">regular vacations are allowed<\/span>, during which Government servants serving in the department are <span class=\"highlight-green\">permitted to be absent from duty<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Educational Institutions:<\/strong> Universities, colleges, schools, training institutes with summer\/winter vacations\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Judicial Departments:<\/strong> Courts with fixed vacation periods when routine hearings suspended\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Legislative Departments:<\/strong> Parliamentary departments aligned with Parliament sessions\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">4<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Research Institutions:<\/strong> Organizations with academic calendars having regular vacations\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"success-box\">\n <div class=\"success-box__content\">\n <strong>Leave Impact:<\/strong> During <span class=\"highlight-blue\">officially sanctioned vacations<\/span>, absence doesn't count as leave. Must be on duty during working periods. Vacation periods don't reduce leave balance, making effective entitlement <span class=\"highlight-green\">higher than non-vacation departments<\/span>. Governed by special FR 83 provisions.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(2)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules<\/span> shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"dark-info-box\">\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__title\">Residuary Interpretative Provision<\/div>\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__content\">\n Ensures <strong>interpretative consistency<\/strong> across all service rules. If a term is undefined in CCS Leave Rules but defined in FR\/SR, the FR\/SR definition applies. Prevents ambiguity and maintains uniformity. Examples: \"competent authority,\" \"pay,\" \"emoluments,\" \"joining time,\" etc.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<br>\n<br>\n\n \n<div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-4\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 4<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Government Servants on Temporary Transfer or Foreign Service<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(1)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Sub-rule (1) \u2013 Continuity of CCS Leave Rules<\/span><\/p>\n <p>CCS Leave Rules continue to apply when Government servant is on:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Temporary transfer to <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Indian Railways<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Temporary transfer to <span class=\"highlight-blue\">State Government<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\"><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Foreign service within India<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(2)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Sub-rule (2) \u2013 Limited Applicability<\/span><\/p>\n <p>CCS Leave Rules apply only to the extent provided in terms and conditions when on:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Foreign service <span class=\"highlight-blue\">outside India<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Service with <span class=\"highlight-blue\">UN agencies<\/span> (whether within or outside India)<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Temporary transfer to <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Armed Forces of the Union<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-5\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 5<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Transfer from Services\/Posts Governed by Other Leave Rules<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n <strong>Applicability:<\/strong> Applies to <span class=\"highlight-blue\">permanent Government servants<\/span> to whom CCS Leave Rules do not originally apply.\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(a)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Clause (a) \u2013 Temporary Transfer<\/span><\/p>\n <p>When temporarily transferred to a post where CCS Leave Rules apply, the Government servant remains subject to the leave rules which were applicable to him before such transfer.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"exception-box\">\n <div class=\"exception-box__title\">Provisos for Clause (a)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"exception-box__list\">\n <li><span class=\"highlight-blue\">First Proviso \u2013 Military Officers not in permanent civil employ:<\/span> If elected to draw civil rates of pay, leave shall be regulated as per CCS Leave Rules.<\/li>\n <li><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Second Proviso \u2013 On Release\/Discharge from Armed Forces:<\/span> Annual leave due shall be carried forward with effect from the date of such release\/discharge.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(b)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Clause (b) \u2013 Substantive Appointment to Permanent Post<\/span><\/p>\n <p>When substantively appointed to a permanent post where CCS Leave Rules apply:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">CCS Leave Rules become applicable <span class=\"highlight-blue\">from the date of such appointment<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Leave at credit under previously applicable rules shall be <span class=\"highlight-blue\">carried forward<\/span> subject to maximum limits of accumulation as laid down in <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Rule 26<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">The leave so carried forward shall <span class=\"highlight-blue\">first be exhausted<\/span> before the leave earned under CCS Rules is availed of<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">4<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Leave salary in respect of carried forward leave shall be <span class=\"highlight-blue\">borne by the Department or Government<\/span> from which the Government servant proceeds on leave<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"important-box\">\n <strong>Proviso for Military Officers<\/strong>\n In addition to earned leave equal to annual leave on the date of appointment (as permissible under Armed Forces leave rules), <span class=\"highlight-blue\">half pay leave equal to the number of days of furlough<\/span> shall also be carried forward.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-6\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 6<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Transfer to Industrial Establishment<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"dark-info-box\">\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__title\">When Does This Apply?<\/div>\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__content\">\n When a Government servant governed by CCS Leave Rules is appointed in an <span class=\"highlight-blue\">industrial establishment<\/span> wherein leave terms are governed by <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Factories Act, 1948<\/span>.\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Suo Motu Order by Competent Authority:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Cash equivalent of leave salary granted for <span class=\"highlight-blue\">earned leave and half pay leave<\/span> at credit<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Maximum limit: <span class=\"highlight-blue\">300 days<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Cash amount equals: <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Leave salary for EL<\/span> + <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Leave salary for HPL<\/span> + <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Dearness Allowance<\/span> at rates in force on the date the Government servant ceases to be governed by CCS Leave Rules<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proviso-box\">\n <div class=\"proviso-box__title\">Proviso \u2013 On Return to CCS Leave Rules Governed Post<\/div>\n <div class=\"proviso-box__content\">\n Benefits under <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Rule 39<\/span> modified as follows:\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"styled-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Scenario<\/th>\n <th>Condition<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><span class=\"highlight-blue\">On Superannuation<\/span><\/td>\n <td>Encashment of leave subject to condition that total of: <br>\u2022 Days of EL and HPL already encashed under Rule 6, and <br>\u2022 Days of EL and HPL to be encashed on superannuation <br>shall <span class=\"highlight-blue\">not exceed 300 days<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><span class=\"highlight-blue\">On Premature Retirement<\/span><\/td>\n <td>Cash equivalent of unutilized EL and HPL subject to condition that total of: <br>\u2022 Days of EL and HPL already encashed under Rule 6, and <br>\u2022 Days of EL and HPL to be encashed on premature retirement <br>shall <span class=\"highlight-blue\">not exceed 300 days<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"exam-note-box\">\n <div class=\"exam-note-box__content\">\n <span class=\"exam-note-box__label\">Key Point:<\/span> The <span class=\"highlight-blue\">300-day cap<\/span> is a cumulative limit \u2013 it includes both the encashment done at the time of transfer to industrial establishment AND the encashment at the time of superannuation\/premature retirement.\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\n \n\n <script>\n \/\/ 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min-width: 36px;\n }\n\n .rule-name {\n font-size: 18px;\n }\n\n .rule-header {\n margin-top: 40px;\n }\n\n .rule-header__title {\n font-size: 22px;\n }\n\n .goi-decision-box {\n padding: 24px 20px 16px;\n }\n\n .goi-decision-box__title {\n font-size: 16px;\n }\n}\n\n\/* ============================================\n RESPONSIVE - LARGE DESKTOP (1280px+)\n ============================================ *\/\n@media (min-width: 1280px) {\n .toc-sidebar {\n width: 300px;\n }\n\n .main-content {\n padding: 48px 64px;\n }\n}<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n \n <header class=\"header\">\n <div class=\"header__inner\">\n <a href=\"topics-index.html\" class=\"header__logo\">\n <div class=\"header__logo-icon\">\n <i class=\"fas fa-landmark\"><\/i>\n <\/div>\n <span class=\"header__logo-text\">Govt<span>Rules<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <div class=\"header__actions\">\n <button class=\"header__btn header__btn--ghost\">\n <i class=\"fas fa-bookmark\"><\/i>\n <span class=\"header__btn-text\">Bookmark<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <button class=\"header__btn header__btn--ghost\">\n <i class=\"fas fa-download\"><\/i>\n <span class=\"header__btn-text\">Download<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <button class=\"header__btn header__btn--primary\">\n <i class=\"fas fa-print\"><\/i>\n <span class=\"header__btn-text\">Print<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/header>\n\n \n <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n <div class=\"breadcrumbs__inner\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/promotionexams.com\/\" class=\"breadcrumbs__link\">\n <i class=\"fas fa-home\"><\/i>\n <\/a>\n <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumbs__separator\"><\/i>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/promotionexams.com\/?p=5380\" class=\"breadcrumbs__link\">Topics<\/a>\n <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumbs__separator\"><\/i>\n <span class=\"breadcrumbs__current\">CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 (updated)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/nav>\n\n \n <div class=\"toc-toggle\" onclick=\"toggleMobileToc()\">\n <span class=\"toc-toggle__label\">\n <i class=\"fas fa-list\"><\/i>\n Table of Contents\n <\/span>\n <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down toc-toggle__icon\" id=\"tocIcon\"><\/i>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"mobile-toc\" id=\"mobileToc\">\n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter I: Preliminary<\/div>\n <a href=\"#rule-1\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 1: Short Title<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-2\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 2: Application<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-3\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 3: Definitions<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-4\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 4: Government servants on temporary transfer or on foreign service<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-5\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 5: Transfer from services or posts governed by other leave rules<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-6\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 6: Transfer to industrial establishment<\/a>\n \n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter II: General<\/div>\n <a href=\"#rule-7\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 7: Right to Leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-8\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 8: Regulation of Claim<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-9\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 9: Dismissal\/Resignation<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-10\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 10: Commutation<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-11\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 11: Combination<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-12\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 12: Max Leave<\/a>\n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter III: Grant of and return from leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-14\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 14: Application for leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-15\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 15: Leave account<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-16\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 16: Verification of title to leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-17\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 17: Leave not to be granted in certain circumstances<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-18\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 18: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-19\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 19: Grant of leave on medical certificate to Gazetted and non-Gazetted Government servants<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-20\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 20: Leave to a Government servant who is unlikely to be fit to return to duty<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-21\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 21: Commencement and termination of leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-22\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 22: Combination of holidays with leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-23\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 23: Recall to duty before expiry of leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-24\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 24: Return from leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-25\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 25: Absence after expiry of leave<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter IV: Kinds of leave due and Admissible<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-26\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 26: Earned leave for Government servants serving in Departments other than Vacation Departments<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-27\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 27: Calculation of Earned Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-28\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 28: Earned leave for persons serving in Vacation Departments<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-29\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 29: Half pay leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-30\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 30: Commuted leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-31\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 31: Leave not due<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-32\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 32: Extraordinary leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-33\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 33: Leave to probationer, a person on probation and an apprentice<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-34\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 34: Persons re-employed after retirement<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-35\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 35: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-36\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 36: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-37\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 37: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-38\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 38: Leave preparatory to retirement<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-38-A\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 38-A: Encashment of Earned Leave along with Leave Travel Concession while in service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39: Leave\/Cash payment in lieu of leave beyond the date of retirement, compulsory retirement or quitting of service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-A\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39-A: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death in service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-B\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39-B: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of invalidation from service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-C\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39-C: Payment of cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death, etc., of Government servant<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-D\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 39-D: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of permanent absorption in Public Sector Undertaking\/Autonomous Body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Central\/State Government<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-40\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 40: Leave Salary<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-41\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 41: Drawal of leave salary<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-42\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 42: Advance of Leave salary<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter V: Special kinds of leave other than study leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-43\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43: Maternity Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-A\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43-A: Paternity leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-AA\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43-AA: Paternity Leave for Child Adoption<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-B\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43-B: Child Adoption Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-C\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 43-C: Child Care Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-44\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 44: Work Related Illness and Injury Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-45\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 45: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-46\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 46: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-47\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 47: Seamen's sick leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-48\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 48: Special Leave connected to inquiry of sexual harassment<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-49\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 49: Departmental Leave<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter VI: Study Leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-50\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 50: Conditions for grant of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-51\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 51: Maximum amount of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-52\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 52: Applications for study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-53\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 53: Sanction of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-54\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 54: Accounting of study leave and combination with leave of other kinds<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-55\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 55: Regular of study leave extending beyond course of study<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-56\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 56: Leave Salary during study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-57\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 57: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-58\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 58: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-59\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 59: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-60\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 60: Admissibility of allowances in addition to Study Allowance<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-61\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 61: Travelling Allowance during study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-62\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 62: Cost of fees for study<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-63\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 63: Resignation or retirement after study leave or non-completion of the course of study<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter VII: Miscellaneous<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-64\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 64: Interpretation<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-65\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 65: Power to relax<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-66\" class=\"toc-link\" onclick=\"closeMobileToc()\">Rule 66: Repeal and saving<\/a>\n<\/div>\n \n <div class=\"layout\">\n \n <aside class=\"toc-sidebar\">\n <h3 class=\"toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/h3>\n \n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter I: Preliminary<\/div>\n <a href=\"#rule-1\" class=\"toc-link active\">Rule 1: Short Title<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-2\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 2: Application<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-3\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 3: Definitions<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-4\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 4: Government servants on temporary transfer or on foreign service<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-5\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 5: Transfer from services or posts governed by other leave rules<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-6\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 6: Transfer to industrial establishment<\/a>\n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter II: General<\/div>\n <a href=\"#rule-7\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 7: Right to Leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-8\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 8: Regulation of claim to leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-9\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 9: Effect of dismissal, removal or resignation on leave at credit<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-10\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 10: Commutation of one kind of leave into another<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-11\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 11: Combination of different kinds of leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-12\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 12: Maximum amount of continuous leave<\/a>\n <a href=\"#rule-13\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 13: Acceptance of service or employment while on leave<\/a>\n <div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter III: Grant of and return from leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-14\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 14: Application for leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-15\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 15: Leave account<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-16\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 16: Verification of title to leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-17\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 17: Leave not to be granted in certain circumstances<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-18\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 18: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-19\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 19: Grant of leave on medical certificate to Gazetted and non-Gazetted Government servants<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-20\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 20: Leave to a Government servant who is unlikely to be fit to return to duty<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-21\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 21: Commencement and termination of leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-22\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 22: Combination of holidays with leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-23\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 23: Recall to duty before expiry of leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-24\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 24: Return from leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-25\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 25: Absence after expiry of leave<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter IV: Kinds of leave due and Admissible<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-26\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 26: Earned leave for Government servants serving in Departments other than Vacation Departments<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-27\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 27: Calculation of Earned Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-28\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 28: Earned leave for persons serving in Vacation Departments<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-29\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 29: Half pay leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-30\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 30: Commuted leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-31\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 31: Leave not due<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-32\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 32: Extraordinary leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-33\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 33: Leave to probationer, a person on probation and an apprentice<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-34\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 34: Persons re-employed after retirement<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-35\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 35: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-36\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 36: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-37\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 37: Deleted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-38\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 38: Leave preparatory to retirement<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-38-A\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 38-A: Encashment of Earned Leave along with Leave Travel Concession while in service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39: Leave\/Cash payment in lieu of leave beyond the date of retirement, compulsory retirement or quitting of service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-A\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39-A: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death in service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-B\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39-B: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of invalidation from service<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-C\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39-C: Payment of cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death, etc., of Government servant<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-39-D\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 39-D: Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of permanent absorption in Public Sector Undertaking\/Autonomous Body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Central\/State Government<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-40\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 40: Leave Salary<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-41\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 41: Drawal of leave salary<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-42\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 42: Advance of Leave salary<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter V: Special kinds of leave other than study leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-43\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43: Maternity Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-A\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43-A: Paternity leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-AA\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43-AA: Paternity Leave for Child Adoption<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-B\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43-B: Child Adoption Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-43-C\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 43-C: Child Care Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-44\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 44: Work Related Illness and Injury Leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-45\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 45: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-46\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 46: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-47\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 47: Seamen's sick leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-48\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 48: Special Leave connected to inquiry of sexual harassment<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-49\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 49: Departmental Leave<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter VI: Study Leave<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-50\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 50: Conditions for grant of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-51\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 51: Maximum amount of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-52\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 52: Applications for study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-53\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 53: Sanction of study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-54\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 54: Accounting of study leave and combination with leave of other kinds<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-55\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 55: Regular of study leave extending beyond course of study<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-56\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 56: Leave Salary during study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-57\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 57: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-58\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 58: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-59\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 59: Omitted<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-60\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 60: Admissibility of allowances in addition to Study Allowance<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-61\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 61: Travelling Allowance during study leave<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-62\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 62: Cost of fees for study<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-63\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 63: Resignation or retirement after study leave or non-completion of the course of study<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"toc-chapter\">Chapter VII: Miscellaneous<\/div>\n<a href=\"#rule-64\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 64: Interpretation<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-65\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 65: Power to relax<\/a>\n<a href=\"#rule-66\" class=\"toc-link\">Rule 66: Repeal and saving<\/a>\n <\/aside>\n\n \n <main class=\"main-content\">\n <div class=\"gazette-content\">\n \n \n \n <div class=\"gazette-header\">\n <div class=\"gazette-header__subtitle\">GOVERNMENT OF INDIA<\/div>\n <h1 class=\"gazette-header__title\">Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n \n <div id=\"ch-1\" class=\"chapter-title\">Chapter I<\/div>\n <div class=\"section-title\">Preliminary<\/div>\n \n <div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-1\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 1<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Short title and commencement<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(1)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>These rules may be called the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(2)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>They shall come into force on the <span class=\"text-box-green\">1st day of June, 1972<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-2\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 2<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Extent of Application<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>Save as otherwise provided in these rules, these rules shall apply to Government servants appointed to the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union<\/span>, but shall not apply to-<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"proviso-box\">\n <div class=\"proviso-box__title\">These Rules SHALL NOT Apply To<\/div>\n <ul class=\"proviso-box__list\">\n <li><strong>Railway servants<\/strong> - Have separate Railway Service Leave Rules<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons in casual or daily-rated or part-time employment<\/strong> - Different employment terms with no regular establishment<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons paid from contingencies<\/strong> - Salaries drawn from contingency funds, not regular budget<\/li>\n <li><strong>Workmen employed in industrial establishments<\/strong> - Governed by Industrial Disputes Act and Factories Act<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons employed in work-charged establishments<\/strong> - Salaries charged to specific works\/projects<\/li>\n <li><strong>Members of the All India Services<\/strong> - IAS, IPS, IFoS have separate AIS Leave Rules<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons locally recruited for service in Diplomatic, Consular or other Indian establishments in foreign countries<\/strong> - Local hires at missions abroad<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons employed on contract except when the contract provides otherwise<\/strong> - Contractual employees unless contract specifies applicability<\/li>\n <li><strong>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<\/strong> - Those under special constitutional\/statutory provisions<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons governed, for purposes of leave, by the Fundamental Rules or the Civil Service Regulations<\/strong> - Pre-existing leave frameworks continue<\/li>\n <li><strong>Persons serving under a Central Government Department, on deputation from a State Government or any other source, for a limited duration<\/strong> - Deputationists retain parent cadre rules<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n <strong>Scope:<\/strong> Applies to all Central Government civil servants in <span class=\"highlight-green\">Union affairs<\/span> except the <span class=\"highlight\">11 excluded categories<\/span> above. Most important exclusions: Railway servants, All India Services, and contractual employees.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-3\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 3<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Definitions<\/span> \n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(1)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(a)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Administrator<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Administrator means an <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Administrator of a Union Territory<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n Refers to administrative heads of Union Territories: <span class=\"highlight-amber\">Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Chandigarh, and Ladakh<\/span>. Exercises executive powers for UTs without elected legislatures.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(b)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Audit Officer<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Audit Officer means the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Accounts and Audit Officer<\/span>, <span class=\"highlight-green\">whatever his official designation<\/span>, in whose <span class=\"highlight-amber\">circle the office of the Government servant is situated<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"warning-box\">\n <div class=\"warning-box__icon\">\u26a0<\/div>\n <div class=\"warning-box__content\">\n Designation may vary (Principal Accounts Officer, Pay & Accounts Officer, etc.) but refers to the audit authority having <strong>jurisdictional control<\/strong> over the geographical area of the government servant's office. Responsible for leave account audit.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(c)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Authority competent to grant leave<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Authority competent to grant leave means the authority specified in <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Column (3) of the First Schedule<\/span> to these rules, competent to grant the <span class=\"highlight-green\">kind of leave<\/span> specified in the corresponding entries in <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Column (2)<\/span> of the said Schedule.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"dark-info-box\">\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__title\">Leave Sanctioning Authority Matrix<\/div>\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__content\">\n Sanctioning powers are <strong>delegated hierarchically<\/strong> based on leave type. First Schedule provides the matrix: Column 2 lists leave types, Column 3 lists competent authorities. Different leaves require different approval levels (e.g., Casual Leave by immediate superior vs. Study Leave by higher authority).\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(d)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Completed years of service or one year's continuous service<\/span><\/p>\n <p>\"Completed years of service or one year's continuous service\" means <span class=\"highlight-blue\">continuous service of specified duration under the Central Government<\/span> and includes the period spent on <span class=\"highlight-green\">duty<\/span> as well as on <span class=\"highlight-green\">leave<\/span> including <span class=\"highlight-amber\">extraordinary leave<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"values-grid\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2713<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Period on duty counts<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2713<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">All regular leave types included<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2713<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Extraordinary leave also counts<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2717<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Break in service resets counter<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"success-box\">\n <div class=\"success-box__content\">\n <strong>Significance:<\/strong> Critical for eligibility of LTC, study leave, leave encashment. Unlike many rules, even <span class=\"highlight-amber\">extraordinary leave (unpaid)<\/span> counts. Service must be <span class=\"highlight\">continuous<\/span> - resignation or dismissal resets to zero on rejoining.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(e)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Date of retirement or date of his retirement<\/span><\/p>\n <p>\"Date of retirement\" or \"date of his retirement\" in relation to a Government servant, means the <span class=\"text-box-blue\">afternoon of the last day of the month<\/span> in which the Government servant <span class=\"highlight-blue\">attains the age prescribed for retirement<\/span> under the terms and conditions governing his services.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box\">\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__badge\">MOF NOTIFICATION<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__title\">Date of Retirement Clarification<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__reference\">Notification No. 5(7)-E.IV(A)\/75 dated 02.12.1975<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__content\">\n Clarifies retirement occurs on <strong>afternoon of the last day of the month<\/strong> (not on birthday). Employee born 15th January attaining 60 years retires on afternoon of 31st January, enabling full month's leave, salary, and proper retirement formalities.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"exam-note-box\">\n <div class=\"exam-note-box__content\">\n <span class=\"exam-note-box__label\">Key Point:<\/span>\n Retirement time = <u>Afternoon (traditionally 3:00 PM)<\/u> of <u>last day of month<\/u> of superannuation. Employee can avail leave for entire month and receive full month's benefits.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(f)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Department of the Central Government<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Department of the Central Government means a <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Ministry or a Department<\/span> of the Central Government as notified from time to time and includes the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Planning Commission<\/span>, the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Department of Parliamentary Affairs<\/span>, the <span class=\"highlight-green\">President's Secretariat<\/span>, the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Vice-President's Secretariat<\/span>, the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Cabinet Secretariat<\/span> and the <span class=\"highlight-green\">Prime Minister's Secretariat<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Ministries\/Departments:<\/strong> All regular ministries per Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Planning Commission:<\/strong> Now replaced by NITI Aayog\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Department of Parliamentary Affairs:<\/strong> Coordinates government business in Parliament\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">4<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>President's Secretariat:<\/strong> Assists President in constitutional functions\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">5<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Vice-President's Secretariat:<\/strong> Supports VP and ex-officio Rajya Sabha Chairman\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">6<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Cabinet Secretariat:<\/strong> Apex body coordinating inter-ministerial matters (includes RAW, SPG)\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">7<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Prime Minister's Secretariat (PMO):<\/strong> Staff support to Prime Minister\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(fa)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Disability<\/span><\/p>\n <p>\"disability\" means <span class=\"text-box-blue\">\"specified disability\"<\/span>, <span class=\"text-box-blue\">\"benchmark disability\"<\/span> and <span class=\"text-box-blue\">\"disability having high support needs\"<\/span> as referred to in the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016)<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box\">\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__badge\">DOPT NOTIFICATION<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__title\">Disability Categories Insertion<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__reference\">Notification No. 18017\/l\/2014-Estt. (L), dated 03.04.2018<\/div>\n <div class=\"goi-decision-box__content\">\n Clause <strong>inserted in 2018<\/strong> to align with RPwD Act 2016, recognizing modern disability understanding and providing legal basis for disability-related leave provisions, medical leave extensions, and special accommodations.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"styled-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Disability Category<\/th>\n <th>Definition (RPwD Act 2016)<\/th>\n <th>Leave Implications<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><strong class=\"highlight-blue\">Specified Disability<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>21 specified conditions: blindness, low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability, autism, etc.<\/td>\n <td>Eligible for disability-specific leave benefits<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong class=\"highlight-blue\">Benchmark Disability<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Disability \u226540% certified by medical board<\/td>\n <td>Enhanced leave benefits, relaxations in leave rules<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong class=\"highlight-blue\">High Support Needs<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>\u226580% disability with multiple conditions requiring high support for daily activities<\/td>\n <td>Maximum leave concessions and special provisions<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(g)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Foreign service<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Foreign service means service in which a Government servant receives his pay with the <span class=\"highlight-green\">sanction of Government<\/span> from <span class=\"highlight\">any source other than the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of any State [or the Consolidated Fund of a Union Territory]<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"warning-box\">\n <div class=\"warning-box__icon\">\u26a0<\/div>\n <div class=\"warning-box__content\">\n <strong>Critical Distinction:<\/strong> \"Foreign Service\" does NOT mean foreign country posting. Determined solely by <em>salary payment source<\/em>. If paid from sources OTHER than the three Consolidated Funds, it's foreign service regardless of location.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"exception-box\">\n <div class=\"exception-box__title\">Foreign Service Examples<\/div>\n <ul class=\"exception-box__list\">\n <li>Deputation to PSUs where salary paid by PSU<\/li>\n <li>Autonomous bodies (ICMR, CSIR) with independent funding<\/li>\n <li>International organizations (UN, WHO, World Bank) on their payroll<\/li>\n <li>State PSEs paying the salary<\/li>\n <li>Statutory authorities with independent budgets<\/li>\n <li>Private sector under government schemes<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n <strong>Leave Account:<\/strong> During foreign service, leave account maintained by <span class=\"highlight-blue\">parent (lien-holding) department<\/span>. Leave earned per deputation terms but terminal benefits calculated per parent cadre rules.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(h)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Form<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Form means a Form appended to the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Second Schedule<\/span> to these rules.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n Second Schedule contains standardized proformas for leave applications and certificates ensuring uniformity across all Central Government departments.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(i)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Government servant in quasi-permanent employ<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Government servant in quasi-permanent employ means-<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(A)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>An officer who, having been <span class=\"highlight-blue\">declared by the Union Public Service Commission to be eligible<\/span> for appointment to the ministerial Services of the Government of India, has been appointed to a <span class=\"highlight-green\">temporary or officiating vacancy<\/span> on the <span class=\"highlight-amber\">understanding given to him in writing<\/span> before he took up the appointment, that that vacancy is expected to become permanent but is <span class=\"highlight\">not confirmed after completion of three years continuous service<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(B)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>An officer who may be declared as quasi-permanent under the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Central Civil Services (Temporary Services) Rules, 1965<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"values-grid\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2460<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">UPSC-declared eligible for ministerial services<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2461<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Written assurance vacancy will become permanent<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2462<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Appointed to temporary\/officiating vacancy<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__item\">\n <div class=\"values-grid__icon\">\u2463<\/div>\n <div class=\"values-grid__text\">Not confirmed after 3 years continuous service<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"dark-info-box\">\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__title\">Quasi-Permanent Status<\/div>\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__content\">\n Transitional category between <strong>temporary and permanent<\/strong> providing job security and leave benefits similar to permanent employees. Prevents indefinite exploitation of temporary status after substantial service (3 years). Protects from arbitrary termination while permanency process is pending.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(j)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Government servant in permanent employ<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Government servant in permanent employ means an officer who holds <span class=\"highlight-blue\">substantively<\/span> or <span class=\"highlight-blue\">provisionally substantively<\/span> a permanent post or who <span class=\"highlight-green\">holds a lien<\/span> on a permanent post or who would have held a lien on permanent post had the lien not been <span class=\"highlight-amber\">suspended<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"styled-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Status<\/th>\n <th>Meaning<\/th>\n <th>Example Scenario<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Substantively holding<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Confirmed in permanent post and currently working in it<\/td>\n <td>Assistant confirmed and working in own post<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Provisionally substantively<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Substantive appointment but confirmation provisional pending condition<\/td>\n <td>Confirmed subject to passing departmental exam within 2 years<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Holds lien<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Has permanent post but not currently working in it<\/td>\n <td>Officer on deputation\/foreign service retaining parent post<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Lien suspended<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Lien temporarily suspended but would exist otherwise<\/td>\n <td>Appointed to another post on probation; original lien suspended<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"success-box\">\n <div class=\"success-box__content\">\n <strong>Lien Concept:<\/strong> Permanent right to hold a post ensuring return after temporary assignments. Even while working elsewhere (higher post, deputation), holding lien makes one a <span class=\"highlight-blue\">\"permanent employee\"<\/span> for leave calculations. Lien suspended during probation in another post but revives if probation unsuccessful.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(k)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Head of Mission<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Head of Mission means <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Ambassador, Charge d' Affaires, Minister, Consul-General, High Commissioner<\/span> or any other authority declared as such by the Central Government, in the <span class=\"highlight-green\">country in which the Government servant undergoes a course of study or training<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n <strong>Application Context:<\/strong> Relevant for government servants on <span class=\"highlight-amber\">study leave or training abroad<\/span>. Head of Mission acts as administrative authority for monitoring attendance, certifying study completion, verifying medical certificates, and reporting irregularities.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(l)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Military Officer<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Military Officer means an officer of the Armed Forces who is-<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(i)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>A <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Commissioned Officer<\/span> of the Army, the Navy or the Air Force, or<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(ii)<\/div>\n <div>\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(a)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>A <span class=\"highlight-green\">Junior Commissioned Officer<\/span> (including an honorary commissioned officer), or an <span class=\"highlight-green\">'other rank'<\/span> of the Army, or<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(b)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>A <span class=\"highlight-green\">Branch List Officer<\/span> or <span class=\"highlight-green\">rating<\/span> of the Navy, or<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"sub-clause\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(c)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p>An <span class=\"highlight-green\">airman<\/span> including a <span class=\"highlight-green\">Master Warrant Officer<\/span> of the Air Force.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"styled-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Service<\/th>\n <th>Commissioned Officers<\/th>\n <th>Non-Commissioned Ranks<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Army<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Lieutenant to General<\/td>\n <td><strong>JCOs:<\/strong> Subedar Major, Subedar, Naib Subedar<br><strong>Other Ranks:<\/strong> Havildar, Naik, Lance Naik, Sepoy<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Navy<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Sub-Lieutenant to Admiral<\/td>\n <td><strong>Branch List Officers<\/strong><br><strong>Ratings:<\/strong> Master Chief Petty Officer to Ordinary Seaman<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Air Force<\/strong><\/td>\n <td>Flying Officer to Air Chief Marshal<\/td>\n <td><strong>Airmen:<\/strong> Master Warrant Officer, Warrant Officer, Junior Warrant Officer, Sergeant to Aircraftman<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"warning-box\">\n <div class=\"warning-box__icon\">\u26a0<\/div>\n <div class=\"warning-box__content\">\n <strong>Relevance:<\/strong> Definition applies when military officers on deputation to civilian departments or for inter-departmental leave coordination. Military personnel have separate leave rules but this ensures proper interface.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sub-clause\">\n <div class=\"sub-num\">(m)<\/div>\n <div>\n <p><span class=\"rule-name\">Vacation Department<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Vacation Department means a department or part of a department, to which <span class=\"highlight-blue\">regular vacations are allowed<\/span>, during which Government servants serving in the department are <span class=\"highlight-green\">permitted to be absent from duty<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Educational Institutions:<\/strong> Universities, colleges, schools, training institutes with summer\/winter vacations\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Judicial Departments:<\/strong> Courts with fixed vacation periods when routine hearings suspended\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Legislative Departments:<\/strong> Parliamentary departments aligned with Parliament sessions\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">4<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">\n <strong>Research Institutions:<\/strong> Organizations with academic calendars having regular vacations\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"success-box\">\n <div class=\"success-box__content\">\n <strong>Leave Impact:<\/strong> During <span class=\"highlight-blue\">officially sanctioned vacations<\/span>, absence doesn't count as leave. Must be on duty during working periods. Vacation periods don't reduce leave balance, making effective entitlement <span class=\"highlight-green\">higher than non-vacation departments<\/span>. Governed by special FR 83 provisions.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(2)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p>Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules<\/span> shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"dark-info-box\">\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__title\">Residuary Interpretative Provision<\/div>\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__content\">\n Ensures <strong>interpretative consistency<\/strong> across all service rules. If a term is undefined in CCS Leave Rules but defined in FR\/SR, the FR\/SR definition applies. Prevents ambiguity and maintains uniformity. Examples: \"competent authority,\" \"pay,\" \"emoluments,\" \"joining time,\" etc.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<br>\n<br>\n\n \n<div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-4\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 4<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Government Servants on Temporary Transfer or Foreign Service<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(1)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Sub-rule (1) \u2013 Continuity of CCS Leave Rules<\/span><\/p>\n <p>CCS Leave Rules continue to apply when Government servant is on:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Temporary transfer to <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Indian Railways<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Temporary transfer to <span class=\"highlight-blue\">State Government<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\"><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Foreign service within India<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(2)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Sub-rule (2) \u2013 Limited Applicability<\/span><\/p>\n <p>CCS Leave Rules apply only to the extent provided in terms and conditions when on:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Foreign service <span class=\"highlight-blue\">outside India<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Service with <span class=\"highlight-blue\">UN agencies<\/span> (whether within or outside India)<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Temporary transfer to <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Armed Forces of the Union<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-5\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 5<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Transfer from Services\/Posts Governed by Other Leave Rules<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"info-box\">\n <div class=\"info-box__content\">\n <strong>Applicability:<\/strong> Applies to <span class=\"highlight-blue\">permanent Government servants<\/span> to whom CCS Leave Rules do not originally apply.\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(a)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Clause (a) \u2013 Temporary Transfer<\/span><\/p>\n <p>When temporarily transferred to a post where CCS Leave Rules apply, the Government servant remains subject to the leave rules which were applicable to him before such transfer.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"exception-box\">\n <div class=\"exception-box__title\">Provisos for Clause (a)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"exception-box__list\">\n <li><span class=\"highlight-blue\">First Proviso \u2013 Military Officers not in permanent civil employ:<\/span> If elected to draw civil rates of pay, leave shall be regulated as per CCS Leave Rules.<\/li>\n <li><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Second Proviso \u2013 On Release\/Discharge from Armed Forces:<\/span> Annual leave due shall be carried forward with effect from the date of such release\/discharge.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-number\">(b)<\/div>\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Clause (b) \u2013 Substantive Appointment to Permanent Post<\/span><\/p>\n <p>When substantively appointed to a permanent post where CCS Leave Rules apply:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">CCS Leave Rules become applicable <span class=\"highlight-blue\">from the date of such appointment<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Leave at credit under previously applicable rules shall be <span class=\"highlight-blue\">carried forward<\/span> subject to maximum limits of accumulation as laid down in <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Rule 26<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">The leave so carried forward shall <span class=\"highlight-blue\">first be exhausted<\/span> before the leave earned under CCS Rules is availed of<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">4<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Leave salary in respect of carried forward leave shall be <span class=\"highlight-blue\">borne by the Department or Government<\/span> from which the Government servant proceeds on leave<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"important-box\">\n <strong>Proviso for Military Officers<\/strong>\n In addition to earned leave equal to annual leave on the date of appointment (as permissible under Armed Forces leave rules), <span class=\"highlight-blue\">half pay leave equal to the number of days of furlough<\/span> shall also be carried forward.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\" id=\"rule-6\">\n <span class=\"rule-header__badge\">RULE 6<\/span>\n <span class=\"rule-name\">Transfer to Industrial Establishment<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"dark-info-box\">\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__title\">When Does This Apply?<\/div>\n <div class=\"dark-info-box__content\">\n When a Government servant governed by CCS Leave Rules is appointed in an <span class=\"highlight-blue\">industrial establishment<\/span> wherein leave terms are governed by <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Factories Act, 1948<\/span>.\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rule-row\">\n <div class=\"rule-body\">\n <p><span class=\"highlight-blue\">Suo Motu Order by Competent Authority:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"numbered-list\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">1<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Cash equivalent of leave salary granted for <span class=\"highlight-blue\">earned leave and half pay leave<\/span> at credit<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">2<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Maximum limit: <span class=\"highlight-blue\">300 days<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__item\">\n <div class=\"numbered-list__number\">3<\/div>\n <div class=\"numbered-list__text\">Cash amount equals: <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Leave salary for EL<\/span> + <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Leave salary for HPL<\/span> + <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Dearness Allowance<\/span> at rates in force on the date the Government servant ceases to be governed by CCS Leave Rules<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proviso-box\">\n <div class=\"proviso-box__title\">Proviso \u2013 On Return to CCS Leave Rules Governed Post<\/div>\n <div class=\"proviso-box__content\">\n Benefits under <span class=\"highlight-blue\">Rule 39<\/span> modified as follows:\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"styled-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Scenario<\/th>\n <th>Condition<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><span class=\"highlight-blue\">On Superannuation<\/span><\/td>\n <td>Encashment of leave subject to condition that total of: <br>\u2022 Days of EL and HPL already encashed under Rule 6, and <br>\u2022 Days of EL and HPL to be encashed on superannuation <br>shall <span class=\"highlight-blue\">not exceed 300 days<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td><span class=\"highlight-blue\">On Premature Retirement<\/span><\/td>\n <td>Cash equivalent of unutilized EL and HPL subject to condition that total of: <br>\u2022 Days of EL and HPL already encashed under Rule 6, and <br>\u2022 Days of EL and HPL to be encashed on premature retirement <br>shall <span class=\"highlight-blue\">not exceed 300 days<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"exam-note-box\">\n <div class=\"exam-note-box__content\">\n <span class=\"exam-note-box__label\">Key Point:<\/span> The <span class=\"highlight-blue\">300-day cap<\/span> is a cumulative limit \u2013 it includes both the encashment done at the time of transfer to industrial establishment AND the encashment at the time of superannuation\/premature retirement.\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\n \n\n <script>\n \/\/ 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