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style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Preliminary<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.1\u20136<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch2\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd7<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter II<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">General Conditions<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.7\u201313<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch3\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd9<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter III<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Grant of & Return from Leave<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.14\u201325<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch4\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd5<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter IV<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Kinds of Leave<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.26\u201342<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch5\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd2<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter V<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Special Kinds of Leave<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.43\u201349<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch6\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd3<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter VI<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Study Leave<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.50\u201363<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch7\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd1<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter VII<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Miscellaneous<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.64\u201366<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"sch\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcdc<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Schedules<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">First & Second Schedule<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">Sch.<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n\n<main class=\"main\">\n <div class=\"pg-head\">\n <h1>Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 \u2014 Study Notes<\/h1>\n <div class=\"pg-sub\">Ministry of Personnel \u00b7 CSS ADDA Promotion Exams Portal<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"content-area\">\n\n \n <div id=\"ch1\" class=\"ch-block active\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter I<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Preliminary<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 1 to 6 \u00b7 Short Title \u00b7 Application \u00b7 Definitions \u00b7 Transfer Provisions<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 1<\/td><td>Short title and commencement<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Called CCS (Leave) Rules 1972 \u00b7 In force from 1st June 1972<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 2<\/td><td>Extent of application<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Applies to Central civil posts \u00b7 11 categories excluded including railway servants, AIS members, daily-rated, part-time, contract employees, persons on deputation from State Govts<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 3<\/td><td>Definitions<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Key definitions \u00b7 Completed years of service \u00b7 Date of retirement \u00b7 Foreign service \u00b7 Vacation Department \u00b7 disability (specified\/benchmark\/high support needs \u2014 added 2018)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 4<\/td><td>Govt servants on temporary transfer or on foreign service<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Temporary transfer to Railways\/State Govt \u2014 rules continue to apply \u00b7 Foreign service outside India \u2014 rules apply only to extent provided in terms<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 5<\/td><td>Transfer from services or posts governed by other leave rules<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Temporary transfer: old rules continue \u00b7 Substantive appointment to permanent post: rules apply from date of appointment; leave carried forward subject to Rule 26 maxima<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 6<\/td><td>Transfer to industrial establishment<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">On transfer to Factories Act establishment: cash equivalent of EL+HPL paid (max 300 days) \u00b7 On return: encashment on superannuation\/premature retirement subject to 300-day overall cap<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 1<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Short title and commencement<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcdc<\/span><span>These rules shall be called the <strong>Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>They came into force on <strong>1st June 1972<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 2<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Extent of application<\/span><\/div>\n <p style=\"margin-bottom:12px;font-size:14px;color:#555\">These rules apply to Government servants appointed to civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union. The following are <strong>excluded<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">11 Categories Excluded from CCS (Leave) Rules:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>Railway servants<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Persons in casual, daily-rated or part-time employment<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>Persons paid from contingencies<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(d)<\/span><span>Workmen employed in industrial establishments<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(e)<\/span><span>Persons employed in work-charged establishments<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(f)<\/span><span>Members of the All India Services<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(g)<\/span><span>Persons locally recruited for service in Diplomatic\/Consular\/Indian establishments in foreign countries<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(h)<\/span><span>Persons employed on contract (except when contract provides otherwise)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Persons with special provisions under the Constitution or any other law<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(j)<\/span><span>Persons governed by Fundamental Rules or Civil Service Regulations for leave purposes<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(k)<\/span><span>Persons on <strong>deputation from a State Government<\/strong> to a Central Govt Department for a limited duration <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 3<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Definitions<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Key Definitions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Completed years of service:<\/strong> Continuous service under Central Govt \u2014 includes period on duty as well as on leave including extraordinary leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Date of retirement:<\/strong> The <strong>afternoon of the last day of the month<\/strong> in which the Government servant attains the prescribed retirement age.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Foreign service:<\/strong> Service where a Government servant receives pay from any source other than the Consolidated Fund of India or any State or Union Territory.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Vacation Department:<\/strong> A department or part of a department to which regular vacations are allowed, during which Government servants are permitted to be absent from duty.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Disability:<\/strong> \"Specified disability\", \"benchmark disability\" and \"disability having high support needs\" as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Government servant in permanent employ:<\/strong> Holds substantively or provisionally a permanent post, or holds a lien (or suspended lien) on a permanent post.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Government servant in quasi-permanent employ:<\/strong> Declared eligible by UPSC, appointed to a temporary\/officiating vacancy expected to become permanent, but not confirmed after 3 years' continuous service. OR declared quasi-permanent under CCS (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 4<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Government servants on temporary transfer or on foreign service<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Temporary transfer to Indian Railways or State Govt or foreign service within India:<\/strong> CCS (Leave) Rules continue to apply.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Foreign service outside India (including UN agencies):<\/strong> Rules apply only to the extent provided in the terms and conditions of foreign service.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Temporary transfer to Armed Forces:<\/strong> Rules apply only to the extent provided in the terms of temporary transfer.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 5<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Transfer from services governed by other leave rules<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span><strong>Temporary transfer:<\/strong> The Government servant remains subject to the leave rules applicable before transfer.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Substantive appointment to permanent post:<\/strong> CCS (Leave) Rules apply from date of appointment. Leave at credit under previous rules carried forward subject to maximum limits under Rule 26. Carried-forward leave exhausted first.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Military Officer Proviso<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>For Military Officers, <strong>half pay leave equal to the number of days of furlough<\/strong> shall also be carried forward (in addition to earned leave) when appointed substantively to a permanent civil post.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 6<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Transfer to industrial establishment<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>On appointment in an industrial establishment governed by the <strong>Factories Act, 1948<\/strong>: cash equivalent of leave salary for EL and HPL at credit \u2014 maximum <strong>300 days<\/strong> \u2014 shall be paid.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>On return to CCS Rules:<\/strong> Encashment on superannuation or premature retirement is capped such that total encashment (under Rule 6 + Rule 39) does <strong>not exceed 300 days<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 300-day overall cap<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch2\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter II<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">General Conditions<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 7 to 13 \u00b7 Right to Leave \u00b7 Commutation \u00b7 Combination \u00b7 Maximum Continuous Leave<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 7<\/td><td>Right to leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave cannot be claimed as of right \u00b7 May be refused or revoked \u00b7 Kind cannot be altered except at written request \u00b7 Leave on medical certificate cannot be refused\/revoked without Medical Authority advice (binding)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 8<\/td><td>Regulation of claim to leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Claim regulated by rules in force at the time leave is applied for and granted<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 9<\/td><td>Effect of dismissal, removal or resignation<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave ceases on dismissal\/removal\/resignation \u00b7 3 exceptions: forwarded application, reinstatement, re-employment with past service counted<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 10<\/td><td>Commutation of one kind of leave into another<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Retrospective commutation allowed at request \u00b7 Not a right \u00b7 Request within 30 days of rejoining \u00b7 Adjustment of leave salary<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 11<\/td><td>Combination of different kinds of leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Any kind of leave may be combined with any other \u00b7 Casual leave cannot be combined with regular leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 12<\/td><td>Maximum amount of continuous leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No leave exceeding 5 years \u00b7 Absence beyond 5 years = deemed resignation \u00b7 Exception for leave on medical certificate for disability (2018)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 13<\/td><td>Acceptance of service while on leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No private employment without prior sanction \u00b7 LPR: cannot take private employment \u00b7 PSU\/public body employment permitted during LPR<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 7<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Right to leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Leave cannot be claimed as of right.<\/strong> When exigencies of public service so require, leave may be <strong>refused or revoked<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The authority shall <strong>not alter the kind of leave<\/strong> due and applied for, except at the <strong>written request of the Government servant<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Written request needed<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span><strong>Proviso (disability\/Rule 20 cases):<\/strong> Leave shall <strong>not be refused or revoked without reference to the Medical Authority<\/strong>, whose advice shall be binding. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 8<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Regulation of claim to leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>A Government servant's claim to leave is regulated by the <strong>rules in force at the time the leave is applied for and granted<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 9<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Effect of dismissal, removal or resignation on leave at credit<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Leave at credit <strong>ceases from the date<\/strong> of dismissal, removal or resignation.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Three Exceptions \u2014 Leave Does NOT Lapse<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">1\ufe0f\u20e3<\/span><span>Application forwarded through proper channel for another Govt of India post and applicant required to resign before taking up new post.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">2\ufe0f\u20e3<\/span><span>Government servant dismissed or removed and <strong>reinstated on appeal or revision<\/strong> \u2014 entitled to count prior service for leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3\ufe0f\u20e3<\/span><span>Government servant retired on compensation\/invalid pension\/gratuity, <strong>re-employed and allowed to count past service for pension<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 10<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Commutation of one kind of leave into another<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span>At the <strong>request of a Government servant<\/strong>, the granting authority may commute leave <strong>retrospectively<\/strong> into a different kind \u2014 which was due and admissible at the time. Not a right.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span><strong>Time limit:<\/strong> Request must be received within <strong>30 days of rejoining duty<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 30 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>Adjustment of leave salary \u2014 excess recovered or arrears paid.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> Extraordinary leave may be commuted retrospectively into <strong>leave not due<\/strong> subject to Rule 31.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 11<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Combination of different kinds of leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Any kind of leave may be granted in combination with or in continuation of any other kind of leave.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Important: <\/strong>Casual leave is <strong>not recognised as leave<\/strong> under these rules and shall <strong>not be combined<\/strong> with any other kind of leave admissible under these rules.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 12<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Maximum amount of continuous leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd12<\/span><span>No Government servant shall be granted leave for a <strong>continuous period exceeding five years<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 5-year maximum<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Absence beyond 5 years (other than on foreign service) \u2014 the Government servant shall be <strong>deemed to have resigned from Government service<\/strong>, unless the President determines otherwise.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>A <strong>reasonable opportunity<\/strong> to explain reasons for absence shall be given before invoking the deemed resignation.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span><strong>Disability exception:<\/strong> Rule 12 shall <strong>not apply<\/strong> to leave on medical certificate in connection with a <strong>disability<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 13<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Acceptance of service or employment while on leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>A Government servant while on leave shall <strong>not take up any service or employment<\/strong> elsewhere without prior sanction of \u2014 the <strong>President<\/strong> (if outside India) or the <strong>authority empowered to appoint him<\/strong> (if in India).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Special Rules for Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Government servant on LPR <strong>shall not be permitted to take up private employment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>May take up employment with a <strong>Public Sector Undertaking or specified body<\/strong> \u2014 leave salary remains the same as admissible under Rule 40.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span>If recalled to duty during LPR \u2014 <strong>unexpired portion of leave from date of rejoining shall be cancelled<\/strong> and may be encashed under Rule 39(2).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch3\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter III<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Grant of and Return from Leave<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 14 to 25 \u00b7 Application \u00b7 Leave Account \u00b7 Verification \u00b7 Medical Certificate \u00b7 Commencement \u00b7 Recall \u00b7 Return \u00b7 Overstay<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 14<\/td><td>Application for leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Form 1 to competent authority \u00b7 Disability proviso: application may be signed\/submitted by spouse, parents (if unmarried), adult child\/sibling, or limited guardian under RPWD Act 2016<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 15<\/td><td>Leave account<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Form 2 \u00b7 Gazetted: maintained by Audit Officer (or HoO if pay drawn\/disbursed by HoO) \u00b7 Non-Gazetted: maintained by Head of Office<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 16<\/td><td>Verification of title to leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No leave granted without admissibility report from authority maintaining leave account \u00b7 Sanction to indicate EL\/HPL balance \u00b7 Provisional sanction: up to 60 days if admissibility report unduly delayed<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 17<\/td><td>Leave not to be granted in certain circumstances<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Not granted when competent punishing authority has decided to dismiss, remove or compulsorily retire the Govt servant<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 18<\/td><td>Deleted<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 19<\/td><td>Grant of leave on medical certificate<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Gazetted: Form 3 (CGHS Dispensary\/Govt Hospital\/AMA) \u00b7 Non-Gazetted: Form 4 \u00b7 Disability: Form 3-A \u00b7 Waiver of MC for up to 3 days at authority's discretion (not treated as leave on MC) \u00b7 Second opinion from Govt Medical Officer not below Civil\/Staff Surgeon<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 20<\/td><td>Leave to Govt servant unlikely to be fit to return<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave may be granted even when Medical Authority says no reasonable prospect of fitness \u00b7 Up to 12 months at a time if uncertain \u00b7 If permanent disability certified (Form 3-A): leave\/extension not debited to leave account \u00b7 RPWD Act S.20 applies suo motu<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 21<\/td><td>Commencement and termination of leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave begins on day transfer of charge is effected \u00b7 Ends on day preceding resumption of charge<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 22<\/td><td>Combination of holidays with leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Holidays immediately before\/after leave (other than MC leave) may be prefixed\/suffixed automatically \u00b7 3 provisos (no securities\/moneys, no early transfer of other Govt servant, no delayed return of substitute) \u00b7 MC leave: separate auto-prefix\/suffix rules \u00b7 Compensatory leave = holiday for this purpose<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 23<\/td><td>Recall to duty before expiry of leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Sub-rules (1)&(2) deleted \u00b7 Sub-rule (3): recall treated as compulsory \u00b7 Leave salary continues till joining \u00b7 TA admissible \u00b7 If leave outside India: voyage treated as duty; free passage + TA from landing point<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 24<\/td><td>Return from leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Cannot return before leave expires without permission \u00b7 LPR: precluded from returning without consent of appointing authority \u00b7 MC leave: fitness certificate Form 5 required \u00b7 Gazetted: Medical Board (except \u22643 months or Board waives) \u00b7 Not entitled to resume same post as a matter of right<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 25<\/td><td>Absence after expiry of leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No leave salary for overstay period \u00b7 Period debited as HPL to extent due; excess treated as EOL \u00b7 Wilful absence = disciplinary action<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 14<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Application for leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Any application for leave or for <strong>extension of leave<\/strong> shall be made in <strong>Form 1<\/strong> to the authority competent to grant leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Disability Proviso \u2014 Who may sign the application (Added 2018)<\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#333;margin-bottom:10px\">Where a Government servant is <strong>unable to submit an application or medical certificate on account of a disability<\/strong>, the application may be signed and submitted by:<\/p>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>The <strong>spouse<\/strong> of the Government servant; or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>The <strong>parents<\/strong>, in case of an unmarried Government servant; or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>The <strong>child (including adopted child) or brother or sister<\/strong> of the Government servant who has attained the age of majority; or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(d)<\/span><span>Any person who has been assigned <strong>limited guardianship<\/strong> of the Government servant in terms of Section 14 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#1a7a48;margin-top:10px\">Such application shall be <strong>deemed to have been made and submitted by the Government servant himself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 15<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave account<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcd2<\/span><span>A leave account shall be maintained in <strong>Form 2<\/strong> for each Government servant:<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Who Maintains the Leave Account<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Category of Govt Servant<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Maintained By<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Gazetted Govt servants<\/strong> (pay drawn by Accounts Office)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Audit Officer<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Gazetted Govt servants<\/strong> (pay drawn and disbursed by HoO)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Head of Office<\/strong> (per Note to Rule 15)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Non-Gazetted Govt servants<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Head of Office<\/strong> or officer authorized by him<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 16<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Verification of title to leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> No leave shall be granted to a Government servant until a <strong>report regarding its admissibility<\/strong> has been obtained from the authority maintaining the leave account.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The order sanctioning leave shall indicate the <strong>balance of EL\/HPL at the credit<\/strong> of the Government servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Provisional Sanction \u2014 Sub-rule (2)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Where obtaining the admissibility report will be <strong>unduly delayed<\/strong>, the leave sanctioning authority may issue <strong>provisional sanction for a period not exceeding 60 days<\/strong> based on available information. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Max 60 days provisional<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span>Grant is subject to verification by the authority maintaining the leave account. A <strong>modified sanction<\/strong> shall be issued where necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>For Gazetted Govt servants, the <strong>Audit Officer may issue a provisional leave salary slip<\/strong> for a period not exceeding 60 days at the request of the competent authority.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Note \u2014 LPR \/ Cash payment cases (Rule 39):<\/strong> An <strong>undertaking for recovery of leave salary paid in excess<\/strong> shall be taken from the Government servant before provisional sanction of LPR or cash payment in lieu of leave.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 17<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave not to be granted in certain circumstances<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:6px\">Leave SHALL NOT be granted when:<\/strong>\n A competent <strong>punishing authority has decided to dismiss, remove or compulsorily retire<\/strong> the Government servant from Government service. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Decision = bar on leave<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Important Distinction \u2014 Rule 17 vs earlier understanding<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Rule 17 bars leave only when a <strong>decision to dismiss\/remove\/compulsorily retire has already been taken<\/strong> by the competent punishing authority \u2014 not merely when proceedings are pending or contemplated.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 19<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Grant of leave on medical certificate<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Forms and Medical Authorities<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Prescribed Medical Certificate Forms<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Category<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Form<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Issuing Authority<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Gazetted \u2014 CGHS beneficiary<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 3<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">CGHS Dispensary doctor; if away from CGHS area \u2014 AMA<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Gazetted \u2014 non-CGHS<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 3<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Government Hospital or AMA; for indoor\/specialized treatment \u2014 authorized private hospital doctor<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Non-Gazetted \u2014 CGHS beneficiary<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 4<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">CGHS Dispensary; if away from CGHS area \u2014 AMA or Registered Medical Practitioner (if no AMA within 8 km)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Non-Gazetted \u2014 non-CGHS<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 4<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Government Hospital or AMA<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Disability cases (any)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 3-A<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">CGHS doctor \/ Govt Hospital \/ Specialist \/ Medical Board (multiple disabilities)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Note \u2014 Non-Gazetted: Ayurvedic \/ Unani \/ Homoeopathic Certificate<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>A certificate from a registered <strong>Ayurvedic, Unani or Homoeopathic<\/strong> medical practitioner, or a registered <strong>Dentist<\/strong> (for dental ailments), or an <strong>honorary Medical Officer<\/strong> may be accepted for non-Gazetted Govt servants \u2014 provided such certificate is accepted by the Government of the <strong>State in which the Govt servant falls ill<\/strong> for its own employees.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Disability Certificate (Form 3-A)<\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#444;margin-bottom:10px\">In case of a Government servant who has acquired a disability, the Medical Authority shall certify in Form 3-A:<\/p>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>The <strong>nature and extent<\/strong> of the disability<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>The <strong>date from which<\/strong> such disability has occurred or manifested (to the extent medically possible)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>Whether there are reasonable prospects for the Govt servant to be fit to resume duties, and if not, <strong>categorically state that he is completely and permanently incapacitated<\/strong> for further service<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rules (2-A) and (2-B) \u2014 Added 2018<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2-A):<\/strong> Medical Authorities competent to issue Form 3-A disability certificate: CGHS doctor \/ Govt Hospital \/ Specialist in Govt Hospital \/ Medical Board (for multiple disabilities) \u2014 in addition to authorities under Chapter X of RPWD Act 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2-B):<\/strong> <strong>No reference from the Head of Office or any other authority<\/strong> may be required for issue of a medical certificate of disability. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 No HoO reference needed<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (3) to (6) \u2014 Second Opinion, Rights and Waiver<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> The leave sanctioning authority may, at its <strong>discretion<\/strong>, secure a <strong>second medical opinion<\/strong> by requesting a Government Medical Officer not below the rank of <strong>Civil Surgeon or Staff Surgeon<\/strong> to examine the applicant at the earliest.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (4):<\/strong> The Government Medical Officer shall express an opinion on <strong>both the facts of the illness and the necessity for the amount of leave recommended<\/strong>. He may require the applicant to appear before himself or a Medical Officer nominated by him.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (5):<\/strong> The grant of a medical certificate does <strong>not in itself confer any right to leave<\/strong>. The certificate shall be forwarded to the leave sanctioning authority and orders awaited. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Certificate \u2260 right to leave<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Waiver:<\/strong> The authority competent to grant leave may, in its <strong>discretion, waive the production of a medical certificate<\/strong> for leave of <strong>not exceeding three days at a time<\/strong>. Such leave shall <strong>not be treated as leave on medical certificate<\/strong> and shall be debited against other leave. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 3-day waiver<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 20<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave to a Government servant unlikely to be fit to return to duty<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1)(a):<\/strong> When a Medical Authority has reported that there is <strong>no reasonable prospect<\/strong> that the Government servant will ever be fit to return to duty, leave shall <strong>not necessarily be refused<\/strong> to such Government servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Two Situations under Sub-rule (1)(b)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>If Medical Authority is <strong>unable to say with certainty<\/strong> that the Government servant will never be fit: leave not exceeding <strong>12 months at a time<\/strong> may be granted. <strong>Extension requires fresh reference<\/strong> to Medical Authority. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 12 months at a time<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>If Government servant is declared as having acquired <strong>permanent disability preventing further service<\/strong> (Form 3-A received): leave or extension of leave may be granted after receipt of Form 3-A certificate.\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;margin-top:6px;padding-left:16px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\">\u2014 Any leave <strong>already debited<\/strong> during period under (i) after receipt of disability certificate shall be <strong>remitted back<\/strong> to the leave account.<\/li>\n <li>\u2014 Leave granted to regularise absence under (ii) shall <strong>not be debited<\/strong> to the leave account. <span class=\"tag-green\">Leave not debited<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> In the case of a Government servant granted leave under sub-rule (1)(b), the provisions of <strong>Section 20 of the RPWD Act, 2016<\/strong> shall apply <strong>suo motu<\/strong> (automatically, without application). <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 21<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Commencement and termination of leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>Except as provided in Rule 22, leave ordinarily <strong>begins on the day on which the transfer of charge is effected<\/strong> and <strong>ends on the day preceding that on which the charge is resumed<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Distinction from Common Understanding<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Rule 21 says leave <strong>begins on the day of handing over charge<\/strong> (not the day after). It <strong>ends on the day before resuming charge<\/strong> (the day of resumption is a working day). This is subject to Rule 22 (combination with holidays).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 22<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Combination of holidays with leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(i) \u2014 Leave Other Than Medical Certificate Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>When the day <strong>immediately preceding<\/strong> the start of leave or <strong>immediately following<\/strong> the expiry of leave is a holiday or series of holidays, the Government servant shall be deemed permitted to <strong>leave his station at close of the day before<\/strong> or <strong>return on the day following<\/strong> such holiday \u2014 subject to <strong>three provisos<\/strong>:<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">Three Provisos \u2014 Prefixing\/Suffixing NOT automatic if:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>His transfer\/assumption of charge involves <strong>handling securities or moneys<\/strong> other than a permanent advance<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>His early departure entails a <strong>correspondingly early transfer of another Govt servant<\/strong> to perform his duties<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>Delay in return involves a <strong>corresponding delay in the transfer\/discharge of the substitute<\/strong> performing his duties during absence<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(ii) \u2014 Leave on Medical Certificate<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Special Auto-Prefix\/Suffix Rules for MC Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span><strong>Certified medically unwell to attend office:<\/strong> Holidays <strong>immediately preceding<\/strong> the day of certification \u2014 <strong>automatically prefixed<\/strong> to leave. Holidays <strong>immediately succeeding<\/strong> that day (including that day) \u2014 <strong>automatically suffixed<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span><strong>Certified medically fit for joining duty:<\/strong> Holidays <strong>succeeding<\/strong> the day of fitness certification (including that day) \u2014 <strong>automatically suffixed<\/strong> to leave. Holidays <strong>preceding<\/strong> the day of fitness certification \u2014 treated as part of the leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (2) and (3) \u2014 Waiver and Pay Effects<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> The <strong>Head of Department<\/strong> may waive the application of Proviso (a) in any particular case \u2014 on condition that the departing Government servant remains <strong>responsible for the moneys in his charge<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> Unless the leave sanctioning authority directs otherwise:\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;margin-top:6px;padding-left:16px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\">(a) If holidays are <strong>prefixed<\/strong> to leave \u2014 leave and any rearrangement of pay take effect <strong>from the day after the holidays<\/strong>.<\/li>\n <li>(b) If holidays are <strong>suffixed<\/strong> to leave \u2014 leave is treated as having terminated from the day leave would have ended if holidays had not been suffixed; pay rearrangement takes effect from that day.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> A <strong>compensatory leave granted in lieu of duty performed on Sunday or a holiday<\/strong> (full day) may be treated as a holiday for the above purpose.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 23<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Recall to duty before expiry of leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rules (1) and (2):<\/strong> Deleted.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Recall is Compulsory \u2014 Entitlements<\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;margin-bottom:10px\">In case a Government servant is recalled to duty before expiry of leave, such recall shall be treated as <strong>compulsory in all cases<\/strong>. The Government servant is entitled to:<\/p>\n <div class=\"sec-h\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">If leave from which recalled is in India:<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Treated as <strong>on duty from the date he starts for the station<\/strong> to which ordered.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span><strong>Travelling allowance<\/strong> for the journey under applicable rules.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span><strong>Leave salary until he joins his post<\/strong> at the same rate as if not recalled.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"sec-h\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">If leave from which recalled is outside India:<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Time spent on <strong>voyage to India counts as duty<\/strong> for calculating leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span><strong>Leave salary during voyage to India<\/strong> and from date of landing to joining post \u2014 at same rate as if not recalled.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span><strong>Free passage to India<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iv)<\/span><span><strong>Refund of passage from India<\/strong> if Government servant has not completed half the period of leave by date of leaving for India on recall, or <strong>three months, whichever is shorter<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(v)<\/span><span><strong>Travelling allowance<\/strong> for travel from the place of landing in India to the place of duty.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 24<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Return from leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Cannot Return Early Without Permission<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>A Government servant on leave shall <strong>not return to duty before the expiry of leave<\/strong> unless permitted to do so by the authority which granted him leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Leave Preparatory to Retirement<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">LPR Special Rule: <\/strong>A Government servant on <strong>leave preparatory to retirement<\/strong> is <strong>precluded from returning to duty<\/strong>, save with the consent of the authority competent to appoint him to the post from which he proceeded on LPR. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Consent of appointing authority needed<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Fitness Certificate on Return from Medical Certificate Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> A Government servant who took leave on medical certificate may <strong>not return to duty until he has produced a medical certificate of fitness in Form 5<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (3)(b) \u2014 Gazetted Officers: Medical Board Required (with Exceptions)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>For Gazetted officers, the fitness certificate shall be obtained from a <strong>Medical Board<\/strong>, <strong>except<\/strong> in:<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Cases where leave is for <strong>not more than three months<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Cases where leave is for more than three months but the Medical Board at the time of original\/extension certificate <strong>specifically states<\/strong> that the Govt servant need not appear before another Medical Board for the fitness certificate<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#5a3d00;margin-top:8px\">In such excepted cases, certificate may be from: Chief Medical Officer \/ District Medical Officer \/ Civil Surgeon \/ Staff Surgeon \/ CGHS Medical Officer or (for cases under sub-rule (6) of Rule 19) from AMA or Medical Superintendent of the hospital concerned.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3)(d):<\/strong> For <strong>non-Gazetted<\/strong> Govt servants, the authority may at its <strong>discretion accept a certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 No Automatic Right to Same Post<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> A Government servant returning from leave is <strong>not entitled to resume the same post<\/strong> which he held before going on leave, as a matter of course \u2014 unless specifically ordered. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>(b)<\/strong> He shall <strong>report his return to duty<\/strong> to the authority which granted leave (or the authority specified in the leave order) and <strong>await orders<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> A Government servant who had been suffering from <strong>Tuberculosis<\/strong> may be allowed to resume duty on the basis of a fitness certificate which recommends <strong>light work<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 25<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Absence after expiry of leave<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:6px\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Treatment of Overstay Period:<\/strong>\n Unless leave is extended by the competent authority, a Government servant absent after the end of leave:\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Is entitled to <strong>no leave salary<\/strong> for the period of absence<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>That period shall be <strong>debited against his leave account as though it were HPL<\/strong>, to the extent HPL is due<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The period <strong>in excess of HPL due<\/strong> shall be treated as <strong>Extraordinary Leave<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point \u2014 HPL first, then EOL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> <strong>Wilful absence from duty<\/strong> after expiry of leave renders a Government servant <strong>liable to disciplinary action<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Numbers and Facts to Remember \u2014 Chapter III<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 14:<\/strong> Leave application in <strong>Form 1<\/strong> \u00b7 Disability: spouse\/parent\/adult child\/sibling\/limited guardian may sign<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 15:<\/strong> Leave account in <strong>Form 2<\/strong> \u00b7 Gazetted: Audit Officer (or HoO if pay drawn by HoO) \u00b7 Non-Gazetted: HoO<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 16:<\/strong> Provisional sanction: <strong>max 60 days<\/strong> if admissibility report delayed<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 17:<\/strong> Leave barred only when punishing authority has <strong>decided<\/strong> dismissal\/removal\/compulsory retirement (not merely contemplating)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 19:<\/strong> Gazetted \u2014 <strong>Form 3<\/strong> \u00b7 Non-Gazetted \u2014 <strong>Form 4<\/strong> \u00b7 Disability \u2014 <strong>Form 3-A<\/strong> \u00b7 Fitness \u2014 <strong>Form 5<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 19(6):<\/strong> MC may be waived for leave up to <strong>3 days at a time<\/strong> (not treated as leave on MC)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 19(2-B):<\/strong> No HoO reference needed for disability certificate<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 20:<\/strong> Uncertain about permanent disability \u2014 leave up to <strong>12 months at a time<\/strong> \u00b7 Extension requires fresh reference to Medical Authority<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 20:<\/strong> Permanent disability confirmed (Form 3-A) \u2014 leave <strong>not debited<\/strong> to leave account; previous HPL debits remitted back<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 21:<\/strong> Leave begins on <strong>day of handing over charge<\/strong> \u00b7 Ends on <strong>day before resuming charge<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 22:<\/strong> 3 provisos for prefix\/suffix \u00b7 Compensatory leave = holiday for prefix\/suffix purpose<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 23:<\/strong> Recall = always compulsory \u00b7 If recalled from outside India: refund of passage if < half leave completed or <strong>3 months, whichever shorter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 24:<\/strong> Cannot return early without permission \u00b7 LPR: needs appointing authority consent \u00b7 Fitness Form 5 needed after MC leave \u00b7 No automatic right to same post<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 25:<\/strong> Overstay: no leave salary \u00b7 Debited as <strong>HPL first<\/strong>, excess as <strong>EOL<\/strong> \u00b7 Wilful absence = disciplinary action<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch4\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter IV<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Kinds of Leave Due and Admissible<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 26 to 42 \u00b7 EL \u00b7 HPL \u00b7 Commuted Leave \u00b7 Leave Not Due \u00b7 EOL \u00b7 LPR \u00b7 Encashment \u00b7 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 26<\/td><td>Earned leave \u2014 Non-Vacation Departments<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">15 days credited in advance on 1st Jan & 1st July every year \u00b7 Max accumulation 300 days \u00b7 Balance >285 days: advance credit kept separately, adjusted first against EL taken \u00b7 Joining time (unavailed) credited as EL (max 15 days) \u00b7 Foreign service counts as duty if leave salary contribution paid<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 27<\/td><td>Calculation of Earned Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">2\u00bd days per completed calendar month \u00b7 On retirement\/resignation: up to date of retirement\/resignation \u00b7 On removal\/dismissal: up to end of preceding calendar month \u00b7 On death: up to date of death \u00b7 EOL\/dies non: credit reduced by 1\/10th of period (max 15 days) \u00b7 Fractions rounded to nearest day<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 28<\/td><td>Earned leave \u2014 Vacation Departments<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">5 days credited on 1st Jan & 1st July \u00b7 If vacation partially availed: additional EL proportional to un-availed vacation (max 30 days in a year) \u00b7 If no vacation availed: EL as per Rule 26 \u00b7 Max accumulation 300 days \u00b7 Vacation may combine with EL subject to limits<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 29<\/td><td>Half pay leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">10 days credited in advance on 1st Jan & 1st July \u00b7 Rate: 5\/3 days per completed calendar month \u00b7 On death: up to date of death \u00b7 Dies non: credit reduced by 1\/18th (max 10 days) \u00b7 No accumulation cap \u00b7 Admissible on MC or private affairs \u00b7 Departmental leave employees: 20 days per 12 months actual duty<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 30<\/td><td>Commuted leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Max half of HPL at credit \u00b7 On MC \u00b7 1 day commuted = 2 days HPL debited \u00b7 Prospect of return required \u00b7 Up to 180 days without MC for approved course of study in public interest \u00b7 Recovery if resigns\/retires voluntarily without returning (not if ill-health\/death)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 31<\/td><td>Leave not due<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Permanent\/quasi-permanent: max 360 days during service \u00b7 Temporary with TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/Mental illness + 1 year service: max 360 days \u00b7 Only on MC \u00b7 Debited against future HPL \u00b7 Recovery if quits without earning (not if ill-health\/death\/compulsory retirement)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 32<\/td><td>Extraordinary leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No other leave admissible OR Govt servant applies in writing \u00b7 No leave salary \u00b7 Non-permanent limits: 3M \/ 6M (1yr service + MC) \/ 18M (TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/Mental illness) \/ 24M (studies, 3yr service) \u00b7 Bond in Form 6 for study EOL \u00b7 SC\/ST: HoD may grant EOL for Pre-Exam Training Course \u00b7 Two spells with intervening leave = one continuous spell \u00b7 Absence without leave may be commuted into EOL retrospectively<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 33<\/td><td>Leave to probationer, person on probation and apprentice<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Probationer: entitled as if substantive \u00b7 Leave not beyond probationary period or date of termination \u00b7 Person on probation: leave as temporary\/permanent depending on post \u00b7 Apprentice: \u00bd pay leave (max 1 month\/year) on MC + EOL<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 34<\/td><td>Persons re-employed after retirement<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Treated as fresh entrant from date of re-employment for all leave purposes<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rules 35\u201337<\/td><td>Deleted<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 38<\/td><td>Leave preparatory to retirement<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL (max 300 days) + HPL due, extending up to and including date of retirement \u00b7 No EOL in LPR \u00b7 On foreign service in Local Body: foreign employer decides with lending authority's concurrence \u00b7 In other foreign service: LPR only on quitting foreign employer<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 38-A<\/td><td>Encashment of EL with LTC while in service<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Max 10 days per LTC \u00b7 Balance of 30 days EL must remain after encashment + leave availed \u00b7 Overall cap: 60 days in career \u00b7 No HRA in cash equivalent \u00b7 Failure to avail LTC: refund + 2% above PF interest rate + leave re-credited \u00b7 Not counted against Rules 6\/39\/39-A\/39-B\/39-C\/39-D limits<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39<\/td><td>Cash payment in lieu of leave \u2014 retirement\/cessation<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No leave granted beyond retirement\/resignation\/final cessation \u00b7 Superannuation: suo motu EL+HPL max 300 days \u00b7 If resigns\/quits: EL only, half of EL at credit, max 150 days \u00b7 Service extended: during extension leave as per Rule 26; after extension encashment max 300 days \u00b7 Withheld if disciplinary\/criminal proceedings pending<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39-A<\/td><td>Cash equivalent \u2014 death in service<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL+HPL at credit on date of death, max 300 days \u00b7 Paid to family per Rule 39-C order \u00b7 DA also payable additionally<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39-B<\/td><td>Cash equivalent \u2014 invalidation from service<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL+HPL max 300 days \u00b7 Non-permanent: HPL component not included<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39-C<\/td><td>Payment of cash equivalent \u2014 in case of death<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">11-rung family order: widow\/husband \u2192 eldest son\/adopted son \u2192 unmarried daughter \u2192 widowed daughter \u2192 father \u2192 mother \u2192 married daughter \u2192 brother (<18) \u2192 unmarried sister \u2192 widowed sister \u2192 eldest child of predeceased son<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39-D<\/td><td>Cash equivalent \u2014 permanent absorption in PSU\/Autonomous Body<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL only (not HPL) at credit on date of absorption, max 300 days \u00b7 \"Permanent absorption\" = resignation from Govt service through proper channel to take up PSU appointment<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 40<\/td><td>Leave Salary<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL: pay drawn immediately before leave \u00b7 HPL\/Leave Not Due: half of sub-rule (1) \u00b7 Commuted leave: full pay (= EL rate) \u00b7 EOL: nil \u00b7 ESI Act employees: leave salary reduced by ESI benefit for corresponding period \u00b7 Re-employment EL: pay excluding pension\/gratuity equivalent<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 41<\/td><td>Drawal of leave salary<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave salary payable under these rules shall be drawn in rupees in India<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 42<\/td><td>Advance of leave salary<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Advance up to one month's pay and allowances on that leave salary \u00b7 Available for leave of 30 days or more \u00b7 Subject to deductions: Income Tax, PF, HRA, advances, etc.<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 26<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Earned Leave \u2014 Non-Vacation Departments<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(a) \u2014 Advance Credit Mechanism<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc How EL is Credited \u2014 Sub-rule (1)(a)(i)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>Leave account credited with EL in advance in <strong>two instalments of 15 days each<\/strong> on the <strong>1st day of January and 1st day of July<\/strong> every calendar year. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 15+15 days advance<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udce6<\/span><span>Leave at credit at close of previous half-year carried forward, subject to the condition that: <strong>carried forward leave + half-year credit does not exceed 300 days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 285-Day Proviso \u2014 Special Adjustment Rule<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Where EL at credit on <strong>last day of December or June is more than 285 days but 300 days or less<\/strong>: the advance credit of 15 days on 1st January\/July shall <strong>not be credited to the leave account<\/strong> directly.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span>Instead, it shall be <strong>kept separately<\/strong> and <strong>first adjusted against EL taken during that half-year<\/strong>. Balance, if any, credited at close of half-year subject to 300-day cap. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 285-day trigger<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(a)(ii) \u2014 Credit of Unavailed Joining Time as EL<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>When a Government servant joins a new post without availing full joining time because: <strong>(a)<\/strong> ordered to join without full joining time, or <strong>(b)<\/strong> proceeds alone and takes family later within permissible period \u2014<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>The <strong>unavailed joining time (max 15 days, reduced by days actually availed)<\/strong> shall be credited to his EL account. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Joining time credited as EL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Condition: EL at credit together with joining time so credited shall <strong>not exceed 300 days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(c) \u2014 Non-Permanent Govt Servant Appointed to Permanent Post<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Where a Govt servant not in permanent\/quasi-permanent employ is <strong>appointed substantively to a permanent post without interruption<\/strong>, his leave account shall be credited with the EL that would have been admissible had his previous duty been rendered as permanent\/quasi-permanent \u2014 reduced by EL already taken.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Any EOL availed since permanent appointment may, subject to Rule 10, be <strong>converted into EL<\/strong> to the extent due and admissible as a result of recasting of the leave account.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(d) \u2014 Foreign Service Counts as Duty<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>A period spent in <strong>foreign service shall count as duty<\/strong> for earning EL under Rule 26, <strong>if contribution towards leave salary is paid<\/strong> on account of such period. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Maximum EL Granted at One Time<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Maximum EL at One Time<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>180 days<\/strong> \u2014 in the case of any Government servant employed in India <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 180 days max at one time<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>150 days<\/strong> \u2014 in the case of Government servants of non-Asiatic domicile mentioned in the Exception to sub-rule (1)<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 EL exceeding 180 days for Class I\/II spending leave abroad<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2708\ufe0f<\/span><span>EL exceeding 180 days but not exceeding <strong>300 days<\/strong> may be granted if the <strong>entire leave or any portion is spent outside India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan<\/strong> \u2014 for Govt servants in Class I or Class II service.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Condition: Period of such leave <strong>spent in India shall not in the aggregate exceed 180 days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 27<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Calculation of Earned Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> EL credited at the rate of <strong>2\u00bd days for each completed calendar month<\/strong> of service which he is likely to render in a half-year of the calendar year in which he is appointed. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 2.5 days per completed month<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Credit in Special Circumstances<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span><strong>Retirement or resignation:<\/strong> Credit at 2\u00bd days per completed month <strong>up to the date of retirement or resignation<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span><strong>Removal or dismissal:<\/strong> Credit at 2\u00bd days per completed month <strong>up to the end of the calendar month preceding the calendar month of removal\/dismissal<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Up to preceding month<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span><strong>Death while in service:<\/strong> Credit at 2\u00bd days per completed month <strong>up to the date of death<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> If a Govt servant has availed of <strong>EOL and\/or some period treated as dies non<\/strong> in a half-year, the credit at commencement of the next half-year shall be reduced by <strong>1\/10th of the period of such EOL\/dies non, subject to a maximum of 15 days<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Reduction: 1\/10th, max 15 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (4):<\/strong> While affording credit, <strong>fractions of a day shall be rounded off to the nearest day<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 28<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Earned Leave \u2014 Vacation Departments<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc EL for Vacation Department Employees \u2014 Three Scenarios<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Scenario<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">EL Credited<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Advance credit each half-year (1st Jan & 1st July)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>5 days each<\/strong> = 10 days per year<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Portion of vacation availed<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Additional EL in proportion of <strong>20 days<\/strong> as un-availed vacation bears to full vacation (total in year \u2264 <strong>30 days<\/strong>)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">No vacation availed at all<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">EL as per <strong>Rule 26<\/strong> (i.e., 15 days each half-year)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>For this rule, <strong>\"year\" = 12 months of actual duty<\/strong> in a Vacation Department \u2014 not a calendar year.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>A Govt servant is considered to have <strong>availed vacation<\/strong> unless required by general\/special order of higher authority to forgo it. If prevented from enjoying <strong>more than 15 days<\/strong> of vacation by such order \u2014 considered to have availed <strong>no portion<\/strong> of the vacation. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 15-day threshold<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd17<\/span><span><strong>Vacation + EL combination:<\/strong> Vacation may be taken in combination with or in continuation of any leave. Total of vacation and EL taken in conjunction shall <strong>not exceed the EL due and admissible under Rule 26<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udce6<\/span><span>Maximum accumulation: <strong>300 days<\/strong> (same as Rule 26). Unavailed joining time credit facility also available to Vacation Dept employees.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 29<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Half Pay Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc HPL \u2014 Credit Mechanism<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> HPL account credited in advance in <strong>two instalments of 10 days each<\/strong> on the <strong>1st day of January and July<\/strong> every calendar year. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 10+10 days advance = 20 days per year<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>Rate:<\/strong> <strong>5\/3 days per completed calendar month<\/strong> of service (sub-rule (2)(a)).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u267e\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>No maximum accumulation limit.<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Key exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Credit in Special Circumstances<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span><strong>Retirement\/resignation:<\/strong> 5\/3 days per completed month <strong>up to date of retirement\/resignation<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span><strong>Removal\/dismissal:<\/strong> 5\/3 days per completed month <strong>up to end of preceding calendar month<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ca)<\/span><span><strong>Death in service:<\/strong> 5\/3 days per completed month <strong>up to date of death<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(d)<\/span><span><strong>Dies non:<\/strong> Credit at commencement of next half-year reduced by <strong>1\/18th of the period of dies non, subject to max 10 days<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Reduction: 1\/18th, max 10 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> A Govt servant eligible for <strong>Departmental leave (Rule 49)<\/strong> shall be entitled to HPL of <strong>20 days on completion of 12 months of actual duty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (4):<\/strong> HPL may be granted on <strong>medical certificate or on private affairs<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (5):<\/strong> Fractions of a day shall be <strong>rounded off to the nearest day<\/strong> while affording HPL credit.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 30<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Commuted Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> Commuted leave not exceeding <strong>half of HPL at credit<\/strong> may be granted on medical certificate.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Conditions: <strong>(a)<\/strong> Competent authority satisfied there is <strong>reasonable prospect of returning to duty<\/strong> on expiry. <strong>(d)<\/strong> Twice the amount of commuted leave shall be <strong>debited against HPL<\/strong> due. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 1 commuted day = 2 HPL days debited<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (1-A) \u2014 Commuted Leave Without MC for Course of Study<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>HPL up to a maximum of <strong>180 days may be commuted without production of medical certificate<\/strong> where the leave is utilised for an <strong>approved course of study certified to be in the public interest<\/strong> by the leave sanctioning authority. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 180 days without MC for study<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Recovery on Voluntary Resignation\/Retirement:<\/strong> Where a Govt servant granted commuted leave <strong>resigns or retires voluntarily without returning to duty<\/strong>, commuted leave shall be treated as HPL and the <strong>difference in leave salary recovered<\/strong>.\n <p style=\"margin-top:6px;font-size:13px\"><strong>No recovery if:<\/strong> Retirement is by reason of <strong>ill-health incapacitating<\/strong> the Govt servant for further service, or in the event of <strong>death<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> Commuted leave may be granted <strong>even when EL is due<\/strong> \u2014 at the request of the Govt servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 31<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave Not Due<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Permanent\/Quasi-permanent Govt Servants<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span>Leave Not Due may be granted (excluding LPR) to a Govt servant in <strong>permanent or quasi-permanent employ<\/strong>, limited to a <strong>maximum of 360 days during entire service on medical certificate<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 360 days max<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>Conditions: <strong>(a)<\/strong> Reasonable prospect of returning to duty \u00b7 <strong>(b)<\/strong> Limited to HPL likely to be earned thereafter \u00b7 <strong>(c)<\/strong> Debited against HPL to be earned subsequently.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (1-A) \u2014 Temporary Govt Servants (TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/Mental Illness)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Leave Not Due up to <strong>360 days<\/strong> may also be granted to <strong>temporary Govt servants suffering from TB, Leprosy, Cancer or Mental Illness<\/strong> \u2014 additional conditions:<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Minimum <strong>1 year of service<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 1 year minimum<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>The post from which proceeding on leave is <strong>likely to last till return to duty<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Request supported by <strong>medical certificate as per Rule 32(2)(c)\/(d)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Recovery of Leave Salary:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>If Govt servant granted Leave Not Due <strong>resigns or retires voluntarily without returning to duty<\/strong>: Leave Not Due shall be <strong>cancelled<\/strong>, resignation\/retirement takes effect from date Leave Not Due commenced, and <strong>leave salary recovered<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>If Govt servant <strong>returns to duty but then resigns\/retires before earning the leave<\/strong>: liable to refund leave salary to extent leave not yet earned.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>No recovery if:<\/strong> Retirement due to ill-health incapacitating for service \u00b7 death \u00b7 compulsory retirement under CCS (Pension) Rule 48(1)(b) or FR 56(j)\/(l).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 32<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Extraordinary Leave (EOL)<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Two Circumstances for Grant<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>When <strong>no other leave is admissible<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>When other leave is admissible, but the Govt servant <strong>applies in writing<\/strong> for the grant of EOL<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>Leave salary: <strong>Nil<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Limits for Non-Permanent Govt Servants<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 EOL Limits on Any One Occasion \u2014 Non-Permanent Employees<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#c9a227;color:#1a3400\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Clause<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Maximum<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Conditions<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e8e0c0\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(a)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>3 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">General<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e8e0c0;background:#fffdf0\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(b)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>6 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Completed <strong>1 year's continuous service<\/strong> on date of expiry of all due leave including 3M EOL under (a) + supported by <strong>medical certificate<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e8e0c0\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(d)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>18 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Completed <strong>1 year's continuous service<\/strong> + undergoing treatment for: <strong>Pulmonary TB or Pleurisy (in recognised sanatorium or at home under TB Specialist)<\/strong>, <strong>TB of any other part<\/strong> (qualified TB Specialist\/Civil\/Staff Surgeon), <strong>Leprosy<\/strong> (recognised leprosy institution), <strong>Cancer or Mental illness<\/strong> (recognised institution)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(e)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>24 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">For <strong>studies certified in public interest<\/strong> + completed <strong>3 years' continuous service<\/strong> on date of expiry of all due leave including 3M EOL under (a) <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 3 years for study EOL<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Bond for Study EOL<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> Where EOL in relaxation of clause (e) is granted for studies, the Govt servant shall execute a <strong>Bond in Form 6<\/strong> \u2014 undertaking to refund actual expenditure incurred by Govt (plus interest) if he does not return to duty on expiry of such leave or quits service before <strong>3 years after return to duty<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 3-year service obligation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>(b)<\/strong> Bond to be supported by <strong>Sureties from two permanent Govt servants<\/strong> of comparable or higher status.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (4), (5) and (6) \u2014 Special Provisions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (4):<\/strong> Government servants belonging to <strong>Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes<\/strong> may be granted EOL by the <strong>Head of Department<\/strong> in relaxation of sub-rule (2) for attending <strong>Pre-Examination Training Course<\/strong> at Govt-notified centres. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 SC\/ST: HoD power<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (5):<\/strong> <strong>Two spells of EOL, if intervened by any other kind of leave, shall be treated as one continuous spell<\/strong> of EOL for the purpose of sub-rule (2). <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (6):<\/strong> The authority competent to grant leave may <strong>commute retrospectively periods of absence without leave into EOL<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 33<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave to Probationer, Person on Probation and Apprentice<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Three Categories<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(1)<\/span><span><strong>Probationer<\/strong> \u2014 entitled to leave as if holding the post substantively (not on probation). Leave shall not extend: <strong>(i)<\/strong> beyond date probationary period expires or is extended, or <strong>(ii)<\/strong> beyond the earlier date of termination of services.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(2)<\/span><span><strong>Person appointed on probation<\/strong> \u2014 entitled to leave as a <strong>temporary or permanent Govt servant<\/strong> according as the appointment is against a temporary or permanent post. However, if he already holds a lien on a permanent post before such appointment \u2014 entitled to leave as a <strong>permanent Govt servant<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(3)<\/span><span><strong>Apprentice<\/strong> \u2014 entitled to:\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:12px;margin-top:4px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>(a)<\/strong> Leave on medical certificate, on leave salary equivalent to <strong>half pay, for a period not exceeding one month in any year<\/strong> of apprenticeship<\/li>\n <li><strong>(b)<\/strong> Extraordinary leave under Rule 32<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 34<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Persons Re-employed after Retirement<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In the case of a person re-employed after retirement, the provisions of these rules shall apply as if he had <strong>entered Government service for the first time on the date of his re-employment<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Fresh entrant for all leave purposes<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 38<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR)<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Quantum and Condition<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>A Govt servant may be permitted to take LPR to the extent of <strong>EL due, not exceeding 300 days<\/strong>, together with HPL due \u2014 subject to the condition that such leave <strong>extends up to and includes the date of retirement<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 EL max 300 days \u00b7 must touch retirement date<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> LPR shall <strong>not include EOL<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Govt Servant on Foreign Service in Local Body<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>Where Govt servant is on foreign service in or under a Local Authority \/ Corporation \/ Company wholly or substantially owned\/controlled by Govt or a Body controlled\/financed by Govt: the decision to <strong>grant or refuse LPR shall be taken by the foreign employer<\/strong> with the <strong>concurrence of the lending authority<\/strong> under Central Govt.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Such Govt servant shall also be allowed to <strong>encash EL at credit on the date of retirement<\/strong> in the manner provided in Rule 39(2).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Foreign Service in Other Bodies<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Where Govt servant is on foreign service in or under a local body <strong>other than the one in sub-rule (2)(a)<\/strong>, LPR shall be admissible <strong>only when he quits duty under the foreign employer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Proviso:<\/strong> Where the Govt servant <strong>continues in service under such foreign employer<\/strong>, he shall <strong>not be eligible<\/strong> for cash payment in lieu of leave under Rule 39.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 38-A<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Encashment of Earned Leave along with LTC while in service<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Conditions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span>A Govt servant may be permitted to encash EL up to <strong>10 days at the time of availing LTC while in service<\/strong>, subject to: <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Max 10 days per LTC<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A balance of <strong>at least 30 days of EL<\/strong> is available at credit after accounting for encashment and leave being availed. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 30-day minimum balance<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Total EL so encashed during entire career <strong>does not exceed 60 days in aggregate<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 60-day lifetime cap<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Formula for Cash Equivalent<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Cash Equivalent Formula \u2014 Rule 38-A<\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;margin:6px 0 4px\"><strong>Cash equivalent = [(Pay + DA on date of availing LTC) \u00f7 30] \u00d7 Number of days of EL encashed (max 10 days)<\/strong><\/p>\n <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#555\">Note: <strong>No House Rent Allowance<\/strong> is included in the cash equivalent (Sub-rule (3)).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Not Counted Against Other Encashment Limits<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The period of EL encashed under Rule 38-A shall <strong>not be deducted from the quantum of leave that can normally be encashed<\/strong> under Rules 6, 39, 39-A, 39-B, 39-C and 39-D.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Failure to Avail LTC<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Consequence if LTC is not availed within prescribed time:<\/strong> The Govt servant shall be required to <strong>refund the entire amount of leave encashed along with interest at 2% above the rate of interest allowed on PF balances<\/strong>. He shall also be entitled to <strong>credit back of leave so debited<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 2% above PF rate<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cash Payment in lieu of Leave \u2014 Retirement \/ Cessation of Service<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 No Leave Beyond These Dates<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>No leave shall be granted beyond: <strong>(a)<\/strong> date of retirement \u00b7 <strong>(b)<\/strong> date of final cessation of duties \u00b7 <strong>(c)<\/strong> date of retirement by notice or pay in lieu of notice \u00b7 <strong>(d)<\/strong> date of resignation.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Superannuation: Suo Motu Cash Equivalent<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Cash Equivalent on Normal Retirement \u2014 Formula<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The authority competent to grant leave shall <strong>suo motu<\/strong> issue an order granting cash equivalent of EL + HPL at credit on date of retirement \u2014 <strong>maximum 300 days overall<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 300 days overall cap<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>For EL component:<\/strong> Cash = [(Pay + DA on retirement date) \u00f7 30] \u00d7 Days of EL at credit<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>For HPL component:<\/strong> Cash = [(Half Pay leave salary + DA thereon) \u00f7 30] \u00d7 Days of HPL at credit<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Overall limit for both EL and HPL combined: <strong>300 days<\/strong>. <strong>No commutation of HPL to make up shortfall in EL.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Payable as <strong>one lump sum as one-time settlement<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Withholding on Disciplinary Proceedings<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Power to Withhold:<\/strong> Where a Govt servant retires while under <strong>suspension<\/strong> or while <strong>disciplinary or criminal proceedings are pending<\/strong>, the competent authority may <strong>withhold whole or part of cash equivalent of EL<\/strong> if there is a possibility of money becoming recoverable on conclusion of proceedings. On conclusion, the withheld amount shall be paid after adjustment of Govt dues.\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Service Extended Beyond Retirement Date<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>During period of extension: EL due for extension period + EL at credit on date of retirement \u2014 subject to max <strong>180\/300 days as per Rule 26<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>After expiry of extension: cash equivalent of EL+HPL at retirement + EL+HPL earned during extension minus leave availed during extension \u2014 subject to <strong>max 300 days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Retirement by Notice or Pay in Lieu of Notice<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Suo motu cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit \u2014 subject to <strong>max 300 days<\/strong>. Same formula as sub-rule (2).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Various Modes of Cessation<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Cash Equivalent by Mode of Separation<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Mode<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Leave Encashed<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Maximum<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Services terminated by notice \/ pay in lieu (6)(a)(i)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">EL + HPL at credit<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>300 days<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Resignation or quitting service<\/strong> (6)(a)(ii)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>EL only<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>half<\/strong> of EL at credit<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>150 days<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Half of EL, max 150 days<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Termination of re-employment (6)(a)(iii)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">EL + HPL at credit on termination date<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>300 days<\/strong> (including encashment at retirement)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39-A<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cash Equivalent of Leave Salary \u2014 Death in Service<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>Cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit of the <strong>deceased Govt servant on the date of death<\/strong>, not exceeding <strong>300 days<\/strong>, shall be <strong>paid to his family<\/strong> in the manner specified in Rule 39-C. Same formula as Rule 39(2). <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 300 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> In addition to cash equivalent of leave salary, the family shall also be entitled to payment of <strong>Dearness Allowance only<\/strong> as per separately issued orders.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39-B<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cash Equivalent of Leave Salary \u2014 Invalidation from Service<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> A Govt servant declared by a Medical Authority to be <strong>completely and permanently incapacitated for further service<\/strong> may be granted, suo motu, cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit on date of invalidation \u2014 maximum <strong>300 days<\/strong>. Same formula as Rule 39(2).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> A Govt servant <strong>not in permanent or quasi-permanent employ<\/strong> shall <strong>not be granted cash equivalent in respect of HPL<\/strong> standing at his credit on the date of invalidation. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Non-permanent: no HPL encashment<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39-C<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Payment of Cash Equivalent \u2014 Death of Govt Servant (Order of Payment)<\/span><\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#444;margin-bottom:10px\">In the event of death (in service, after retirement, or after cessation of duties but before actual receipt of cash equivalent), the amount shall be payable in the following order:<\/p>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc 11-Rung Order of Payment<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span><strong>Widow<\/strong> (eldest surviving widow by date of marriage if more than one) \/ <strong>Husband<\/strong> (if female Govt servant)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>son<\/strong> or adopted son<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>unmarried daughter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iv)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>widowed daughter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(v)<\/span><span><strong>Father<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(vi)<\/span><span><strong>Mother<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(vii)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>married daughter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(viii)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>brother below the age of 18 years<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ix)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>unmarried sister<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(x)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>widowed sister<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(xi)<\/span><span>Eldest child of the <strong>eldest predeceased son<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39-D<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cash Equivalent \u2014 Permanent Absorption in PSU \/ Autonomous Body<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfed<\/span><span>A Govt servant permitted to be <strong>absorbed in a Corporation\/Company\/Body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by Central\/State Govt<\/strong> shall be granted, suo motu, cash equivalent of <strong>EL at credit on the date of absorption \u2014 subject to maximum of 300 days<\/strong>. Same formula as Rule 39(2).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Note \u2014 \"Permanent absorption\" means:<\/strong> A Govt servant who applied through proper channel for a PSU\/Autonomous Body post and <strong>resigns from Govt service<\/strong> to take up that appointment. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Only EL, not HPL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 40<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave Salary<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Leave Salary \u2014 Complete Summary<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Type of Leave<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Leave Salary (Sub-rule)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Earned Leave<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Pay drawn immediately before proceeding on EL<\/strong> (sub-rule (1))<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Half Pay Leave \/ Leave Not Due<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Half<\/strong> of the amount in sub-rule (1) (sub-rule (3))<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Commuted Leave<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay<\/strong> \u2014 same as EL (sub-rule (4))<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Extraordinary Leave<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Nil<\/strong> (sub-rule (5))<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>EL earned during re-employment<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Pay <strong>exclusive of pension and pension equivalent of retirement benefits<\/strong> (sub-rule (7)(c))<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Important Notes \u2014 Rule 40<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Foreign service out of India:<\/strong> Pay which the Govt servant <strong>would have drawn if on duty in India<\/strong> but for foreign service shall be substituted for the pay actually drawn while calculating leave salary.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>ESI Act employees (sub-rule (8)):<\/strong> Leave salary payable during leave <strong>other than EL<\/strong> shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of ESI benefit payable<\/strong> for the corresponding period.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (9) \u2014 Adjustment on retirement\/resignation:<\/strong> If leave already availed is more than credit due, necessary adjustment shall be made in respect of leave salary overdrawn. Overpayment also recovered in cases of dismissal\/removal or death.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 41<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Drawal of Leave Salary<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The leave salary payable under these rules shall be <strong>drawn in rupees in India<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 42<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Advance of Leave Salary<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>A Govt servant (including a Govt servant on foreign service) proceeding on leave for a period of <strong>not less than 30 days<\/strong> may be allowed an advance in lieu of leave salary of up to <strong>one month's pay and allowances admissible on that leave salary<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Subject to deductions on account of: <strong>Income Tax, Provident Fund, House Rent, Recovery of Advances, etc.<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 30-day minimum for advance<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Numbers to Remember \u2014 Chapter IV<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>EL credited:<\/strong> 15+15 days (1st Jan & 1st July) \u00b7 Rate: 2.5 days\/completed month \u00b7 Max: <strong>300 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>285-day trigger:<\/strong> If EL >285 days on 31 Dec\/30 Jun, advance credit kept separately, adjusted first<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>EL max at one time:<\/strong> <strong>180 days<\/strong> (in India) \u00b7 Up to 300 days if Class I\/II and entire\/part leave spent outside specified countries<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>EL reduction for EOL\/dies non:<\/strong> 1\/10th of period, max <strong>15 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>HPL credited:<\/strong> 10+10 days (1st Jan & 1st July) \u00b7 Rate: 5\/3 days\/completed month \u00b7 <strong>No accumulation cap<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>HPL reduction for dies non:<\/strong> 1\/18th of period, max <strong>10 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Commuted leave:<\/strong> Max half of HPL at credit \u00b7 1 day = 2 HPL days debited \u00b7 <strong>180 days without MC<\/strong> for approved course of study<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Leave Not Due:<\/strong> Permanent\/quasi-permanent: <strong>360 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Temporary (TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/MH + 1yr service): <strong>360 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>EOL limits (non-permanent):<\/strong> 3M \/ 6M (1yr + MC) \/ 18M (TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/MH + 1yr) \/ 24M (study + 3yrs)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Study EOL Bond (Form 6):<\/strong> Refund if leaves within <strong>3 years of return<\/strong> \u00b7 2 permanent sureties<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>LPR:<\/strong> EL max <strong>300 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Must include date of retirement \u00b7 No EOL in LPR<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 38-A (LTC encashment):<\/strong> Max <strong>10 days per LTC<\/strong> \u00b7 30-day EL balance must remain \u00b7 <strong>60 days lifetime<\/strong> \u00b7 No HRA \u00b7 Failure: refund + <strong>2% above PF rate<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 39 (superannuation):<\/strong> EL+HPL max <strong>300 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Resignation\/quitting: <strong>half of EL, max 150 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 39-C order:<\/strong> 11 rungs \u00b7 \"Eldest surviving widow\" = by date of marriage, not age<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 39-D (PSU absorption):<\/strong> <strong>EL only<\/strong>, max 300 days \u00b7 No HPL<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 42 advance:<\/strong> Leave of <strong>30+ days<\/strong> required \u00b7 Up to <strong>1 month's pay and allowances<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch5\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter V<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Special Kinds of Leave other than Study Leave<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 43 to 49 \u00b7 Maternity \u00b7 Paternity \u00b7 Child Adoption \u00b7 CCL \u00b7 WRIIL \u00b7 Seamen \u00b7 Sexual Harassment \u00b7 Departmental Leave<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43<\/td><td>Maternity Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">180 days \u00b7 Female Govt servant (including apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Full pay \u00b7 Not debited to leave account \u00b7 Miscarriage\/abortion: 45 days (irrespective of children) \u00b7 Combination: any leave + commuted leave (max 60 days) + leave not due up to 2 years in continuation \u00b7 Surrogacy: surrogate + commissioning mother (both if Govt servants) eligible for 180 days<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43-A<\/td><td>Paternity Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">15 days \u00b7 Male Govt servant (including apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Within 15 days before or 6 months after delivery \u00b7 Full pay \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 Not normally refused \u00b7 Lapses if not availed within period \u00b7 Surrogacy: commissioning father eligible within 6 months of delivery<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43-AA<\/td><td>Paternity Leave for Child Adoption<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">15 days \u00b7 Male Govt servant (including apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Child below 1 year \u00b7 Within 6 months from pre-adoption foster care or valid adoption \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 Lapses if not availed \u00b7 If foster care not followed by valid adoption: leave debited from other leave \u00b7 \"Child\" includes ward under Guardians and Wards Act if treated as family member + special will<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43-B<\/td><td>Child Adoption Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">180 days \u00b7 Female Govt servant \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Child below 1 year \u00b7 Immediately after foster care or valid adoption \u00b7 Full pay \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 If foster care not followed by adoption: leave debited from other leave \u00b7 In continuation: leave due + leave not due + commuted leave (max 60 days, no MC) up to 1 year minus child's age at adoption \u00b7 \"Child\" includes ward<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43-C<\/td><td>Child Care Leave (CCL)<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">730 days during entire service \u00b7 Female Govt servant + single male Govt servant \u00b7 For 2 eldest surviving children \u00b7 Child: below 18 years OR any age with \u226540% disability \u00b7 Max 3 spells\/calendar year (single female: 6 spells) \u00b7 Min 5 days at a time \u00b7 Not during probation except extreme situations \u00b7 100% salary for first 365 days; 80% for next 365 days \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 Combination: any leave + commuted leave (max 60 days) + leave not due up to 1 year in continuation \u00b7 Surrogacy: commissioning mother (<2 children) eligible \u00b7 Hospital inpatient child: authority may relax to 6 spells<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 44<\/td><td>Work Related Illness and Injury Leave (WRIIL)<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Illness\/injury attributable to\/aggravated by official duties or official position \u00b7 Full pay during entire hospitalization \u00b7 Beyond hospitalization: non-military \u2014 full pay 6 months + half pay 12 months (half pay period may be commuted) \u00b7 CAPF officers: full pay 6M + full pay 24M \u00b7 CAPF below officer rank: full pay, no limit \u00b7 ESI\/Workmen's Compensation: leave salary reduced by compensation\/benefit \u00b7 No EL or HPL credited during WRIIL<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 45\u201346<\/td><td>Omitted<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 47<\/td><td>Seamen's sick leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Officers\/warrant\/petty officers on Govt vessel \u00b7 Medical treatment (illness or injury): max 6 weeks on full pay \u00b7 Disabled in exercise of duty: max 3 months on full pay (Govt MO certificate + disability not self-caused + vacancy not filled) \u00b7 Not granted if malingering\/drunkenness\/self-inflicted \u00b7 Workmen's Compensation\/ESI: leave salary reduced by compensation\/benefit<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 48<\/td><td>Special Leave \u2014 Sexual Harassment<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Up to 90 days \u00b7 Aggrieved female Govt servant \u00b7 On recommendation of Internal\/Local Committee \u00b7 During pendency of inquiry under POSH Act 2013 \u00b7 Not debited against leave account<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 49<\/td><td>Departmental Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">For Survey of India field\/recess staff and seasonal P&T staff \u00b7 Only when services temporarily not required \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 May be granted when no leave is due \u00b7 Recess: max 18 months \u00b7 Non-recess (Survey of India): max 1 year (6M at a time) \u00b7 Leave salary: 25% of EL salary + DA only \u00b7 Paid monthly for first 6M; thereafter on return \u00b7 Without leave salary only with Presidential authorisation<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Maternity Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Duration and Eligibility<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc69<\/span><span>A <strong>female Government servant (including an apprentice)<\/strong> with <strong>less than two surviving children<\/strong> may be granted maternity leave for a period of <strong>180 days<\/strong> from the date of its commencement. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 180 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>During maternity leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to <strong>pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave<\/strong> (full pay).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>ESI Act Note:<\/strong> Where ESI Act 1948 applies, the leave salary shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of ESI benefit payable<\/strong> for the corresponding period.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Miscarriage \/ Abortion<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Maternity Leave for Miscarriage \/ Abortion<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>Maternity leave not exceeding <strong>45 days<\/strong> may also be granted to a female Govt servant (irrespective of the number of surviving children) during the entire service in case of <strong>miscarriage including abortion<\/strong> \u2014 on production of medical certificate as per Rule 19. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 45 days \u00b7 Irrespective of number of children<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Maternity leave availed before the commencement of the CCS(Leave) Amendment Rules, 1995 shall <strong>not be taken into account<\/strong> for the purpose of this sub-rule.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Combination with Other Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> Maternity leave may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(b)<\/strong> Notwithstanding the requirement of medical certificate in Rule 30(1) or Rule 31(1), leave of the kind due and admissible \u2014 <strong>including commuted leave for a period not exceeding 60 days and leave not due \u2014 up to a maximum of two years<\/strong> \u2014 may, if applied for, be granted in continuation of maternity leave granted under sub-rule (1). <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Up to 2 years continuation \u00b7 commuted leave max 60 days without MC<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Not Debited to Leave Account<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Maternity leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Surrogacy (Added 2024)<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Surrogacy Provision \u2014 Added June 2024<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In case of surrogacy, <strong>both the surrogate mother and the commissioning mother<\/strong> with less than two surviving children may be granted maternity leave of <strong>180 days<\/strong>, in case either or both of them are Government servants. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2024<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>\"Surrogate mother\"<\/strong> means the woman who bears the child on behalf of the commissioning mother.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43-A<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Paternity Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Duration, Eligibility and Period<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc68<\/span><span>A <strong>male Government servant (including an apprentice)<\/strong> with <strong>less than two surviving children<\/strong> may be granted paternity leave for a period of <strong>15 days<\/strong> during the confinement of his wife for childbirth \u2014 i.e., up to <strong>15 days before<\/strong>, or up to <strong>six months from the date of delivery<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 15 days \u00b7 within 6 months<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (2) to (5) \u2014 Leave Salary, Combination, Debit, Lapse<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>(2)<\/strong> Leave salary: <strong>pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave<\/strong> (full pay).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(3)<\/strong> Paternity leave may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>(4)<\/strong> Paternity leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>(5)<\/strong> If paternity leave is <strong>not availed within the period specified in sub-rule (1)<\/strong>, such leave shall be treated as <strong>lapsed<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Lapses if not availed<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Surrogacy (Added 2024)<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Surrogacy Provision \u2014 Added June 2024<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In case of a child begotten through surrogacy, the <strong>commissioning father<\/strong> who is a male Govt servant with less than two surviving children may be granted paternity leave of <strong>15 days<\/strong> within <strong>6 months from the date of delivery<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2024<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>\"Commissioning father\"<\/strong> means the intending father of the child born through surrogacy.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Note: <\/strong>Paternity Leave shall <strong>not normally be refused under any circumstances<\/strong>.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43-AA<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Paternity Leave for Child Adoption<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Eligibility and Duration<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc68<\/span><span>A <strong>male Government servant (including an apprentice)<\/strong> with <strong>less than two surviving children<\/strong>, on accepting a child in <strong>pre-adoption foster care<\/strong> or on <strong>valid adoption of a child below the age of one year<\/strong>, may be granted paternity leave for a period of <strong>15 days<\/strong>, within a period of <strong>six months<\/strong> from the date of accepting the child in foster care or valid adoption. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 15 days \u00b7 Child below 1 year \u00b7 within 6 months<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Proviso \u2014 Foster Care Not Followed by Adoption:<\/strong> If pre-adoption foster care is <strong>not followed by valid adoption<\/strong>, the paternity leave already availed shall be <strong>debited from any other kind of leave<\/strong> available to the credit of the male Govt servant.\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (2) to (5)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>(2)<\/strong> Leave salary: <strong>full pay<\/strong> drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(3)<\/strong> Paternity leave may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>(4)<\/strong> Paternity leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>(5)<\/strong> If paternity leave is not availed within the specified period, such leave shall be treated as <strong>lapsed<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Definition of \"Child\" for this Rule<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>\"Child\" includes a child taken as <strong>ward by the Government servant under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 or the personal law applicable<\/strong> \u2014 provided: the ward <strong>lives with the Govt servant<\/strong>, is <strong>treated as a member of the family<\/strong>, and the Govt servant has <strong>through a special will conferred the same status as a natural born child<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Paternity Leave shall <strong>not normally be refused under any circumstances<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43-B<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Child Adoption Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Eligibility and Duration<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc69<\/span><span>A <strong>female Government servant<\/strong> with <strong>fewer than two surviving children<\/strong>, on accepting a child in <strong>pre-adoption foster care<\/strong> or on <strong>valid adoption of a child below the age of one year<\/strong>, may be granted child adoption leave for a period of <strong>180 days<\/strong>, <strong>immediately after<\/strong> accepting the child in foster care or on valid adoption. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 180 days \u00b7 Child below 1 year<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Proviso \u2014 Foster Care Not Followed by Adoption:<\/strong> If pre-adoption foster care is <strong>not followed by valid adoption<\/strong>, the leave already availed shall be <strong>debited from any other kind of leave<\/strong> available to the credit of the female Govt servant.\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>During child adoption leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to <strong>pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave<\/strong> (full pay).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Combination and Continuation<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> Child adoption leave may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (3)(b) \u2014 Extension in Continuation of Child Adoption Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In continuation of child adoption leave, a female Govt servant on valid adoption may also be granted, if applied for, leave of the kind due and admissible \u2014 <strong>including leave not due and commuted leave not exceeding 60 days without MC<\/strong> \u2014 for a period up to <strong>one year reduced by the age of the adopted child on the date of valid adoption<\/strong>, without taking into account child adoption leave already granted. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Commuted leave max 60 days without MC<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Proviso:<\/strong> This facility shall <strong>not be admissible<\/strong> if she is already having two surviving children at the time of adoption.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Not Debited to Leave Account<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Child adoption leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note \u2014 \"Child\":<\/strong> Includes a child taken as ward under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 or applicable personal law \u2014 provided the ward lives with the Govt servant, is treated as a family member, and through a special will has been conferred the same status as a natural born child.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43-C<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Child Care Leave (CCL)<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Eligibility and Total Quantum<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>A <strong>female Government servant<\/strong> and a <strong>single male Government servant<\/strong> may be granted CCL for a maximum period of <strong>730 days during entire service<\/strong> for taking care of their <strong>two eldest surviving children<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 730 days \u00b7 Two eldest children<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Purpose: for <strong>rearing or looking after any of their needs<\/strong> such as education, sickness and the like.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Definition of \"Child\"<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc \"Child\" for CCL purposes \u2014 Two Categories<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A child <strong>below the age of 18 years<\/strong>; or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>An offspring of <strong>any age with a minimum disability of 40%<\/strong> as specified in the MoSJE Notification No. 16-18\/97-NI.1 dated 01.06.2001. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Any age if \u226540% disability<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Conditions<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Conditions for Grant of CCL<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Not granted for more than <strong>three spells in a calendar year<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 3 spells per year (general)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Relaxation:<\/strong> Leave sanctioning authority may relax up to <strong>3 additional spells beyond the existing 3<\/strong> (i.e., up to 6 spells total) where the child is admitted in hospital as <strong>inpatient<\/strong>. [DoPT OM dated 29.07.2024]<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>In case of a <strong>single female Government servant<\/strong>, grant in three spells per year shall be extended to <strong>six spells in a calendar year<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Single female: 6 spells<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Shall <strong>not ordinarily be granted during probation period<\/strong>, except in extreme situations where leave sanctioning authority is satisfied about the need and the period is <strong>minimal<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iv)<\/span><span>CCL may <strong>not be granted for a period less than 5 days at a time<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Minimum 5 days at a stretch<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc CCL Salary Rates<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>First <strong>365 days<\/strong>: <strong>100% of salary<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>Next <strong>365 days<\/strong>: <strong>80% of salary<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 80% for second block<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Explanation \u2014 \"Single Male Government servant\"<\/strong> means an <strong>unmarried, or widower, or divorcee<\/strong> Government servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (5), (6), (7) and (8)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(5)<\/strong> CCL may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(6)<\/strong> Notwithstanding the MC requirement in Rule 30(1) or 31(1), leave of the kind due and admissible \u2014 <strong>including commuted leave not exceeding 60 days and leave not due \u2014 up to a maximum of one year<\/strong> \u2014 if applied for, may be granted in continuation with CCL. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Commuted leave max 60 days without MC in continuation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>(7)<\/strong> CCL shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Sub-rule (8) \u2014 Surrogacy Provision (Added 2024)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In case of surrogacy, the <strong>commissioning mother with less than two surviving children<\/strong> may be granted CCL. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2024<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>\"Commissioning mother\"<\/strong> means the intending mother of the child born through surrogacy.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 44<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Work Related Illness and Injury Leave (WRIIL)<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span>WRIIL may be granted to a Government servant (whether <strong>permanent or temporary<\/strong>) who suffers illness or injury that is <strong>attributable to or aggravated in the performance of official duties or in consequence of official position<\/strong> \u2014 subject to Rule 19(1). <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Attributable to official duties<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Condition (1) \u2014 During Hospitalization<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>Full pay and allowances<\/strong> shall be granted during the <strong>entire period of hospitalization<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Full pay for entire hospitalization<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Condition (2) \u2014 Beyond Hospitalization<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc WRIIL Beyond Hospitalization \u2014 Three Categories<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Category<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Entitlement<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(a) Govt servant (non-military officer)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay<\/strong> for first <strong>6 months<\/strong> after hospitalization + <strong>Half pay for next 12 months<\/strong>. The half pay period may be commuted to full pay with corresponding HPL days debited from leave account.<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(b) CAPF Officers<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay<\/strong> for first <strong>6 months<\/strong> after hospitalization + <strong>Full pay for next 24 months<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(c) CAPF Below Officer Rank<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay and allowances with no limit<\/strong> regarding period <span class=\"tag-green\">No time limit<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Conditions (3) and (4)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>(3)<\/strong> Where the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 applies, the leave salary payable under WRIIL shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of compensation paid under the Act<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>(4)<\/strong> <strong>No EL or HPL shall be credited<\/strong> during the period that the employee is on WRIIL. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 No EL\/HPL credit during WRIIL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 47<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Seamen's Sick Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Sick Leave for Officers\/Warrant\/Petty Officers<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2693<\/span><span>A Govt servant serving as an <strong>officer, warrant officer or petty officer on a Government vessel<\/strong>, while undergoing medical treatment for sickness or injury (on vessel or in hospital), may be granted leave on full pay for a period <strong>not exceeding six weeks<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Max 6 weeks<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Proviso \u2014 Not granted if:<\/strong> A Govt Medical Officer certifies the Govt servant is <strong>malingering<\/strong>, or that ill-health is due to <strong>drunkenness or similar self-indulgence<\/strong>, or to his own action in <strong>wilfully causing or aggravating<\/strong> disease or injury.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Disability in Exercise of Duty<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2693<\/span><span>A seaman <strong>disabled in the exercise of his duty<\/strong> may be allowed leave on full pay for a maximum period <strong>not exceeding three months<\/strong>, if: <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Max 3 months<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A <strong>Government Medical Officer certifies<\/strong> the disability<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>The disability is <strong>not due to the seaman's own carelessness or inexperience<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>The <strong>vacancy caused by his absence is not filled<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Compensation\/ESI Deduction<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>Where the <strong>Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923<\/strong> applies: leave salary shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of compensation payable under Section 4(1)(d)<\/strong> of that Act.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Where the <strong>Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948<\/strong> applies: leave salary shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of ESI benefit payable<\/strong> for the corresponding period.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 48<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Special Leave connected to Inquiry of Sexual Harassment<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/span><span>Leave up to a period of <strong>90 days<\/strong> may be granted to an <strong>aggrieved female Government servant<\/strong> on the <strong>recommendation of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee<\/strong>, as the case may be, during the pendency of inquiry under the <strong>Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 90 days \u00b7 Female Govt servant only \u00b7 IC\/LC recommendation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Leave granted under this rule shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 49<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Departmental Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Eligible Categories<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Departmental leave may be granted to:\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:16px;margin-top:4px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>(a)<\/strong> Class III Govt servants (other than Division I staff and Clerks) and Class IV Govt servants in the <strong>Survey of India<\/strong>, attached to Survey Parties with field and recess duties.<\/li>\n <li><strong>(b)<\/strong> Members of the <strong>seasonal staff in the Posts and Telegraphs Department<\/strong>, whose duties are not continuous but limited to certain fixed periods each year.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Only When Services Temporarily Not Required<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In addition to leave due and admissible, departmental leave may be granted <strong>only to Government servants whose services are temporarily not required<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 In addition to other leave<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (3) and (4) \u2014 Authority and Maximum Duration<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Departmental Leave \u2014 Duration and Sanctioning Authority<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Type<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Sanctioned By<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Maximum<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Survey of India \u2014 <strong>Recess<\/strong> (with leave salary)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Head of Party\/Office; extended by Surveyor-General<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>18 months<\/strong> in all<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">P&T Department \u2014 <strong>Recess<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Authority not below Divisional Superintendent of Post Offices; extended by PMG\/Director of P&T<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>18 months<\/strong> in all<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Survey of India \u2014 <strong>Non-Recess<\/strong> (in interest of Govt, not at request of Govt servant)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Directors of Survey of India; extended by Surveyor-General<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>6 months<\/strong> at a time; <strong>1 year<\/strong> in all \u00b7 Leave on MC not treated as in interest of Govt<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Departmental Leave Without Leave Salary<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Where the <strong>President by general or special order authorizes<\/strong>, departmental leave <strong>without leave salary<\/strong> may be granted by the Surveyor-General\/PMG\/Director of P&T in continuation of departmental leave with leave salary.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Departmental Leave Salary Rules<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A Govt servant on departmental leave <strong>with leave salary<\/strong> shall be paid <strong>25% of the leave salary admissible during EL under Rule 40(1)<\/strong>. <strong>No allowance other than Dearness Allowance<\/strong> shall be admissible on such leave salary. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 25% of EL salary + DA only<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Leave salary is paid <strong>at the end of each month for the first six months<\/strong> and thereafter <strong>when the Govt servant returns to duty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Proviso (Death during departmental leave):<\/strong> Where a Govt servant dies while on departmental leave, his leave salary up to the <strong>date of death or the last day of such leave with leave salary, whichever is earlier<\/strong>, shall be paid to his heirs.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (7) to (10) \u2014 Other Provisions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(7)<\/span><span>Departmental leave does <strong>not count as duty<\/strong> and shall <strong>not be debited to the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(8)<\/span><span>Departmental leave may be granted <strong>when no leave is due<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Can be granted without any leave at credit<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(9)<\/span><span>Departmental leave may be <strong>combined with any other kind of leave which may be due<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(10)(a)<\/span><span>Where the Surveyor-General\/PMG\/Director of P&T considers that a Govt servant is <strong>unlikely to be eligible for departmental leave in future<\/strong>, he may by order in writing declare that, with effect from a specified date (not earlier than the Govt servant's last return from departmental leave), <strong>any balance of leave at debit in the leave account shall be cancelled<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(10)(b)<\/span><span>All leave earned <strong>after such date shall be credited as due<\/strong> in the leave account; all leave taken after such date (including departmental leave with leave salary) shall be <strong>debited<\/strong> in it.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Numbers to Remember \u2014 Chapter V<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Maternity Leave:<\/strong> <strong>180 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Female (incl. apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Miscarriage\/abortion: <strong>45 days<\/strong> (irrespective of children) \u00b7 Continuation: any leave + commuted (max 60 days) + leave not due up to <strong>2 years<\/strong> \u00b7 Surrogacy: both surrogate + commissioning mother eligible (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Paternity Leave:<\/strong> <strong>15 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Male (incl. apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Within 15 days before or <strong>6 months after delivery<\/strong> \u00b7 Cannot be refused normally \u00b7 Lapses if not availed \u00b7 Surrogacy\/adoption also covered<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Child Adoption Leave (female):<\/strong> <strong>180 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Child below 1 year \u00b7 Immediately after foster care\/adoption \u00b7 Continuation: leave not due + commuted (max 60 days, no MC) up to <strong>1 year minus child's age at adoption<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>CCL:<\/strong> <strong>730 days<\/strong> entire service \u00b7 2 eldest children \u00b7 Child <18 years OR any age with \u2265<strong>40% disability<\/strong> \u00b7 3 spells\/year (single female: 6) \u00b7 Min <strong>5 days<\/strong> \u00b7 100% pay for 365 days; <strong>80%<\/strong> for next 365 days \u00b7 Continuation: commuted max 60 days + leave not due up to <strong>1 year<\/strong> \u00b7 Hospital inpatient: up to 6 spells (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>WRIIL beyond hospitalization:<\/strong> Non-military: full pay <strong>6M<\/strong> + half pay <strong>12M<\/strong> \u00b7 CAPF officers: full pay <strong>6M<\/strong> + full pay <strong>24M<\/strong> \u00b7 CAPF below officers: <strong>no limit<\/strong> \u00b7 No EL\/HPL credit during WRIIL<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Seamen's sick leave:<\/strong> Sickness\/injury: max <strong>6 weeks<\/strong> full pay \u00b7 Disabled in duty: max <strong>3 months<\/strong> full pay<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Special Leave (POSH):<\/strong> <strong>90 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Female Govt servant only \u00b7 On IC\/LC recommendation \u00b7 Not debited<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Departmental Leave salary: 25%<\/strong> of EL salary + DA only \u00b7 First 6M paid monthly; thereafter on return \u00b7 Recess max <strong>18 months<\/strong> \u00b7 Non-recess Survey of India: max <strong>1 year<\/strong> (6M at a time)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Maternity\/Paternity\/CCL\/Child Adoption Leave:<\/strong> All \u2014 <strong>not debited to leave account<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n <div id=\"ch6\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter VI<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Study Leave<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 50 to 63 \u00b7 Conditions \u00b7 Maximum \u00b7 Sanction \u00b7 Leave Salary \u00b7 Allowances \u00b7 TA \u00b7 Fees \u00b7 Resignation<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 50<\/td><td>Conditions for grant of study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Higher studies \/ specialised training with direct connection to sphere of duty \u00b7 Also for: training\/study tour in public interest, public administration background, mind-widening studies \u00b7 NOT for academic\/literary subjects (except IES\/ISS PhD with CEA\/CSO approval, Medical Officers with DGHS certificate, specialists with HoD certificate) \u00b7 Foreign exchange approval from DEA required for leave outside India \u00b7 DEA must be satisfied applicant meets minimum educational criteria \u00b7 Not if adequate facilities exist in India \u00b7 5 years regular continuous service (incl. probation) \u00b7 Not if superannuation within 3 years of expected return (5 years for CHS officers on 36M leave) \u00b7 Bond to serve 3 years after return (5 years for CHS officers) \u00b7 Not granted so frequently as to cause cadre difficulties<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 51<\/td><td>Maximum amount of study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Generally: max 12 months at a time; max 24 months in entire service (inclusive of similar leave under any other rules) \u00b7 Central Health Service Officers: up to 36 months for PG qualification (bond: serve 5 years after completion)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 52<\/td><td>Applications for study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Through proper channel \u00b7 Course\/examination to be specified \u00b7 If details not possible or programme changes after leaving India: submit particulars to HoM\/competent authority and await approval before commencing course (at own risk if not waited)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 53<\/td><td>Sanction of study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Admissibility report from Audit Officer (including prior study leave already availed) \u00b7 If serving temporarily in another dept: concurrence of permanent cadre dept required \u00b7 If abroad: Head of Mission to be informed \u00b7 Bond forms: permanent employee \u2014 Form 7 (study leave) \/ Form 8 (extension) \u00b7 Non-permanent \u2014 Form 9 (study leave) \/ Form 10 (extension) \u00b7 Certificate of bond execution sent to Audit Officer \u00b7 On completion: certificates of exams\/courses submitted to granting authority (via HoM if abroad)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 54<\/td><td>Accounting of study leave and combination<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Not debited to leave account \u00b7 May be combined with other leave \u00b7 Total absence including vacation not to exceed 28 months (36 months for PhD courses) \u00b7 Other leave coinciding with course does not count as study leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 55<\/td><td>Regulation of study leave extending beyond course<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">If course falls short of leave granted: must resume duty on conclusion of course, unless prior sanction obtained to treat shortfall period as ordinary leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 56<\/td><td>Leave Salary during study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Outside India: full pay + DA + HRA \u00b7 Inside India: full pay + DA + HRA (subject to certificate of no scholarship\/stipend\/part-time remuneration) \u00b7 Scholarship\/stipend\/part-time remuneration adjusted against leave salary (floor: not below HPL salary) \u00b7 Pay revision benefits drawn from date of revision even during study leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rules 57\u201359<\/td><td>Omitted<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 60<\/td><td>Admissibility of allowances<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">HRA: paid at rates at station of departure for first 180 days; beyond 180 days on production of prescribed certificate \u00b7 No other allowance except DA and HRA<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 61<\/td><td>Travelling Allowance during study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Ordinarily not paid \u00b7 President may sanction in exceptional circumstances \u00b7 IA&AD: CAG may sanction in exceptional circumstances for study leave in India<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 62<\/td><td>Cost of fees for study<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Ordinarily borne by Govt servant \u00b7 In exceptional cases President may sanction \u00b7 Not paid if in receipt of scholarship\/stipend or permitted to retain part-time remuneration \u00b7 IA&AD: CAG may sanction in exceptional circumstances for study leave in India<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 63<\/td><td>Resignation or retirement after study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">If resigns\/retires without returning to duty OR within 3 years of return (5 years for CHS\/36M leave) OR fails to complete course: must refund leave salary + fees + TA + expenses (Govt + foreign agencies) with interest \u00b7 Study leave converted to regular leave at credit; balance = EOL \u00b7 Excess leave salary refunded \u00b7 Exceptions: medical retirement after return, deputation to Statutory\/Autonomous Body and subsequent permanent absorption in public interest \u00b7 President may waive\/reduce refund in public interest or peculiar circumstances<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 50<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Conditions for grant of study leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Purpose<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcda<\/span><span>Study leave may be granted to a Government servant with due regard to the <strong>exigencies of public service<\/strong> to enable him to undergo, in or out of India, a special course of study consisting of <strong>higher studies or specialised training in a professional or technical subject having a direct and close connection with the sphere of his duty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Extended Purposes<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>For a <strong>course of training or study tour<\/strong> (not necessarily a regular academic\/semi-academic course) if certified to be of <strong>definite advantage to Government from the point of view of public interest<\/strong> and related to the sphere of duties.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>For studies connected with the <strong>framework or background of public administration<\/strong> \u2014 subject to: approval by the competent authority, and submission of a <strong>full report on the work done<\/strong> on return. <em>Note: Applications under clause (iii) shall be considered on merits in consultation with DoE, MoF.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>For studies which may <strong>not be closely or directly connected<\/strong> with the work but are <strong>capable of widening the Govt servant's mind<\/strong> in a manner likely to improve his abilities as a civil servant and equip him to collaborate with other branches of the public service.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Prerequisites Before Grant<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">Study Leave SHALL NOT be granted unless all conditions are met:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Certified by the competent authority that the study\/training shall be of <strong>definite advantage from the point of view of public interest<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>It is for <strong>subjects other than academic or literary subjects<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Provisos to Sub-rule (3)(ii) \u2014 Exceptions Allowing Academic Study<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>IES\/ISS officers:<\/strong> May be granted study leave for <strong>PhD research<\/strong> \u2014 with approval of <strong>Chief Economic Adviser<\/strong> (IES) or <strong>Director, CSO<\/strong> (ISS), certificate that study will increase efficiency, and (for foreign universities) certificate that facilities not available in India.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Medical Officers:<\/strong> May be granted study leave for <strong>postgraduate study in Medical Sciences<\/strong> \u2014 if DGHS certifies study shall increase efficiency.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Specialist\/technical person:<\/strong> May be granted study leave for <strong>postgraduate course directly related to sphere of duty<\/strong> \u2014 if HoD\/Secretary certifies it will enable keeping abreast with modern development, improve technical standards and substantially benefit the Dept\/Ministry.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Where study leave is <strong>outside India<\/strong>: DEA, MoF must agree to release of foreign exchange. DEA shall satisfy itself that the Govt servant complies with <strong>minimum educational criteria<\/strong> as per general orders regulating release of foreign exchange for persons proceeding abroad for higher studies.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 No Study Leave Outside India if Facilities Exist in India<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Study leave outside India shall <strong>not be granted<\/strong> for prosecution of studies in subjects for which <strong>adequate facilities exist in India<\/strong> or under any schemes administered by DEA\/Ministry of Education.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Personal Eligibility Conditions<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Three Personal Eligibility Conditions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Has satisfactorily completed probation and rendered <strong>not less than 5 years' regular continuous service<\/strong> including the period of probation under Government. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 5 years<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Is <strong>not due to reach superannuation within 3 years<\/strong> from the date on which he is expected to return to duty after expiry of leave \u2014 <strong>5 years<\/strong> in the case of Central Health Service Officers granted 36 months' study leave. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 3 years (5 for CHS\/36M)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Executes a <strong>Bond under Rule 53(4)<\/strong> undertaking to serve Government for a period of <strong>3 years after expiry of leave<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>5 years<\/strong> in the case of CHS Officers granted 36 months' study leave. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Bond: 3 years (5 for CHS\/36M)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Frequency of Grant<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Study leave shall <strong>not be granted with such frequency<\/strong> as to remove the Govt servant from contact with his regular work or to <strong>cause cadre difficulties<\/strong> owing to his absence on leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 51<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Maximum Amount of Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Maximum Study Leave \u2014 Two Categories<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#c9a227;color:#1a3400\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Category<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">At one time<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Entire service<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Bond<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"background:#fffdf0;border-bottom:1px solid #e8e0c0\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>All Govt servants (except CHS)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>12 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>24 months<\/strong> (inclusive of similar leave under any other rules)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Serve 3 years after return<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"background:#fff8e8\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Central Health Service Officers (PG qualification)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Up to <strong>36 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">\u2014<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Serve <strong>5 years<\/strong> after completion of course<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 52<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Applications for Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> Every application shall be submitted <strong>through proper channel<\/strong> to the authority competent to grant leave. The <strong>course\/courses of study and examinations proposed<\/strong> shall be clearly specified.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> Where full details cannot be given in the application, or if a <strong>change in the approved programme<\/strong> occurs after leaving India \u2014 the Govt servant shall submit particulars to the <strong>Head of Mission or competent authority<\/strong> as soon as possible and shall <strong>not commence the course or incur expenses<\/strong> until approval is received (at own risk if commenced without approval).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 53<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Sanction of Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> A report regarding <strong>admissibility of study leave<\/strong> (including any study leave already availed) shall be obtained from the <strong>Audit Officer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83e\udd1d<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> Where a Govt servant serving <strong>temporarily in another dept\/establishment<\/strong>, the grant of study leave shall be subject to <strong>concurrence of the permanent cadre dept\/establishment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udf10<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> Where study leave is for prosecution of studies <strong>abroad<\/strong>, the <strong>Head of Mission concerned shall be informed<\/strong> by the authority granting the leave (via the concerned Ministry if granted by an Administrator). The Head of Mission shall be contacted by the Govt servant for letters of introduction or other facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Bond Forms \u2014 Four Forms<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Type of Govt Servant<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Study Leave<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Extension of Study Leave<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">In <strong>permanent employ<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 7<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 8<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Not in permanent employ<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 9<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 10<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#2050aa;margin-top:8px\">Bond must be executed <strong>before<\/strong> study leave\/extension commences. The authority shall send a <strong>certificate of bond execution to the Audit Officer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (5):<\/strong> On <strong>completion of the course<\/strong>, the Govt servant shall submit to the granting authority the <strong>certificates of examinations passed or special courses undertaken<\/strong>, indicating date of commencement and termination with any remarks of the authority in charge of the course. If abroad, certificates submitted through the Head of Mission.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 54<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Accounting of Study Leave and Combination with other Kinds of Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> Study leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong> of the Government servant. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Not debited<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Total Absence Limit when Combining Study Leave with Other Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Study leave may be combined with other kinds of leave, but in no case shall the grant of study leave in combination with other leave (other than extraordinary leave) involve a total absence of more than:<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>28 months<\/strong> \u2014 generally <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 28 months<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>36 months<\/strong> \u2014 for courses leading to a PhD degree <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 36 months for PhD<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The limit of 28\/36 months <strong>includes the period of vacation<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> A Govt servant may undertake or commence a course of study during any other kind of leave if he so desires.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Proviso:<\/strong> The period of such other leave <strong>coinciding with the course of study shall not count as study leave<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Other leave during course \u2260 study leave<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 55<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Regulation of Study Leave Extending Beyond Course of Study<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>When the <strong>course of study falls short of the study leave granted<\/strong>, the Govt servant shall <strong>resume duty on the conclusion of the course<\/strong>, unless the <strong>previous sanction of the competent authority<\/strong> has been obtained to treat the period of shortfall as <strong>ordinary leave<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 56<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave Salary during Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Leave Salary Rates During Study Leave<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Study Leave Location<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Leave Salary Components<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Outside India<\/strong> [Sub-rule (1)]<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay + DA + HRA<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Inside India<\/strong> [Sub-rule (2)]<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay + DA + HRA<\/strong> as admissible per Rule 60 \u2014 subject to certificate under sub-rule (3)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Certificate required for India study leave:<\/strong> Full-rate leave salary subject to furnishing a <strong>certificate that he is not in receipt of any scholarship, stipend or remuneration in respect of any part-time employment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Scholarship \/ Stipend \/ Part-time Remuneration Adjustment<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Any amount received during study leave as <strong>scholarship, stipend, or part-time employment remuneration<\/strong> shall be <strong>adjusted against the leave salary payable<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Condition: Leave salary shall <strong>not be reduced to an amount less than the leave salary admissible during half pay leave<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Floor = HPL salary rate<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (6):<\/strong> During study leave (within or outside India) on or after 1st January 1996, a Central Govt servant shall draw <strong>benefits of Revised Pay from the date such revision took place<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 60<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Admissibility of Allowances in Addition to Study Allowance<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe0<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1) \u2014 HRA:<\/strong> For the <strong>first 180 days of study leave<\/strong>, HRA shall be paid at rates admissible at the station <strong>from where he proceeded on study leave<\/strong>. Continuance beyond 180 days is subject to production of the <strong>prescribed certificate<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 HRA up to 180 days freely; beyond 180 days on certificate<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> Except for HRA (as per sub-rule (1)) and DA (where admissible), <strong>no other allowance<\/strong> shall be paid to a Government servant in respect of the period of study leave. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Only HRA + DA permissible<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 61<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Travelling Allowance during Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>A Government servant on study leave shall <strong>ordinarily not be paid Travelling Allowance<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>The <strong>President may in exceptional circumstances<\/strong> sanction the payment of TA.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note \u2014 IA&AD:<\/strong> Where a Govt servant serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department is on study leave in India, the <strong>Comptroller and Auditor-General of India<\/strong> may in exceptional circumstances sanction the grant of TA.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 62<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cost of Fees for Study<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>A Government servant on study leave shall <strong>ordinarily be required to meet the cost of fees<\/strong> paid for the study himself.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>In <strong>exceptional cases, the President may sanction<\/strong> the grant of such fees.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Proviso:<\/strong> The cost of fees shall <strong>in no case be paid<\/strong> to a Govt servant who is <strong>in receipt of a scholarship or stipend from whatever source<\/strong> or who is permitted to receive or retain any remuneration in respect of <strong>part-time employment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note \u2014 IA&AD:<\/strong> The <strong>Comptroller and Auditor-General of India<\/strong> may in exceptional circumstances sanction the grant of cost of fees where a Govt servant serving in IA&AD is on study leave in India.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 63<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Resignation or Retirement after Study Leave \/ Non-completion of Course<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Refund Obligation<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">Refund Required if Government Servant:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Resigns, retires, or otherwise <strong>quits service without returning to duty<\/strong> after study leave, or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Resigns, retires, or quits within <strong>3 years of return to duty<\/strong> (5 years for CHS Officers granted 36 months' leave), or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Fails to complete the course<\/strong> of study and is unable to furnish the certificates under Rule 53(5)<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"margin-top:8px;font-size:14px\"><strong>Amount to refund:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Actual amount of <strong>leave salary, cost of fees, TA and other expenses<\/strong> incurred by the Govt of India<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Actual amount of <strong>cost incurred by foreign Govts, Foundations and Trusts<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>together with interest<\/strong> at rates applicable to Govt loans, <strong>from the date of demand<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"margin-top:8px;font-size:13px\">Refund must be made <strong>before resignation is accepted \/ permission to retire is granted \/ quitting service is allowed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Proviso \u2014 Refund NOT Required (Except for Non-completion of Course)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A Govt servant who, after return to duty from study leave, is <strong>permitted to retire on medical grounds<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>A Govt servant who, after return from study leave, is <strong>deputed to a Statutory or Autonomous Body<\/strong> under Govt control and is subsequently <strong>permitted to resign to take up permanent absorption in that body in the public interest<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Conversion of Study Leave on Refund Obligation<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>Study leave availed shall be <strong>converted into regular leave<\/strong> standing at credit on the date study leave commenced; any regular leave taken in continuation suitably adjusted; <strong>balance that cannot be so converted treated as EOL<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>In addition to the refund under sub-rule (1), the Govt servant shall also refund <strong>any excess of leave salary actually drawn over the leave salary admissible on conversion<\/strong> of study leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 President's Power to Waive\/Reduce Refund<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>Notwithstanding anything in this rule, the <strong>President may, if necessary or expedient in public interest or in view of the peculiar circumstances of the case or class of cases, waive or reduce the amount<\/strong> required to be refunded under sub-rule (1). <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Presidential waiver power<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Numbers to Remember \u2014 Chapter VI<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Qualifying service:<\/strong> <strong>5 years<\/strong> (including probation)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Not within 3 years of superannuation<\/strong> (5 years for CHS officers on 36M study leave)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Bond to serve:<\/strong> <strong>3 years<\/strong> after return (5 years for CHS\/36M)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Maximum study leave:<\/strong> 12 months at one time \u00b7 <strong>24 months<\/strong> in entire service \u00b7 CHS Officers for PG: up to <strong>36 months<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Bond Forms:<\/strong> Permanent \u2014 Form 7 (leave) \/ Form 8 (extension) \u00b7 Non-permanent \u2014 Form 9 (leave) \/ Form 10 (extension)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Total absence when combined with other leave:<\/strong> <strong>28 months<\/strong> generally \u00b7 <strong>36 months<\/strong> for PhD courses \u00b7 includes vacation<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Leave salary:<\/strong> Full pay + DA + HRA (both India and outside India) \u00b7 Scholarship\/stipend adjusted (floor = HPL salary)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>HRA beyond 180 days<\/strong> only on production of prescribed certificate<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>TA and fees:<\/strong> Ordinarily borne by Govt servant \u00b7 President may grant in exceptional cases \u00b7 Not if receiving scholarship\/stipend\/part-time remuneration<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Refund bond period:<\/strong> Must serve <strong>3 years after return<\/strong> (5 for CHS\/36M) \u00b7 Study leave converted to regular leave on default; excess = EOL \u00b7 Interest at Govt loan rates from date of demand<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>No debit:<\/strong> Study leave not debited to leave account<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch7\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter VII<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Miscellaneous<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 64 to 66 \u00b7 Interpretation \u00b7 Power to Relax \u00b7 Repeal and Saving<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 64<\/td><td>Interpretation<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Doubts referred to Govt of India in Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions \u00b7 Decision is final<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 65<\/td><td>Power to relax<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Any Ministry\/Dept may relax any provision causing undue hardship in a particular case \u00b7 Reasons recorded in writing \u00b7 No such order without concurrence of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 66<\/td><td>Repeal and saving<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Old rules (including OMs) in force before commencement cease to operate to the extent they provide for matters contained in CCS (Leave) Rules 1972 \u00b7 Anything done \/ leave earned \/ granted \/ accrued under old rules deemed done under corresponding provisions of new rules<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 64<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Interpretation<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2753<\/span><span>Where any doubt arises as to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to the <strong>Government of India in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions<\/strong> for decision.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 65<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Power to Relax<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/span><span>Where any <strong>Ministry or Department of Government of India<\/strong> is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules causes <strong>undue hardship in any particular case<\/strong>, that Ministry or Department may, by order, for <strong>reasons to be recorded in writing<\/strong>, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such exceptions and conditions as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Proviso: <\/strong>No such relaxation order shall be made <strong>except with the concurrence of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 MoPP&P concurrence mandatory<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 66<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Repeal and Saving<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcdc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> On the commencement of these rules, every rule, regulation or order, <strong>including Office Memorandum<\/strong> (referred to as \"old rule\"), in force immediately before such commencement shall, in so far as it provides for any of the matters contained in these rules, <strong>cease to operate<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Saving Clause<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Notwithstanding such cesser of operation, <strong>anything done or any action taken<\/strong> or any <strong>leave earned by, or granted to, or accrued to the credit of a Government servant<\/strong> under the old rules, shall be deemed to have been done, taken, earned, granted or accrued <strong>under the corresponding provisions of these rules<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Significance of Rule 66<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Rule 66 protects all <strong>past leave credits, sanctions and actions<\/strong> taken under the predecessor rules \u2014 they are carried over seamlessly and treated as if done under the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972. No Govt servant lost any leave credit on account of the change of rules.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n <div id=\"sch\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Schedules<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">First Schedule & Second Schedule<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Authorities Competent to Grant Leave \u00b7 Prescribed Forms (Forms 1 to 10)<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sec-div\">First Schedule \u2014 Authorities Competent to Grant Leave [See Rule 3(c)]<\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">First Schedule<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Authorities Competent to Grant Leave [Rule 3(c)]<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">First Schedule at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th style=\"width:40px\">Sl.<\/th>\n <th style=\"width:260px\">Kind of Leave<\/th>\n <th>Authority Competent to Grant Leave<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"r-num\" style=\"vertical-align:top\">1<\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e8eef8\">\n Earned Leave \u00b7 Half Pay Leave \u00b7 Commuted Leave \u00b7 Leave Not Due \u00b7 Extraordinary Leave \u00b7 Maternity Leave \u00b7 Hospital Leave \u00b7 Seamen's Sick Leave \u00b7 Paternity Leave \u00b7 Child Adoption Leave \u00b7 Paternity Leave for Child Adoption \u00b7 <strong>Child Care Leave<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e8eef8\">\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(i)<\/span> Ministry \/ Department of the Central Government<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(ii)<\/span> Administrator<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iii)<\/span> Comptroller and Auditor-General<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iv)<\/span> Head of Department<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(v)<\/span> Any other authority which is the <strong>appointing authority<\/strong><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(vi)<\/span> Any <strong>subordinate authority to which<\/strong> authorities (i) to (v) may <strong>delegate the power<\/strong>, subject to any condition specified in the delegation<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div style=\"margin-top:10px;background:#fffbe6;border-left:3px solid #c9a227;padding:8px 12px;border-radius:0 4px 4px 0;font-size:13px\">\n <strong style=\"color:#7a5500\">NOTE 1 \u2014 Foreign Service:<\/strong>\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:4px 0 0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li>(i) The authority which <strong>sanctioned the transfer to foreign service<\/strong><\/li>\n <li>(ii) <strong>Foreign employer<\/strong> \u2014 power exercisable only for <strong>EL not exceeding 120 days<\/strong>. For LPR: <strong>prior concurrence of lending authority under Central Govt required<\/strong> as per Rule 38(2)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div style=\"margin-top:8px;background:#fffbe6;border-left:3px solid #c9a227;padding:8px 12px;border-radius:0 4px 4px 0;font-size:13px\">\n <strong style=\"color:#7a5500\">NOTE 2 \u2014 Serving with State Government:<\/strong>\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:4px 0 0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li>The <strong>State Government or authority specified by it<\/strong><\/li>\n <li>(a) For LPR: <strong>prior concurrence of Central Govt lending authority required<\/strong><\/li>\n <li>If Central lending authority disagrees with refusal of LPR \u2192 LPR must be granted; State may <strong>concurrently re-employ<\/strong> the Govt servant during LPR; leave salary regulated per Rule 40(6)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"r-num\" style=\"vertical-align:top\">2<\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e8eef8\">\n <strong>Special Disability Leave<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e8eef8\">\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(i)<\/span> Ministry \/ Department of the Central Government<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(ii)<\/span> Administrator<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iii)<\/span> Comptroller and Auditor-General<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iv)<\/span> Head of Department<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(v)<\/span> Any other authority which is the appointing authority<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"r-num\" style=\"vertical-align:top\">3<\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px\">\n <strong>Study Leave<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px\">\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(i)<\/span> Ministry \/ Department of the Central Government<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(ii)<\/span> Administrator<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iii)<\/span> Comptroller and Auditor-General<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Exam Points \u2014 First Schedule<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Sl. No. 1 (most leave): Authority extends all the way to <strong>any delegated subordinate authority<\/strong> \u2014 broadest distribution of powers.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Sl. No. 2 (Special Disability Leave): Five authorities \u2014 no further delegation mentioned in the schedule.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Sl. No. 3 (Study Leave): Only <strong>three authorities<\/strong> \u2014 Ministry\/Dept, Administrator and CAG. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Most restricted<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Foreign employer can grant EL but <strong>capped at 120 days<\/strong>. LPR always requires Central lending authority concurrence regardless of who the employer is.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Special Leave (Rule 48 \u2014 sexual harassment) and WRIIL (Rule 44) are not separately listed \u2014 governed by those rules themselves.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sec-div\" style=\"margin-top:44px\">Second Schedule \u2014 Prescribed Forms [See Rule 3(h)]<\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Second Schedule<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Prescribed Forms \u2014 Complete List<\/span><\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#444;margin-bottom:14px\">The Second Schedule prescribes the forms to be used under the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972. Below is a complete reference of all forms, their rule citations, and their purpose.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Master Table \u2014 All Prescribed Forms<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Form No.<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Rule Reference<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Purpose \/ Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 1<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 14<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Application for Leave or for Extension of Leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 2<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 15<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Leave Account<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 3<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 19<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Medical Certificate for <strong>Gazetted Officers<\/strong> \u2014 Recommended Leave \/ Extension \/ Commutation of Leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 3-A<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rules 19 and 20<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Medical Certificate for Government servants who have <strong>acquired a disability<\/strong> \u2014 to be recommended leave under Rule 20 (certifies nature of disability, date of onset, and whether prospect of return to duty exists)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 4<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 19<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Medical Certificate for <strong>Non-Gazetted servants<\/strong> \u2014 Leave or Extension of Leave or Commutation of Leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 5<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 24(3)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Medical Certificate of <strong>Fitness to Return to Duty<\/strong> (issued by Medical Board \/ Civil Surgeon \/ Staff Surgeon \/ AMA \/ Registered Medical Practitioner)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 6<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 32(3)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond for <strong>Temporary Government servants<\/strong> granted Extraordinary Leave in relaxation of Rule 32(2)(e) for <strong>study purposes<\/strong> \u2014 with two sureties (jointly and severally liable)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 7<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 53(4)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond by a Government servant in <strong>permanent employ<\/strong> when proceeding on <strong>Study Leave<\/strong> \u2014 individual bond (no sureties needed)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 8<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 53(4)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond by a Government servant in <strong>permanent employ<\/strong> when granted <strong>Extension of Study Leave<\/strong> \u2014 individual bond (no sureties needed)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 9<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 53(4)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond by a Government servant <strong>not in permanent employ<\/strong> when proceeding on <strong>Study Leave<\/strong> \u2014 with sureties (jointly and severally liable)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 10<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 53(4)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond by a Government servant <strong>not in permanent employ<\/strong> when granted <strong>Extension of Study Leave<\/strong> \u2014 with sureties (jointly and severally liable)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 1<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Application for Leave or Extension of Leave [Rule 14]<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Contents of Form 1 \u2014 Fourteen Fields<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">1<\/span><span>Name of applicant<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">2<\/span><span>Post held<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3<\/span><span>Department, Office and Section<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">4<\/span><span>Pay<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">5<\/span><span>House Rent and other Compensatory Allowances drawn in present post<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">6<\/span><span>Nature and period of leave applied for, and date from which required<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">7<\/span><span>Sundays and holidays, if any, proposed to be prefixed\/suffixed to leave<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">8<\/span><span>Grounds on which leave is applied for<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">9<\/span><span>Date of return from last leave, and nature and period of that leave<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">10<\/span><span>Whether Leave Travel Concession is proposed to be availed during the ensuing leave (for the relevant block years)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">11<\/span><span>Address during leave period<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">12<\/span><span>Remarks and\/or recommendation of the Controlling Officer<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">13<\/span><span><strong>Certificate regarding admissibility of leave<\/strong> \u2014 certifying the kind, period and dates of leave as admissible under the specified Rule of CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">14<\/span><span><strong>Orders of the authority competent to grant leave<\/strong> \u2014 including indication (where the applicant draws compensatory allowance) of whether on expiry of leave he is likely to return to the same or similar post<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 3<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Medical Certificate for Gazetted Officers [Rule 19]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Certifies that the named Gazetted Govt servant (whose signature is taken on the form) is suffering from a specified ailment and that a period of absence from duty is <strong>absolutely necessary for restoration of health<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Issued by: <strong>Civil Surgeon \/ Staff Surgeon \/ Authorized Medical Attendant<\/strong> at the CGHS Dispensary or Govt Hospital.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Notes on Form 3<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">2<\/span><span>The certifying officer is <strong>not at liberty<\/strong> to certify that the Govt servant requires a change from or to a particular locality, or is not fit to proceed to a particular locality \u2014 such certificates only given at the explicit desire of the administrative authority.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3<\/span><span>No recommendation in the certificate shall be <strong>evidence of a claim to any leave not admissible<\/strong> to the Govt servant. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Certificate \u2260 right to leave<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 3-A<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Medical Certificate for Govt Servants with Disability [Rules 19 & 20]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Form 3-A is used where a Government servant has <strong>acquired a disability<\/strong>. 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Issued by <strong>Authorized Medical Attendant \/ Government Hospital \/ or other Registered Medical Practitioner<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Notes on Form 4<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">1<\/span><span>The <strong>nature and probable duration<\/strong> of the illness should be specified.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3<\/span><span>Where a <strong>second medical opinion is required<\/strong>, the authority competent to grant leave should arrange for examination at the earliest possible date by a Medical Officer <strong>not below the rank of Civil Surgeon or Staff Surgeon<\/strong> \u2014 who shall express an opinion both as regards the facts of illness and as regards the necessity for the amount of leave recommended.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">4<\/span><span>No recommendation in the certificate shall be <strong>evidence of a claim to any leave not admissible<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 5<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Medical Certificate of Fitness to Return to Duty [Rule 24(3)]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Certifies that the named Govt servant has <strong>recovered from his\/her illness and is now fit to resume duties<\/strong> in Government service.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Issued by: <strong>Medical Board<\/strong> (3 members) \/ Civil Surgeon or Staff Surgeon \/ Authorized Medical Attendant \/ Registered Medical Practitioner \u2014 depending on the category of Govt servant and duration of leave (per Rule 24(3)).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>The issuing authority must state that they have <strong>examined the original medical certificate(s) and statement(s) of the case<\/strong> on which leave was granted or extended and have taken these into consideration in arriving at their decision.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Note on Form 5<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Original medical certificate(s) and statements of the case on which leave was originally granted or extended shall be produced before the authority issuing Form 5. For this purpose, the original certificate(s) should be prepared in <strong>duplicate<\/strong> \u2014 one copy retained by the Govt servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 6<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Bond for Temporary Govt Servants \u2014 EOL for Study [Rule 32(3)]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>This bond is executed by a <strong>temporary Govt servant<\/strong> when granted Extraordinary Leave in relaxation of Rule 32(2)(e) for the purpose of <strong>study<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc65<\/span><span><strong>Joint and several bond<\/strong> \u2014 the Govt servant (Obligor) along with <strong>two sureties<\/strong> who are permanent Govt servants of comparable or higher status.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Obligation Under Form 6 Bond<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>If the Govt servant fails to rejoin the post on expiry of EOL and serve the Government after rejoining for the period required (not exceeding the period specified), or refuses to serve in any other capacity as required \u2014 the Obligor and Sureties shall pay the specified amount <strong>with interest at Government loan rates from the date of demand<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The liability of Sureties shall <strong>not be discharged by reason of time being granted or any forbearance<\/strong> by the Government. It is not necessary for the Government to sue the Obligor before suing the Sureties.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Bond governed by the laws of India; disputes settled by appropriate Courts in India.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Forms 7 & 8<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Bond for Permanent Employees \u2014 Study Leave and Extension [Rule 53(4)]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Form 7:<\/strong> Executed by a Government servant in <strong>permanent employ<\/strong> when proceeding on <strong>Study Leave<\/strong>. <strong>Individual bond<\/strong> \u2014 no sureties required (only the Govt servant binds himself\/herself).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Form 8:<\/strong> Executed by a Government servant in <strong>permanent employ<\/strong> when granted <strong>Extension of Study Leave<\/strong>. Also an individual bond (refers back to the original bond executed at the time of study leave).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Obligation Under Forms 7 and 8<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Obligation is triggered if the Govt servant fails to resume duty, or resigns\/retires\/quits service without returning after expiry of study leave, or fails to complete the course, or <strong>quits service within 3 years\/5 years after return to duty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Important Condition:<\/strong> The period of the bond mandating service after return shall be <strong>extended by a comparable period equivalent to the aggregate periods of leave of any kind availed during the currency of the bond period<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Bond period extended by leave taken during bond<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>\"Currency of bond\"<\/strong> means the period during which the liability of the Government servant is activated and the right of the Government is alive to claim the stipulated amounts from the Government servant who fails to discharge his obligation.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Forms 9 & 10<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Bond for Non-Permanent Employees \u2014 Study Leave and Extension [Rule 53(4)]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Form 9:<\/strong> Executed by a Government servant <strong>not in permanent employ<\/strong> when proceeding on <strong>Study Leave<\/strong>. <strong>Joint and several bond<\/strong> with sureties.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Form 10:<\/strong> Executed by a Government servant <strong>not in permanent employ<\/strong> when granted <strong>Extension of Study Leave<\/strong>. Also joint and several with sureties (refers back to original bond in Form 9).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Distinction Between Permanent and Non-Permanent Bonds<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Feature<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Forms 7 & 8 (Permanent)<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Forms 9 & 10 (Non-Permanent)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Liability type<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Individual \u2014 Govt servant alone<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Joint and several \u2014 Obligor + two Sureties<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Sureties required<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">No<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Yes \u2014 two sureties who are permanent Govt servants<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond extension clause<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Yes \u2014 bond period extended by leave taken during bond currency<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Yes \u2014 same extension clause applies<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Surety's right before being sued<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Not applicable<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Govt need NOT sue Obligor before suing Sureties<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Same bond period extension clause applies: the bond period is extended by the aggregate periods of leave of any kind availed during the currency of the bond period.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Same definition of <strong>\"currency of bond\"<\/strong> applies \u2014 period during which liability is activated and Government's right to claim is alive.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>All bonds governed by the <strong>laws of India<\/strong>; disputes settled by appropriate Courts in India.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Quick Revision \u2014 Schedules and Forms<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>First Schedule [Rule 3(c)]:<\/strong> Authorities for most leave \u2014 6 levels including delegation \u00b7 Special Disability Leave and Study Leave \u2014 only Ministry\/Dept, Administrator, CAG (and HoD + appointing authority for Special Disability) \u00b7 Foreign employer: EL max <strong>120 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 1<\/strong> [R.14] \u2014 Leave application \u00b7 <strong>Form 2<\/strong> [R.15] \u2014 Leave account<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 3<\/strong> [R.19] \u2014 MC for Gazetted \u00b7 <strong>Form 4<\/strong> [R.19] \u2014 MC for Non-Gazetted \u00b7 <strong>Form 3-A<\/strong> [R.19 & 20] \u2014 Disability MC \u00b7 <strong>Form 5<\/strong> [R.24(3)] \u2014 Fitness certificate<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 6<\/strong> [R.32(3)] \u2014 Bond for temporary Govt servant \u2014 EOL for study \u2014 <strong>with two sureties<\/strong> \u00b7 jointly and severally liable<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 7<\/strong> [R.53(4)] \u2014 Study leave bond \u00b7 permanent employee \u00b7 <strong>individual bond<\/strong> \u00b7 <strong>Form 8<\/strong> [R.53(4)] \u2014 Extension of study leave \u00b7 permanent \u00b7 individual<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 9<\/strong> [R.53(4)] \u2014 Study leave bond \u00b7 non-permanent \u00b7 <strong>with sureties<\/strong> \u00b7 <strong>Form 10<\/strong> [R.53(4)] \u2014 Extension \u00b7 non-permanent \u00b7 with sureties<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Bond period extension:<\/strong> All study leave bonds (Forms 7\u201310) \u2014 bond period extended by leave availed <strong>during currency of bond period<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 3-A key effect:<\/strong> Conclusion (ii) \u2192 leave not debited to leave account \u00b7 Conclusion (i) \u2192 max 12 months at a time; extension requires fresh reference to Medical Authority<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 5 (Fitness):<\/strong> Must state original MCs were examined \u00b7 Prepared in 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8px;border-radius:4px;margin-left:6px;vertical-align:middle}\n@media(max-width:860px){.wrapper{flex-direction:column}.sidebar{width:100%;min-width:100%;position:static;max-height:none}.content-area{padding:20px 18px 48px}.pg-head{padding:16px 18px 12px}}\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumb-bar\">\n <a href=\"#\">Home<\/a><span>\/<\/span><a href=\"#\">Notes<\/a><span>\/<\/span><strong>CCS Leave Rules 1972<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<aside class=\"sidebar\">\n <div class=\"sb-brand\">\n <div class=\"ico\">\ud83d\udccb<\/div>\n <div class=\"name\">CSS ADDA<\/div>\n <div class=\"sub\">Promotion Exams Portal<\/div>\n <div class=\"pill\">Leave Rules 1972<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"toc-hd\">\ud83d\udccb Chapters<\/div>\n <ul class=\"toc-list\">\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch1\" class=\"active\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter I<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Preliminary<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.1\u20136<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch2\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd7<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter II<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">General Conditions<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.7\u201313<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch3\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd9<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter III<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Grant of & Return from Leave<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.14\u201325<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch4\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd5<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter IV<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Kinds of Leave<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.26\u201342<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch5\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd2<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter V<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Special Kinds of Leave<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.43\u201349<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch6\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd3<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter VI<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Study Leave<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.50\u201363<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"ch7\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcd1<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Chapter VII<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">Miscellaneous<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">R.64\u201366<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"#\" data-ch=\"sch\">\n <span class=\"toc-ic\">\ud83d\udcdc<\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-tx\">Schedules<br><span style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:400;opacity:.8\">First & Second Schedule<\/span><\/span>\n <span class=\"toc-rng\">Sch.<\/span>\n <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n\n<main class=\"main\">\n <div class=\"pg-head\">\n <h1>Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 \u2014 Study Notes<\/h1>\n <div class=\"pg-sub\">Ministry of Personnel \u00b7 CSS ADDA Promotion Exams Portal<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"content-area\">\n\n \n <div id=\"ch1\" class=\"ch-block active\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter I<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Preliminary<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 1 to 6 \u00b7 Short Title \u00b7 Application \u00b7 Definitions \u00b7 Transfer Provisions<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 1<\/td><td>Short title and commencement<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Called CCS (Leave) Rules 1972 \u00b7 In force from 1st June 1972<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 2<\/td><td>Extent of application<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Applies to Central civil posts \u00b7 11 categories excluded including railway servants, AIS members, daily-rated, part-time, contract employees, persons on deputation from State Govts<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 3<\/td><td>Definitions<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Key definitions \u00b7 Completed years of service \u00b7 Date of retirement \u00b7 Foreign service \u00b7 Vacation Department \u00b7 disability (specified\/benchmark\/high support needs \u2014 added 2018)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 4<\/td><td>Govt servants on temporary transfer or on foreign service<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Temporary transfer to Railways\/State Govt \u2014 rules continue to apply \u00b7 Foreign service outside India \u2014 rules apply only to extent provided in terms<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 5<\/td><td>Transfer from services or posts governed by other leave rules<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Temporary transfer: old rules continue \u00b7 Substantive appointment to permanent post: rules apply from date of appointment; leave carried forward subject to Rule 26 maxima<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 6<\/td><td>Transfer to industrial establishment<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">On transfer to Factories Act establishment: cash equivalent of EL+HPL paid (max 300 days) \u00b7 On return: encashment on superannuation\/premature retirement subject to 300-day overall cap<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 1<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Short title and commencement<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcdc<\/span><span>These rules shall be called the <strong>Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>They came into force on <strong>1st June 1972<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 2<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Extent of application<\/span><\/div>\n <p style=\"margin-bottom:12px;font-size:14px;color:#555\">These rules apply to Government servants appointed to civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union. The following are <strong>excluded<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">11 Categories Excluded from CCS (Leave) Rules:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>Railway servants<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Persons in casual, daily-rated or part-time employment<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>Persons paid from contingencies<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(d)<\/span><span>Workmen employed in industrial establishments<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(e)<\/span><span>Persons employed in work-charged establishments<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(f)<\/span><span>Members of the All India Services<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(g)<\/span><span>Persons locally recruited for service in Diplomatic\/Consular\/Indian establishments in foreign countries<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(h)<\/span><span>Persons employed on contract (except when contract provides otherwise)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Persons with special provisions under the Constitution or any other law<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(j)<\/span><span>Persons governed by Fundamental Rules or Civil Service Regulations for leave purposes<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(k)<\/span><span>Persons on <strong>deputation from a State Government<\/strong> to a Central Govt Department for a limited duration <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 3<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Definitions<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Key Definitions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Completed years of service:<\/strong> Continuous service under Central Govt \u2014 includes period on duty as well as on leave including extraordinary leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Date of retirement:<\/strong> The <strong>afternoon of the last day of the month<\/strong> in which the Government servant attains the prescribed retirement age.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Foreign service:<\/strong> Service where a Government servant receives pay from any source other than the Consolidated Fund of India or any State or Union Territory.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Vacation Department:<\/strong> A department or part of a department to which regular vacations are allowed, during which Government servants are permitted to be absent from duty.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Disability:<\/strong> \"Specified disability\", \"benchmark disability\" and \"disability having high support needs\" as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Government servant in permanent employ:<\/strong> Holds substantively or provisionally a permanent post, or holds a lien (or suspended lien) on a permanent post.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Government servant in quasi-permanent employ:<\/strong> Declared eligible by UPSC, appointed to a temporary\/officiating vacancy expected to become permanent, but not confirmed after 3 years' continuous service. OR declared quasi-permanent under CCS (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 4<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Government servants on temporary transfer or on foreign service<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Temporary transfer to Indian Railways or State Govt or foreign service within India:<\/strong> CCS (Leave) Rules continue to apply.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Foreign service outside India (including UN agencies):<\/strong> Rules apply only to the extent provided in the terms and conditions of foreign service.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Temporary transfer to Armed Forces:<\/strong> Rules apply only to the extent provided in the terms of temporary transfer.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 5<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Transfer from services governed by other leave rules<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span><strong>Temporary transfer:<\/strong> The Government servant remains subject to the leave rules applicable before transfer.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Substantive appointment to permanent post:<\/strong> CCS (Leave) Rules apply from date of appointment. Leave at credit under previous rules carried forward subject to maximum limits under Rule 26. Carried-forward leave exhausted first.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Military Officer Proviso<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>For Military Officers, <strong>half pay leave equal to the number of days of furlough<\/strong> shall also be carried forward (in addition to earned leave) when appointed substantively to a permanent civil post.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 6<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Transfer to industrial establishment<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>On appointment in an industrial establishment governed by the <strong>Factories Act, 1948<\/strong>: cash equivalent of leave salary for EL and HPL at credit \u2014 maximum <strong>300 days<\/strong> \u2014 shall be paid.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>On return to CCS Rules:<\/strong> Encashment on superannuation or premature retirement is capped such that total encashment (under Rule 6 + Rule 39) does <strong>not exceed 300 days<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 300-day overall cap<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch2\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter II<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">General Conditions<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 7 to 13 \u00b7 Right to Leave \u00b7 Commutation \u00b7 Combination \u00b7 Maximum Continuous Leave<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 7<\/td><td>Right to leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave cannot be claimed as of right \u00b7 May be refused or revoked \u00b7 Kind cannot be altered except at written request \u00b7 Leave on medical certificate cannot be refused\/revoked without Medical Authority advice (binding)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 8<\/td><td>Regulation of claim to leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Claim regulated by rules in force at the time leave is applied for and granted<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 9<\/td><td>Effect of dismissal, removal or resignation<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave ceases on dismissal\/removal\/resignation \u00b7 3 exceptions: forwarded application, reinstatement, re-employment with past service counted<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 10<\/td><td>Commutation of one kind of leave into another<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Retrospective commutation allowed at request \u00b7 Not a right \u00b7 Request within 30 days of rejoining \u00b7 Adjustment of leave salary<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 11<\/td><td>Combination of different kinds of leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Any kind of leave may be combined with any other \u00b7 Casual leave cannot be combined with regular leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 12<\/td><td>Maximum amount of continuous leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No leave exceeding 5 years \u00b7 Absence beyond 5 years = deemed resignation \u00b7 Exception for leave on medical certificate for disability (2018)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 13<\/td><td>Acceptance of service while on leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No private employment without prior sanction \u00b7 LPR: cannot take private employment \u00b7 PSU\/public body employment permitted during LPR<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 7<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Right to leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Leave cannot be claimed as of right.<\/strong> When exigencies of public service so require, leave may be <strong>refused or revoked<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The authority shall <strong>not alter the kind of leave<\/strong> due and applied for, except at the <strong>written request of the Government servant<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Written request needed<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span><strong>Proviso (disability\/Rule 20 cases):<\/strong> Leave shall <strong>not be refused or revoked without reference to the Medical Authority<\/strong>, whose advice shall be binding. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 8<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Regulation of claim to leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>A Government servant's claim to leave is regulated by the <strong>rules in force at the time the leave is applied for and granted<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 9<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Effect of dismissal, removal or resignation on leave at credit<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Leave at credit <strong>ceases from the date<\/strong> of dismissal, removal or resignation.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Three Exceptions \u2014 Leave Does NOT Lapse<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">1\ufe0f\u20e3<\/span><span>Application forwarded through proper channel for another Govt of India post and applicant required to resign before taking up new post.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">2\ufe0f\u20e3<\/span><span>Government servant dismissed or removed and <strong>reinstated on appeal or revision<\/strong> \u2014 entitled to count prior service for leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3\ufe0f\u20e3<\/span><span>Government servant retired on compensation\/invalid pension\/gratuity, <strong>re-employed and allowed to count past service for pension<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 10<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Commutation of one kind of leave into another<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span>At the <strong>request of a Government servant<\/strong>, the granting authority may commute leave <strong>retrospectively<\/strong> into a different kind \u2014 which was due and admissible at the time. Not a right.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span><strong>Time limit:<\/strong> Request must be received within <strong>30 days of rejoining duty<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 30 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>Adjustment of leave salary \u2014 excess recovered or arrears paid.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> Extraordinary leave may be commuted retrospectively into <strong>leave not due<\/strong> subject to Rule 31.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 11<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Combination of different kinds of leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Any kind of leave may be granted in combination with or in continuation of any other kind of leave.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Important: <\/strong>Casual leave is <strong>not recognised as leave<\/strong> under these rules and shall <strong>not be combined<\/strong> with any other kind of leave admissible under these rules.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 12<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Maximum amount of continuous leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd12<\/span><span>No Government servant shall be granted leave for a <strong>continuous period exceeding five years<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 5-year maximum<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Absence beyond 5 years (other than on foreign service) \u2014 the Government servant shall be <strong>deemed to have resigned from Government service<\/strong>, unless the President determines otherwise.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>A <strong>reasonable opportunity<\/strong> to explain reasons for absence shall be given before invoking the deemed resignation.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span><strong>Disability exception:<\/strong> Rule 12 shall <strong>not apply<\/strong> to leave on medical certificate in connection with a <strong>disability<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 13<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Acceptance of service or employment while on leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>A Government servant while on leave shall <strong>not take up any service or employment<\/strong> elsewhere without prior sanction of \u2014 the <strong>President<\/strong> (if outside India) or the <strong>authority empowered to appoint him<\/strong> (if in India).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Special Rules for Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Government servant on LPR <strong>shall not be permitted to take up private employment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>May take up employment with a <strong>Public Sector Undertaking or specified body<\/strong> \u2014 leave salary remains the same as admissible under Rule 40.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span>If recalled to duty during LPR \u2014 <strong>unexpired portion of leave from date of rejoining shall be cancelled<\/strong> and may be encashed under Rule 39(2).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch3\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter III<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Grant of and Return from Leave<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 14 to 25 \u00b7 Application \u00b7 Leave Account \u00b7 Verification \u00b7 Medical Certificate \u00b7 Commencement \u00b7 Recall \u00b7 Return \u00b7 Overstay<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 14<\/td><td>Application for leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Form 1 to competent authority \u00b7 Disability proviso: application may be signed\/submitted by spouse, parents (if unmarried), adult child\/sibling, or limited guardian under RPWD Act 2016<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 15<\/td><td>Leave account<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Form 2 \u00b7 Gazetted: maintained by Audit Officer (or HoO if pay drawn\/disbursed by HoO) \u00b7 Non-Gazetted: maintained by Head of Office<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 16<\/td><td>Verification of title to leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No leave granted without admissibility report from authority maintaining leave account \u00b7 Sanction to indicate EL\/HPL balance \u00b7 Provisional sanction: up to 60 days if admissibility report unduly delayed<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 17<\/td><td>Leave not to be granted in certain circumstances<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Not granted when competent punishing authority has decided to dismiss, remove or compulsorily retire the Govt servant<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 18<\/td><td>Deleted<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 19<\/td><td>Grant of leave on medical certificate<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Gazetted: Form 3 (CGHS Dispensary\/Govt Hospital\/AMA) \u00b7 Non-Gazetted: Form 4 \u00b7 Disability: Form 3-A \u00b7 Waiver of MC for up to 3 days at authority's discretion (not treated as leave on MC) \u00b7 Second opinion from Govt Medical Officer not below Civil\/Staff Surgeon<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 20<\/td><td>Leave to Govt servant unlikely to be fit to return<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave may be granted even when Medical Authority says no reasonable prospect of fitness \u00b7 Up to 12 months at a time if uncertain \u00b7 If permanent disability certified (Form 3-A): leave\/extension not debited to leave account \u00b7 RPWD Act S.20 applies suo motu<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 21<\/td><td>Commencement and termination of leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave begins on day transfer of charge is effected \u00b7 Ends on day preceding resumption of charge<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 22<\/td><td>Combination of holidays with leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Holidays immediately before\/after leave (other than MC leave) may be prefixed\/suffixed automatically \u00b7 3 provisos (no securities\/moneys, no early transfer of other Govt servant, no delayed return of substitute) \u00b7 MC leave: separate auto-prefix\/suffix rules \u00b7 Compensatory leave = holiday for this purpose<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 23<\/td><td>Recall to duty before expiry of leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Sub-rules (1)&(2) deleted \u00b7 Sub-rule (3): recall treated as compulsory \u00b7 Leave salary continues till joining \u00b7 TA admissible \u00b7 If leave outside India: voyage treated as duty; free passage + TA from landing point<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 24<\/td><td>Return from leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Cannot return before leave expires without permission \u00b7 LPR: precluded from returning without consent of appointing authority \u00b7 MC leave: fitness certificate Form 5 required \u00b7 Gazetted: Medical Board (except \u22643 months or Board waives) \u00b7 Not entitled to resume same post as a matter of right<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 25<\/td><td>Absence after expiry of leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No leave salary for overstay period \u00b7 Period debited as HPL to extent due; excess treated as EOL \u00b7 Wilful absence = disciplinary action<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 14<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Application for leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Any application for leave or for <strong>extension of leave<\/strong> shall be made in <strong>Form 1<\/strong> to the authority competent to grant leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Disability Proviso \u2014 Who may sign the application (Added 2018)<\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#333;margin-bottom:10px\">Where a Government servant is <strong>unable to submit an application or medical certificate on account of a disability<\/strong>, the application may be signed and submitted by:<\/p>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>The <strong>spouse<\/strong> of the Government servant; or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>The <strong>parents<\/strong>, in case of an unmarried Government servant; or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>The <strong>child (including adopted child) or brother or sister<\/strong> of the Government servant who has attained the age of majority; or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(d)<\/span><span>Any person who has been assigned <strong>limited guardianship<\/strong> of the Government servant in terms of Section 14 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#1a7a48;margin-top:10px\">Such application shall be <strong>deemed to have been made and submitted by the Government servant himself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 15<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave account<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcd2<\/span><span>A leave account shall be maintained in <strong>Form 2<\/strong> for each Government servant:<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Who Maintains the Leave Account<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Category of Govt Servant<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Maintained By<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Gazetted Govt servants<\/strong> (pay drawn by Accounts Office)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Audit Officer<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Gazetted Govt servants<\/strong> (pay drawn and disbursed by HoO)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Head of Office<\/strong> (per Note to Rule 15)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Non-Gazetted Govt servants<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Head of Office<\/strong> or officer authorized by him<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 16<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Verification of title to leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> No leave shall be granted to a Government servant until a <strong>report regarding its admissibility<\/strong> has been obtained from the authority maintaining the leave account.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The order sanctioning leave shall indicate the <strong>balance of EL\/HPL at the credit<\/strong> of the Government servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Provisional Sanction \u2014 Sub-rule (2)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Where obtaining the admissibility report will be <strong>unduly delayed<\/strong>, the leave sanctioning authority may issue <strong>provisional sanction for a period not exceeding 60 days<\/strong> based on available information. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Max 60 days provisional<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span>Grant is subject to verification by the authority maintaining the leave account. A <strong>modified sanction<\/strong> shall be issued where necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>For Gazetted Govt servants, the <strong>Audit Officer may issue a provisional leave salary slip<\/strong> for a period not exceeding 60 days at the request of the competent authority.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Note \u2014 LPR \/ Cash payment cases (Rule 39):<\/strong> An <strong>undertaking for recovery of leave salary paid in excess<\/strong> shall be taken from the Government servant before provisional sanction of LPR or cash payment in lieu of leave.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 17<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave not to be granted in certain circumstances<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:6px\">Leave SHALL NOT be granted when:<\/strong>\n A competent <strong>punishing authority has decided to dismiss, remove or compulsorily retire<\/strong> the Government servant from Government service. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Decision = bar on leave<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Important Distinction \u2014 Rule 17 vs earlier understanding<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Rule 17 bars leave only when a <strong>decision to dismiss\/remove\/compulsorily retire has already been taken<\/strong> by the competent punishing authority \u2014 not merely when proceedings are pending or contemplated.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 19<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Grant of leave on medical certificate<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Forms and Medical Authorities<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Prescribed Medical Certificate Forms<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Category<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Form<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Issuing Authority<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Gazetted \u2014 CGHS beneficiary<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 3<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">CGHS Dispensary doctor; if away from CGHS area \u2014 AMA<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Gazetted \u2014 non-CGHS<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 3<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Government Hospital or AMA; for indoor\/specialized treatment \u2014 authorized private hospital doctor<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Non-Gazetted \u2014 CGHS beneficiary<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 4<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">CGHS Dispensary; if away from CGHS area \u2014 AMA or Registered Medical Practitioner (if no AMA within 8 km)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Non-Gazetted \u2014 non-CGHS<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 4<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Government Hospital or AMA<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Disability cases (any)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Form 3-A<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">CGHS doctor \/ Govt Hospital \/ Specialist \/ Medical Board (multiple disabilities)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Note \u2014 Non-Gazetted: Ayurvedic \/ Unani \/ Homoeopathic Certificate<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>A certificate from a registered <strong>Ayurvedic, Unani or Homoeopathic<\/strong> medical practitioner, or a registered <strong>Dentist<\/strong> (for dental ailments), or an <strong>honorary Medical Officer<\/strong> may be accepted for non-Gazetted Govt servants \u2014 provided such certificate is accepted by the Government of the <strong>State in which the Govt servant falls ill<\/strong> for its own employees.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Disability Certificate (Form 3-A)<\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#444;margin-bottom:10px\">In case of a Government servant who has acquired a disability, the Medical Authority shall certify in Form 3-A:<\/p>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>The <strong>nature and extent<\/strong> of the disability<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>The <strong>date from which<\/strong> such disability has occurred or manifested (to the extent medically possible)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>Whether there are reasonable prospects for the Govt servant to be fit to resume duties, and if not, <strong>categorically state that he is completely and permanently incapacitated<\/strong> for further service<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rules (2-A) and (2-B) \u2014 Added 2018<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2-A):<\/strong> Medical Authorities competent to issue Form 3-A disability certificate: CGHS doctor \/ Govt Hospital \/ Specialist in Govt Hospital \/ Medical Board (for multiple disabilities) \u2014 in addition to authorities under Chapter X of RPWD Act 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2-B):<\/strong> <strong>No reference from the Head of Office or any other authority<\/strong> may be required for issue of a medical certificate of disability. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 No HoO reference needed<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (3) to (6) \u2014 Second Opinion, Rights and Waiver<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> The leave sanctioning authority may, at its <strong>discretion<\/strong>, secure a <strong>second medical opinion<\/strong> by requesting a Government Medical Officer not below the rank of <strong>Civil Surgeon or Staff Surgeon<\/strong> to examine the applicant at the earliest.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (4):<\/strong> The Government Medical Officer shall express an opinion on <strong>both the facts of the illness and the necessity for the amount of leave recommended<\/strong>. He may require the applicant to appear before himself or a Medical Officer nominated by him.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (5):<\/strong> The grant of a medical certificate does <strong>not in itself confer any right to leave<\/strong>. The certificate shall be forwarded to the leave sanctioning authority and orders awaited. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Certificate \u2260 right to leave<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Waiver:<\/strong> The authority competent to grant leave may, in its <strong>discretion, waive the production of a medical certificate<\/strong> for leave of <strong>not exceeding three days at a time<\/strong>. Such leave shall <strong>not be treated as leave on medical certificate<\/strong> and shall be debited against other leave. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 3-day waiver<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 20<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave to a Government servant unlikely to be fit to return to duty<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1)(a):<\/strong> When a Medical Authority has reported that there is <strong>no reasonable prospect<\/strong> that the Government servant will ever be fit to return to duty, leave shall <strong>not necessarily be refused<\/strong> to such Government servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Two Situations under Sub-rule (1)(b)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>If Medical Authority is <strong>unable to say with certainty<\/strong> that the Government servant will never be fit: leave not exceeding <strong>12 months at a time<\/strong> may be granted. <strong>Extension requires fresh reference<\/strong> to Medical Authority. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 12 months at a time<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>If Government servant is declared as having acquired <strong>permanent disability preventing further service<\/strong> (Form 3-A received): leave or extension of leave may be granted after receipt of Form 3-A certificate.\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;margin-top:6px;padding-left:16px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\">\u2014 Any leave <strong>already debited<\/strong> during period under (i) after receipt of disability certificate shall be <strong>remitted back<\/strong> to the leave account.<\/li>\n <li>\u2014 Leave granted to regularise absence under (ii) shall <strong>not be debited<\/strong> to the leave account. <span class=\"tag-green\">Leave not debited<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> In the case of a Government servant granted leave under sub-rule (1)(b), the provisions of <strong>Section 20 of the RPWD Act, 2016<\/strong> shall apply <strong>suo motu<\/strong> (automatically, without application). <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 21<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Commencement and termination of leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>Except as provided in Rule 22, leave ordinarily <strong>begins on the day on which the transfer of charge is effected<\/strong> and <strong>ends on the day preceding that on which the charge is resumed<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Distinction from Common Understanding<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Rule 21 says leave <strong>begins on the day of handing over charge<\/strong> (not the day after). It <strong>ends on the day before resuming charge<\/strong> (the day of resumption is a working day). This is subject to Rule 22 (combination with holidays).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 22<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Combination of holidays with leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(i) \u2014 Leave Other Than Medical Certificate Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>When the day <strong>immediately preceding<\/strong> the start of leave or <strong>immediately following<\/strong> the expiry of leave is a holiday or series of holidays, the Government servant shall be deemed permitted to <strong>leave his station at close of the day before<\/strong> or <strong>return on the day following<\/strong> such holiday \u2014 subject to <strong>three provisos<\/strong>:<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">Three Provisos \u2014 Prefixing\/Suffixing NOT automatic if:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>His transfer\/assumption of charge involves <strong>handling securities or moneys<\/strong> other than a permanent advance<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>His early departure entails a <strong>correspondingly early transfer of another Govt servant<\/strong> to perform his duties<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>Delay in return involves a <strong>corresponding delay in the transfer\/discharge of the substitute<\/strong> performing his duties during absence<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(ii) \u2014 Leave on Medical Certificate<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Special Auto-Prefix\/Suffix Rules for MC Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span><strong>Certified medically unwell to attend office:<\/strong> Holidays <strong>immediately preceding<\/strong> the day of certification \u2014 <strong>automatically prefixed<\/strong> to leave. Holidays <strong>immediately succeeding<\/strong> that day (including that day) \u2014 <strong>automatically suffixed<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span><strong>Certified medically fit for joining duty:<\/strong> Holidays <strong>succeeding<\/strong> the day of fitness certification (including that day) \u2014 <strong>automatically suffixed<\/strong> to leave. Holidays <strong>preceding<\/strong> the day of fitness certification \u2014 treated as part of the leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (2) and (3) \u2014 Waiver and Pay Effects<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> The <strong>Head of Department<\/strong> may waive the application of Proviso (a) in any particular case \u2014 on condition that the departing Government servant remains <strong>responsible for the moneys in his charge<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> Unless the leave sanctioning authority directs otherwise:\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;margin-top:6px;padding-left:16px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\">(a) If holidays are <strong>prefixed<\/strong> to leave \u2014 leave and any rearrangement of pay take effect <strong>from the day after the holidays<\/strong>.<\/li>\n <li>(b) If holidays are <strong>suffixed<\/strong> to leave \u2014 leave is treated as having terminated from the day leave would have ended if holidays had not been suffixed; pay rearrangement takes effect from that day.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> A <strong>compensatory leave granted in lieu of duty performed on Sunday or a holiday<\/strong> (full day) may be treated as a holiday for the above purpose.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 23<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Recall to duty before expiry of leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rules (1) and (2):<\/strong> Deleted.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Recall is Compulsory \u2014 Entitlements<\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;margin-bottom:10px\">In case a Government servant is recalled to duty before expiry of leave, such recall shall be treated as <strong>compulsory in all cases<\/strong>. The Government servant is entitled to:<\/p>\n <div class=\"sec-h\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">If leave from which recalled is in India:<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Treated as <strong>on duty from the date he starts for the station<\/strong> to which ordered.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span><strong>Travelling allowance<\/strong> for the journey under applicable rules.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span><strong>Leave salary until he joins his post<\/strong> at the same rate as if not recalled.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"sec-h\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">If leave from which recalled is outside India:<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Time spent on <strong>voyage to India counts as duty<\/strong> for calculating leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span><strong>Leave salary during voyage to India<\/strong> and from date of landing to joining post \u2014 at same rate as if not recalled.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span><strong>Free passage to India<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iv)<\/span><span><strong>Refund of passage from India<\/strong> if Government servant has not completed half the period of leave by date of leaving for India on recall, or <strong>three months, whichever is shorter<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(v)<\/span><span><strong>Travelling allowance<\/strong> for travel from the place of landing in India to the place of duty.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 24<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Return from leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Cannot Return Early Without Permission<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>A Government servant on leave shall <strong>not return to duty before the expiry of leave<\/strong> unless permitted to do so by the authority which granted him leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Leave Preparatory to Retirement<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">LPR Special Rule: <\/strong>A Government servant on <strong>leave preparatory to retirement<\/strong> is <strong>precluded from returning to duty<\/strong>, save with the consent of the authority competent to appoint him to the post from which he proceeded on LPR. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Consent of appointing authority needed<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Fitness Certificate on Return from Medical Certificate Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> A Government servant who took leave on medical certificate may <strong>not return to duty until he has produced a medical certificate of fitness in Form 5<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (3)(b) \u2014 Gazetted Officers: Medical Board Required (with Exceptions)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>For Gazetted officers, the fitness certificate shall be obtained from a <strong>Medical Board<\/strong>, <strong>except<\/strong> in:<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Cases where leave is for <strong>not more than three months<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Cases where leave is for more than three months but the Medical Board at the time of original\/extension certificate <strong>specifically states<\/strong> that the Govt servant need not appear before another Medical Board for the fitness certificate<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#5a3d00;margin-top:8px\">In such excepted cases, certificate may be from: Chief Medical Officer \/ District Medical Officer \/ Civil Surgeon \/ Staff Surgeon \/ CGHS Medical Officer or (for cases under sub-rule (6) of Rule 19) from AMA or Medical Superintendent of the hospital concerned.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3)(d):<\/strong> For <strong>non-Gazetted<\/strong> Govt servants, the authority may at its <strong>discretion accept a certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 No Automatic Right to Same Post<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> A Government servant returning from leave is <strong>not entitled to resume the same post<\/strong> which he held before going on leave, as a matter of course \u2014 unless specifically ordered. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>(b)<\/strong> He shall <strong>report his return to duty<\/strong> to the authority which granted leave (or the authority specified in the leave order) and <strong>await orders<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> A Government servant who had been suffering from <strong>Tuberculosis<\/strong> may be allowed to resume duty on the basis of a fitness certificate which recommends <strong>light work<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 25<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Absence after expiry of leave<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:6px\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Treatment of Overstay Period:<\/strong>\n Unless leave is extended by the competent authority, a Government servant absent after the end of leave:\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Is entitled to <strong>no leave salary<\/strong> for the period of absence<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>That period shall be <strong>debited against his leave account as though it were HPL<\/strong>, to the extent HPL is due<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The period <strong>in excess of HPL due<\/strong> shall be treated as <strong>Extraordinary Leave<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point \u2014 HPL first, then EOL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> <strong>Wilful absence from duty<\/strong> after expiry of leave renders a Government servant <strong>liable to disciplinary action<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Numbers and Facts to Remember \u2014 Chapter III<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 14:<\/strong> Leave application in <strong>Form 1<\/strong> \u00b7 Disability: spouse\/parent\/adult child\/sibling\/limited guardian may sign<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 15:<\/strong> Leave account in <strong>Form 2<\/strong> \u00b7 Gazetted: Audit Officer (or HoO if pay drawn by HoO) \u00b7 Non-Gazetted: HoO<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 16:<\/strong> Provisional sanction: <strong>max 60 days<\/strong> if admissibility report delayed<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 17:<\/strong> Leave barred only when punishing authority has <strong>decided<\/strong> dismissal\/removal\/compulsory retirement (not merely contemplating)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 19:<\/strong> Gazetted \u2014 <strong>Form 3<\/strong> \u00b7 Non-Gazetted \u2014 <strong>Form 4<\/strong> \u00b7 Disability \u2014 <strong>Form 3-A<\/strong> \u00b7 Fitness \u2014 <strong>Form 5<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 19(6):<\/strong> MC may be waived for leave up to <strong>3 days at a time<\/strong> (not treated as leave on MC)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 19(2-B):<\/strong> No HoO reference needed for disability certificate<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 20:<\/strong> Uncertain about permanent disability \u2014 leave up to <strong>12 months at a time<\/strong> \u00b7 Extension requires fresh reference to Medical Authority<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 20:<\/strong> Permanent disability confirmed (Form 3-A) \u2014 leave <strong>not debited<\/strong> to leave account; previous HPL debits remitted back<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 21:<\/strong> Leave begins on <strong>day of handing over charge<\/strong> \u00b7 Ends on <strong>day before resuming charge<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 22:<\/strong> 3 provisos for prefix\/suffix \u00b7 Compensatory leave = holiday for prefix\/suffix purpose<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 23:<\/strong> Recall = always compulsory \u00b7 If recalled from outside India: refund of passage if < half leave completed or <strong>3 months, whichever shorter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 24:<\/strong> Cannot return early without permission \u00b7 LPR: needs appointing authority consent \u00b7 Fitness Form 5 needed after MC leave \u00b7 No automatic right to same post<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 25:<\/strong> Overstay: no leave salary \u00b7 Debited as <strong>HPL first<\/strong>, excess as <strong>EOL<\/strong> \u00b7 Wilful absence = disciplinary action<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch4\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter IV<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Kinds of Leave Due and Admissible<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 26 to 42 \u00b7 EL \u00b7 HPL \u00b7 Commuted Leave \u00b7 Leave Not Due \u00b7 EOL \u00b7 LPR \u00b7 Encashment \u00b7 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 26<\/td><td>Earned leave \u2014 Non-Vacation Departments<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">15 days credited in advance on 1st Jan & 1st July every year \u00b7 Max accumulation 300 days \u00b7 Balance >285 days: advance credit kept separately, adjusted first against EL taken \u00b7 Joining time (unavailed) credited as EL (max 15 days) \u00b7 Foreign service counts as duty if leave salary contribution paid<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 27<\/td><td>Calculation of Earned Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">2\u00bd days per completed calendar month \u00b7 On retirement\/resignation: up to date of retirement\/resignation \u00b7 On removal\/dismissal: up to end of preceding calendar month \u00b7 On death: up to date of death \u00b7 EOL\/dies non: credit reduced by 1\/10th of period (max 15 days) \u00b7 Fractions rounded to nearest day<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 28<\/td><td>Earned leave \u2014 Vacation Departments<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">5 days credited on 1st Jan & 1st July \u00b7 If vacation partially availed: additional EL proportional to un-availed vacation (max 30 days in a year) \u00b7 If no vacation availed: EL as per Rule 26 \u00b7 Max accumulation 300 days \u00b7 Vacation may combine with EL subject to limits<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 29<\/td><td>Half pay leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">10 days credited in advance on 1st Jan & 1st July \u00b7 Rate: 5\/3 days per completed calendar month \u00b7 On death: up to date of death \u00b7 Dies non: credit reduced by 1\/18th (max 10 days) \u00b7 No accumulation cap \u00b7 Admissible on MC or private affairs \u00b7 Departmental leave employees: 20 days per 12 months actual duty<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 30<\/td><td>Commuted leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Max half of HPL at credit \u00b7 On MC \u00b7 1 day commuted = 2 days HPL debited \u00b7 Prospect of return required \u00b7 Up to 180 days without MC for approved course of study in public interest \u00b7 Recovery if resigns\/retires voluntarily without returning (not if ill-health\/death)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 31<\/td><td>Leave not due<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Permanent\/quasi-permanent: max 360 days during service \u00b7 Temporary with TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/Mental illness + 1 year service: max 360 days \u00b7 Only on MC \u00b7 Debited against future HPL \u00b7 Recovery if quits without earning (not if ill-health\/death\/compulsory retirement)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 32<\/td><td>Extraordinary leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No other leave admissible OR Govt servant applies in writing \u00b7 No leave salary \u00b7 Non-permanent limits: 3M \/ 6M (1yr service + MC) \/ 18M (TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/Mental illness) \/ 24M (studies, 3yr service) \u00b7 Bond in Form 6 for study EOL \u00b7 SC\/ST: HoD may grant EOL for Pre-Exam Training Course \u00b7 Two spells with intervening leave = one continuous spell \u00b7 Absence without leave may be commuted into EOL retrospectively<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 33<\/td><td>Leave to probationer, person on probation and apprentice<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Probationer: entitled as if substantive \u00b7 Leave not beyond probationary period or date of termination \u00b7 Person on probation: leave as temporary\/permanent depending on post \u00b7 Apprentice: \u00bd pay leave (max 1 month\/year) on MC + EOL<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 34<\/td><td>Persons re-employed after retirement<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Treated as fresh entrant from date of re-employment for all leave purposes<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rules 35\u201337<\/td><td>Deleted<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 38<\/td><td>Leave preparatory to retirement<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL (max 300 days) + HPL due, extending up to and including date of retirement \u00b7 No EOL in LPR \u00b7 On foreign service in Local Body: foreign employer decides with lending authority's concurrence \u00b7 In other foreign service: LPR only on quitting foreign employer<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 38-A<\/td><td>Encashment of EL with LTC while in service<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Max 10 days per LTC \u00b7 Balance of 30 days EL must remain after encashment + leave availed \u00b7 Overall cap: 60 days in career \u00b7 No HRA in cash equivalent \u00b7 Failure to avail LTC: refund + 2% above PF interest rate + leave re-credited \u00b7 Not counted against Rules 6\/39\/39-A\/39-B\/39-C\/39-D limits<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39<\/td><td>Cash payment in lieu of leave \u2014 retirement\/cessation<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">No leave granted beyond retirement\/resignation\/final cessation \u00b7 Superannuation: suo motu EL+HPL max 300 days \u00b7 If resigns\/quits: EL only, half of EL at credit, max 150 days \u00b7 Service extended: during extension leave as per Rule 26; after extension encashment max 300 days \u00b7 Withheld if disciplinary\/criminal proceedings pending<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39-A<\/td><td>Cash equivalent \u2014 death in service<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL+HPL at credit on date of death, max 300 days \u00b7 Paid to family per Rule 39-C order \u00b7 DA also payable additionally<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39-B<\/td><td>Cash equivalent \u2014 invalidation from service<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL+HPL max 300 days \u00b7 Non-permanent: HPL component not included<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39-C<\/td><td>Payment of cash equivalent \u2014 in case of death<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">11-rung family order: widow\/husband \u2192 eldest son\/adopted son \u2192 unmarried daughter \u2192 widowed daughter \u2192 father \u2192 mother \u2192 married daughter \u2192 brother (<18) \u2192 unmarried sister \u2192 widowed sister \u2192 eldest child of predeceased son<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 39-D<\/td><td>Cash equivalent \u2014 permanent absorption in PSU\/Autonomous Body<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL only (not HPL) at credit on date of absorption, max 300 days \u00b7 \"Permanent absorption\" = resignation from Govt service through proper channel to take up PSU appointment<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 40<\/td><td>Leave Salary<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">EL: pay drawn immediately before leave \u00b7 HPL\/Leave Not Due: half of sub-rule (1) \u00b7 Commuted leave: full pay (= EL rate) \u00b7 EOL: nil \u00b7 ESI Act employees: leave salary reduced by ESI benefit for corresponding period \u00b7 Re-employment EL: pay excluding pension\/gratuity equivalent<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 41<\/td><td>Drawal of leave salary<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Leave salary payable under these rules shall be drawn in rupees in India<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 42<\/td><td>Advance of leave salary<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Advance up to one month's pay and allowances on that leave salary \u00b7 Available for leave of 30 days or more \u00b7 Subject to deductions: Income Tax, PF, HRA, advances, etc.<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 26<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Earned Leave \u2014 Non-Vacation Departments<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(a) \u2014 Advance Credit Mechanism<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc How EL is Credited \u2014 Sub-rule (1)(a)(i)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>Leave account credited with EL in advance in <strong>two instalments of 15 days each<\/strong> on the <strong>1st day of January and 1st day of July<\/strong> every calendar year. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 15+15 days advance<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udce6<\/span><span>Leave at credit at close of previous half-year carried forward, subject to the condition that: <strong>carried forward leave + half-year credit does not exceed 300 days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 285-Day Proviso \u2014 Special Adjustment Rule<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Where EL at credit on <strong>last day of December or June is more than 285 days but 300 days or less<\/strong>: the advance credit of 15 days on 1st January\/July shall <strong>not be credited to the leave account<\/strong> directly.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span>Instead, it shall be <strong>kept separately<\/strong> and <strong>first adjusted against EL taken during that half-year<\/strong>. Balance, if any, credited at close of half-year subject to 300-day cap. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 285-day trigger<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(a)(ii) \u2014 Credit of Unavailed Joining Time as EL<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>When a Government servant joins a new post without availing full joining time because: <strong>(a)<\/strong> ordered to join without full joining time, or <strong>(b)<\/strong> proceeds alone and takes family later within permissible period \u2014<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>The <strong>unavailed joining time (max 15 days, reduced by days actually availed)<\/strong> shall be credited to his EL account. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Joining time credited as EL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Condition: EL at credit together with joining time so credited shall <strong>not exceed 300 days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(c) \u2014 Non-Permanent Govt Servant Appointed to Permanent Post<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Where a Govt servant not in permanent\/quasi-permanent employ is <strong>appointed substantively to a permanent post without interruption<\/strong>, his leave account shall be credited with the EL that would have been admissible had his previous duty been rendered as permanent\/quasi-permanent \u2014 reduced by EL already taken.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Any EOL availed since permanent appointment may, subject to Rule 10, be <strong>converted into EL<\/strong> to the extent due and admissible as a result of recasting of the leave account.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1)(d) \u2014 Foreign Service Counts as Duty<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>A period spent in <strong>foreign service shall count as duty<\/strong> for earning EL under Rule 26, <strong>if contribution towards leave salary is paid<\/strong> on account of such period. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Maximum EL Granted at One Time<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Maximum EL at One Time<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>180 days<\/strong> \u2014 in the case of any Government servant employed in India <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 180 days max at one time<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>150 days<\/strong> \u2014 in the case of Government servants of non-Asiatic domicile mentioned in the Exception to sub-rule (1)<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 EL exceeding 180 days for Class I\/II spending leave abroad<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2708\ufe0f<\/span><span>EL exceeding 180 days but not exceeding <strong>300 days<\/strong> may be granted if the <strong>entire leave or any portion is spent outside India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan<\/strong> \u2014 for Govt servants in Class I or Class II service.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Condition: Period of such leave <strong>spent in India shall not in the aggregate exceed 180 days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 27<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Calculation of Earned Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> EL credited at the rate of <strong>2\u00bd days for each completed calendar month<\/strong> of service which he is likely to render in a half-year of the calendar year in which he is appointed. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 2.5 days per completed month<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Credit in Special Circumstances<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span><strong>Retirement or resignation:<\/strong> Credit at 2\u00bd days per completed month <strong>up to the date of retirement or resignation<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span><strong>Removal or dismissal:<\/strong> Credit at 2\u00bd days per completed month <strong>up to the end of the calendar month preceding the calendar month of removal\/dismissal<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Up to preceding month<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span><strong>Death while in service:<\/strong> Credit at 2\u00bd days per completed month <strong>up to the date of death<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> If a Govt servant has availed of <strong>EOL and\/or some period treated as dies non<\/strong> in a half-year, the credit at commencement of the next half-year shall be reduced by <strong>1\/10th of the period of such EOL\/dies non, subject to a maximum of 15 days<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Reduction: 1\/10th, max 15 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (4):<\/strong> While affording credit, <strong>fractions of a day shall be rounded off to the nearest day<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 28<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Earned Leave \u2014 Vacation Departments<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc EL for Vacation Department Employees \u2014 Three Scenarios<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Scenario<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">EL Credited<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Advance credit each half-year (1st Jan & 1st July)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>5 days each<\/strong> = 10 days per year<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Portion of vacation availed<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Additional EL in proportion of <strong>20 days<\/strong> as un-availed vacation bears to full vacation (total in year \u2264 <strong>30 days<\/strong>)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">No vacation availed at all<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">EL as per <strong>Rule 26<\/strong> (i.e., 15 days each half-year)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>For this rule, <strong>\"year\" = 12 months of actual duty<\/strong> in a Vacation Department \u2014 not a calendar year.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>A Govt servant is considered to have <strong>availed vacation<\/strong> unless required by general\/special order of higher authority to forgo it. If prevented from enjoying <strong>more than 15 days<\/strong> of vacation by such order \u2014 considered to have availed <strong>no portion<\/strong> of the vacation. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 15-day threshold<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd17<\/span><span><strong>Vacation + EL combination:<\/strong> Vacation may be taken in combination with or in continuation of any leave. Total of vacation and EL taken in conjunction shall <strong>not exceed the EL due and admissible under Rule 26<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udce6<\/span><span>Maximum accumulation: <strong>300 days<\/strong> (same as Rule 26). Unavailed joining time credit facility also available to Vacation Dept employees.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 29<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Half Pay Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc HPL \u2014 Credit Mechanism<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> HPL account credited in advance in <strong>two instalments of 10 days each<\/strong> on the <strong>1st day of January and July<\/strong> every calendar year. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 10+10 days advance = 20 days per year<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>Rate:<\/strong> <strong>5\/3 days per completed calendar month<\/strong> of service (sub-rule (2)(a)).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u267e\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>No maximum accumulation limit.<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Key exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Credit in Special Circumstances<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span><strong>Retirement\/resignation:<\/strong> 5\/3 days per completed month <strong>up to date of retirement\/resignation<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span><strong>Removal\/dismissal:<\/strong> 5\/3 days per completed month <strong>up to end of preceding calendar month<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ca)<\/span><span><strong>Death in service:<\/strong> 5\/3 days per completed month <strong>up to date of death<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(d)<\/span><span><strong>Dies non:<\/strong> Credit at commencement of next half-year reduced by <strong>1\/18th of the period of dies non, subject to max 10 days<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Reduction: 1\/18th, max 10 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> A Govt servant eligible for <strong>Departmental leave (Rule 49)<\/strong> shall be entitled to HPL of <strong>20 days on completion of 12 months of actual duty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (4):<\/strong> HPL may be granted on <strong>medical certificate or on private affairs<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (5):<\/strong> Fractions of a day shall be <strong>rounded off to the nearest day<\/strong> while affording HPL credit.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 30<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Commuted Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> Commuted leave not exceeding <strong>half of HPL at credit<\/strong> may be granted on medical certificate.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Conditions: <strong>(a)<\/strong> Competent authority satisfied there is <strong>reasonable prospect of returning to duty<\/strong> on expiry. <strong>(d)<\/strong> Twice the amount of commuted leave shall be <strong>debited against HPL<\/strong> due. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 1 commuted day = 2 HPL days debited<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (1-A) \u2014 Commuted Leave Without MC for Course of Study<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>HPL up to a maximum of <strong>180 days may be commuted without production of medical certificate<\/strong> where the leave is utilised for an <strong>approved course of study certified to be in the public interest<\/strong> by the leave sanctioning authority. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 180 days without MC for study<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Recovery on Voluntary Resignation\/Retirement:<\/strong> Where a Govt servant granted commuted leave <strong>resigns or retires voluntarily without returning to duty<\/strong>, commuted leave shall be treated as HPL and the <strong>difference in leave salary recovered<\/strong>.\n <p style=\"margin-top:6px;font-size:13px\"><strong>No recovery if:<\/strong> Retirement is by reason of <strong>ill-health incapacitating<\/strong> the Govt servant for further service, or in the event of <strong>death<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> Commuted leave may be granted <strong>even when EL is due<\/strong> \u2014 at the request of the Govt servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 31<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave Not Due<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Permanent\/Quasi-permanent Govt Servants<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span>Leave Not Due may be granted (excluding LPR) to a Govt servant in <strong>permanent or quasi-permanent employ<\/strong>, limited to a <strong>maximum of 360 days during entire service on medical certificate<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 360 days max<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>Conditions: <strong>(a)<\/strong> Reasonable prospect of returning to duty \u00b7 <strong>(b)<\/strong> Limited to HPL likely to be earned thereafter \u00b7 <strong>(c)<\/strong> Debited against HPL to be earned subsequently.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (1-A) \u2014 Temporary Govt Servants (TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/Mental Illness)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Leave Not Due up to <strong>360 days<\/strong> may also be granted to <strong>temporary Govt servants suffering from TB, Leprosy, Cancer or Mental Illness<\/strong> \u2014 additional conditions:<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Minimum <strong>1 year of service<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 1 year minimum<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>The post from which proceeding on leave is <strong>likely to last till return to duty<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Request supported by <strong>medical certificate as per Rule 32(2)(c)\/(d)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Recovery of Leave Salary:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>If Govt servant granted Leave Not Due <strong>resigns or retires voluntarily without returning to duty<\/strong>: Leave Not Due shall be <strong>cancelled<\/strong>, resignation\/retirement takes effect from date Leave Not Due commenced, and <strong>leave salary recovered<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>If Govt servant <strong>returns to duty but then resigns\/retires before earning the leave<\/strong>: liable to refund leave salary to extent leave not yet earned.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>No recovery if:<\/strong> Retirement due to ill-health incapacitating for service \u00b7 death \u00b7 compulsory retirement under CCS (Pension) Rule 48(1)(b) or FR 56(j)\/(l).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 32<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Extraordinary Leave (EOL)<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Two Circumstances for Grant<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>When <strong>no other leave is admissible<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>When other leave is admissible, but the Govt servant <strong>applies in writing<\/strong> for the grant of EOL<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>Leave salary: <strong>Nil<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Limits for Non-Permanent Govt Servants<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 EOL Limits on Any One Occasion \u2014 Non-Permanent Employees<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#c9a227;color:#1a3400\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Clause<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Maximum<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Conditions<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e8e0c0\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(a)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>3 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">General<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e8e0c0;background:#fffdf0\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(b)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>6 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Completed <strong>1 year's continuous service<\/strong> on date of expiry of all due leave including 3M EOL under (a) + supported by <strong>medical certificate<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e8e0c0\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(d)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>18 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Completed <strong>1 year's continuous service<\/strong> + undergoing treatment for: <strong>Pulmonary TB or Pleurisy (in recognised sanatorium or at home under TB Specialist)<\/strong>, <strong>TB of any other part<\/strong> (qualified TB Specialist\/Civil\/Staff Surgeon), <strong>Leprosy<\/strong> (recognised leprosy institution), <strong>Cancer or Mental illness<\/strong> (recognised institution)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(e)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>24 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">For <strong>studies certified in public interest<\/strong> + completed <strong>3 years' continuous service<\/strong> on date of expiry of all due leave including 3M EOL under (a) <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 3 years for study EOL<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Bond for Study EOL<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> Where EOL in relaxation of clause (e) is granted for studies, the Govt servant shall execute a <strong>Bond in Form 6<\/strong> \u2014 undertaking to refund actual expenditure incurred by Govt (plus interest) if he does not return to duty on expiry of such leave or quits service before <strong>3 years after return to duty<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 3-year service obligation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>(b)<\/strong> Bond to be supported by <strong>Sureties from two permanent Govt servants<\/strong> of comparable or higher status.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (4), (5) and (6) \u2014 Special Provisions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (4):<\/strong> Government servants belonging to <strong>Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes<\/strong> may be granted EOL by the <strong>Head of Department<\/strong> in relaxation of sub-rule (2) for attending <strong>Pre-Examination Training Course<\/strong> at Govt-notified centres. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 SC\/ST: HoD power<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (5):<\/strong> <strong>Two spells of EOL, if intervened by any other kind of leave, shall be treated as one continuous spell<\/strong> of EOL for the purpose of sub-rule (2). <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Exam point<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (6):<\/strong> The authority competent to grant leave may <strong>commute retrospectively periods of absence without leave into EOL<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 33<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave to Probationer, Person on Probation and Apprentice<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Three Categories<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(1)<\/span><span><strong>Probationer<\/strong> \u2014 entitled to leave as if holding the post substantively (not on probation). Leave shall not extend: <strong>(i)<\/strong> beyond date probationary period expires or is extended, or <strong>(ii)<\/strong> beyond the earlier date of termination of services.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(2)<\/span><span><strong>Person appointed on probation<\/strong> \u2014 entitled to leave as a <strong>temporary or permanent Govt servant<\/strong> according as the appointment is against a temporary or permanent post. However, if he already holds a lien on a permanent post before such appointment \u2014 entitled to leave as a <strong>permanent Govt servant<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(3)<\/span><span><strong>Apprentice<\/strong> \u2014 entitled to:\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:12px;margin-top:4px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>(a)<\/strong> Leave on medical certificate, on leave salary equivalent to <strong>half pay, for a period not exceeding one month in any year<\/strong> of apprenticeship<\/li>\n <li><strong>(b)<\/strong> Extraordinary leave under Rule 32<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 34<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Persons Re-employed after Retirement<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In the case of a person re-employed after retirement, the provisions of these rules shall apply as if he had <strong>entered Government service for the first time on the date of his re-employment<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Fresh entrant for all leave purposes<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 38<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR)<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Quantum and Condition<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>A Govt servant may be permitted to take LPR to the extent of <strong>EL due, not exceeding 300 days<\/strong>, together with HPL due \u2014 subject to the condition that such leave <strong>extends up to and includes the date of retirement<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 EL max 300 days \u00b7 must touch retirement date<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> LPR shall <strong>not include EOL<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Govt Servant on Foreign Service in Local Body<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>Where Govt servant is on foreign service in or under a Local Authority \/ Corporation \/ Company wholly or substantially owned\/controlled by Govt or a Body controlled\/financed by Govt: the decision to <strong>grant or refuse LPR shall be taken by the foreign employer<\/strong> with the <strong>concurrence of the lending authority<\/strong> under Central Govt.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Such Govt servant shall also be allowed to <strong>encash EL at credit on the date of retirement<\/strong> in the manner provided in Rule 39(2).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Foreign Service in Other Bodies<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Where Govt servant is on foreign service in or under a local body <strong>other than the one in sub-rule (2)(a)<\/strong>, LPR shall be admissible <strong>only when he quits duty under the foreign employer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Proviso:<\/strong> Where the Govt servant <strong>continues in service under such foreign employer<\/strong>, he shall <strong>not be eligible<\/strong> for cash payment in lieu of leave under Rule 39.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 38-A<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Encashment of Earned Leave along with LTC while in service<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Conditions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span>A Govt servant may be permitted to encash EL up to <strong>10 days at the time of availing LTC while in service<\/strong>, subject to: <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Max 10 days per LTC<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A balance of <strong>at least 30 days of EL<\/strong> is available at credit after accounting for encashment and leave being availed. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 30-day minimum balance<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Total EL so encashed during entire career <strong>does not exceed 60 days in aggregate<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 60-day lifetime cap<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Formula for Cash Equivalent<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Cash Equivalent Formula \u2014 Rule 38-A<\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;margin:6px 0 4px\"><strong>Cash equivalent = [(Pay + DA on date of availing LTC) \u00f7 30] \u00d7 Number of days of EL encashed (max 10 days)<\/strong><\/p>\n <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#555\">Note: <strong>No House Rent Allowance<\/strong> is included in the cash equivalent (Sub-rule (3)).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Not Counted Against Other Encashment Limits<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The period of EL encashed under Rule 38-A shall <strong>not be deducted from the quantum of leave that can normally be encashed<\/strong> under Rules 6, 39, 39-A, 39-B, 39-C and 39-D.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Failure to Avail LTC<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Consequence if LTC is not availed within prescribed time:<\/strong> The Govt servant shall be required to <strong>refund the entire amount of leave encashed along with interest at 2% above the rate of interest allowed on PF balances<\/strong>. He shall also be entitled to <strong>credit back of leave so debited<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 2% above PF rate<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cash Payment in lieu of Leave \u2014 Retirement \/ Cessation of Service<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 No Leave Beyond These Dates<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>No leave shall be granted beyond: <strong>(a)<\/strong> date of retirement \u00b7 <strong>(b)<\/strong> date of final cessation of duties \u00b7 <strong>(c)<\/strong> date of retirement by notice or pay in lieu of notice \u00b7 <strong>(d)<\/strong> date of resignation.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Superannuation: Suo Motu Cash Equivalent<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Cash Equivalent on Normal Retirement \u2014 Formula<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The authority competent to grant leave shall <strong>suo motu<\/strong> issue an order granting cash equivalent of EL + HPL at credit on date of retirement \u2014 <strong>maximum 300 days overall<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 300 days overall cap<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>For EL component:<\/strong> Cash = [(Pay + DA on retirement date) \u00f7 30] \u00d7 Days of EL at credit<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>For HPL component:<\/strong> Cash = [(Half Pay leave salary + DA thereon) \u00f7 30] \u00d7 Days of HPL at credit<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Overall limit for both EL and HPL combined: <strong>300 days<\/strong>. <strong>No commutation of HPL to make up shortfall in EL.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Payable as <strong>one lump sum as one-time settlement<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Withholding on Disciplinary Proceedings<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Power to Withhold:<\/strong> Where a Govt servant retires while under <strong>suspension<\/strong> or while <strong>disciplinary or criminal proceedings are pending<\/strong>, the competent authority may <strong>withhold whole or part of cash equivalent of EL<\/strong> if there is a possibility of money becoming recoverable on conclusion of proceedings. On conclusion, the withheld amount shall be paid after adjustment of Govt dues.\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Service Extended Beyond Retirement Date<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>During period of extension: EL due for extension period + EL at credit on date of retirement \u2014 subject to max <strong>180\/300 days as per Rule 26<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>After expiry of extension: cash equivalent of EL+HPL at retirement + EL+HPL earned during extension minus leave availed during extension \u2014 subject to <strong>max 300 days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Retirement by Notice or Pay in Lieu of Notice<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Suo motu cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit \u2014 subject to <strong>max 300 days<\/strong>. Same formula as sub-rule (2).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Various Modes of Cessation<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Cash Equivalent by Mode of Separation<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Mode<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Leave Encashed<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Maximum<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Services terminated by notice \/ pay in lieu (6)(a)(i)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">EL + HPL at credit<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>300 days<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Resignation or quitting service<\/strong> (6)(a)(ii)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>EL only<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>half<\/strong> of EL at credit<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>150 days<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Half of EL, max 150 days<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Termination of re-employment (6)(a)(iii)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">EL + HPL at credit on termination date<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>300 days<\/strong> (including encashment at retirement)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39-A<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cash Equivalent of Leave Salary \u2014 Death in Service<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>Cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit of the <strong>deceased Govt servant on the date of death<\/strong>, not exceeding <strong>300 days<\/strong>, shall be <strong>paid to his family<\/strong> in the manner specified in Rule 39-C. Same formula as Rule 39(2). <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 300 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note:<\/strong> In addition to cash equivalent of leave salary, the family shall also be entitled to payment of <strong>Dearness Allowance only<\/strong> as per separately issued orders.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39-B<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cash Equivalent of Leave Salary \u2014 Invalidation from Service<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> A Govt servant declared by a Medical Authority to be <strong>completely and permanently incapacitated for further service<\/strong> may be granted, suo motu, cash equivalent of EL+HPL at credit on date of invalidation \u2014 maximum <strong>300 days<\/strong>. Same formula as Rule 39(2).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> A Govt servant <strong>not in permanent or quasi-permanent employ<\/strong> shall <strong>not be granted cash equivalent in respect of HPL<\/strong> standing at his credit on the date of invalidation. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Non-permanent: no HPL encashment<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39-C<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Payment of Cash Equivalent \u2014 Death of Govt Servant (Order of Payment)<\/span><\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#444;margin-bottom:10px\">In the event of death (in service, after retirement, or after cessation of duties but before actual receipt of cash equivalent), the amount shall be payable in the following order:<\/p>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc 11-Rung Order of Payment<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span><strong>Widow<\/strong> (eldest surviving widow by date of marriage if more than one) \/ <strong>Husband<\/strong> (if female Govt servant)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>son<\/strong> or adopted son<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>unmarried daughter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iv)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>widowed daughter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(v)<\/span><span><strong>Father<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(vi)<\/span><span><strong>Mother<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(vii)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>married daughter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(viii)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>brother below the age of 18 years<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ix)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>unmarried sister<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(x)<\/span><span>Eldest surviving <strong>widowed sister<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(xi)<\/span><span>Eldest child of the <strong>eldest predeceased son<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 39-D<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cash Equivalent \u2014 Permanent Absorption in PSU \/ Autonomous Body<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfed<\/span><span>A Govt servant permitted to be <strong>absorbed in a Corporation\/Company\/Body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by Central\/State Govt<\/strong> shall be granted, suo motu, cash equivalent of <strong>EL at credit on the date of absorption \u2014 subject to maximum of 300 days<\/strong>. Same formula as Rule 39(2).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Note \u2014 \"Permanent absorption\" means:<\/strong> A Govt servant who applied through proper channel for a PSU\/Autonomous Body post and <strong>resigns from Govt service<\/strong> to take up that appointment. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Only EL, not HPL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 40<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave Salary<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Leave Salary \u2014 Complete Summary<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Type of Leave<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Leave Salary (Sub-rule)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Earned Leave<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Pay drawn immediately before proceeding on EL<\/strong> (sub-rule (1))<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Half Pay Leave \/ Leave Not Due<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Half<\/strong> of the amount in sub-rule (1) (sub-rule (3))<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Commuted Leave<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay<\/strong> \u2014 same as EL (sub-rule (4))<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Extraordinary Leave<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Nil<\/strong> (sub-rule (5))<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>EL earned during re-employment<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Pay <strong>exclusive of pension and pension equivalent of retirement benefits<\/strong> (sub-rule (7)(c))<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Important Notes \u2014 Rule 40<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Foreign service out of India:<\/strong> Pay which the Govt servant <strong>would have drawn if on duty in India<\/strong> but for foreign service shall be substituted for the pay actually drawn while calculating leave salary.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>ESI Act employees (sub-rule (8)):<\/strong> Leave salary payable during leave <strong>other than EL<\/strong> shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of ESI benefit payable<\/strong> for the corresponding period.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (9) \u2014 Adjustment on retirement\/resignation:<\/strong> If leave already availed is more than credit due, necessary adjustment shall be made in respect of leave salary overdrawn. Overpayment also recovered in cases of dismissal\/removal or death.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 41<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Drawal of Leave Salary<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The leave salary payable under these rules shall be <strong>drawn in rupees in India<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 42<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Advance of Leave Salary<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>A Govt servant (including a Govt servant on foreign service) proceeding on leave for a period of <strong>not less than 30 days<\/strong> may be allowed an advance in lieu of leave salary of up to <strong>one month's pay and allowances admissible on that leave salary<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Subject to deductions on account of: <strong>Income Tax, Provident Fund, House Rent, Recovery of Advances, etc.<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 30-day minimum for advance<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Numbers to Remember \u2014 Chapter IV<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>EL credited:<\/strong> 15+15 days (1st Jan & 1st July) \u00b7 Rate: 2.5 days\/completed month \u00b7 Max: <strong>300 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>285-day trigger:<\/strong> If EL >285 days on 31 Dec\/30 Jun, advance credit kept separately, adjusted first<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>EL max at one time:<\/strong> <strong>180 days<\/strong> (in India) \u00b7 Up to 300 days if Class I\/II and entire\/part leave spent outside specified countries<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>EL reduction for EOL\/dies non:<\/strong> 1\/10th of period, max <strong>15 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>HPL credited:<\/strong> 10+10 days (1st Jan & 1st July) \u00b7 Rate: 5\/3 days\/completed month \u00b7 <strong>No accumulation cap<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>HPL reduction for dies non:<\/strong> 1\/18th of period, max <strong>10 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Commuted leave:<\/strong> Max half of HPL at credit \u00b7 1 day = 2 HPL days debited \u00b7 <strong>180 days without MC<\/strong> for approved course of study<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Leave Not Due:<\/strong> Permanent\/quasi-permanent: <strong>360 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Temporary (TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/MH + 1yr service): <strong>360 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>EOL limits (non-permanent):<\/strong> 3M \/ 6M (1yr + MC) \/ 18M (TB\/Leprosy\/Cancer\/MH + 1yr) \/ 24M (study + 3yrs)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Study EOL Bond (Form 6):<\/strong> Refund if leaves within <strong>3 years of return<\/strong> \u00b7 2 permanent sureties<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>LPR:<\/strong> EL max <strong>300 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Must include date of retirement \u00b7 No EOL in LPR<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 38-A (LTC encashment):<\/strong> Max <strong>10 days per LTC<\/strong> \u00b7 30-day EL balance must remain \u00b7 <strong>60 days lifetime<\/strong> \u00b7 No HRA \u00b7 Failure: refund + <strong>2% above PF rate<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 39 (superannuation):<\/strong> EL+HPL max <strong>300 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Resignation\/quitting: <strong>half of EL, max 150 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 39-C order:<\/strong> 11 rungs \u00b7 \"Eldest surviving widow\" = by date of marriage, not age<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 39-D (PSU absorption):<\/strong> <strong>EL only<\/strong>, max 300 days \u00b7 No HPL<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Rule 42 advance:<\/strong> Leave of <strong>30+ days<\/strong> required \u00b7 Up to <strong>1 month's pay and allowances<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch5\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter V<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Special Kinds of Leave other than Study Leave<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 43 to 49 \u00b7 Maternity \u00b7 Paternity \u00b7 Child Adoption \u00b7 CCL \u00b7 WRIIL \u00b7 Seamen \u00b7 Sexual Harassment \u00b7 Departmental Leave<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43<\/td><td>Maternity Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">180 days \u00b7 Female Govt servant (including apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Full pay \u00b7 Not debited to leave account \u00b7 Miscarriage\/abortion: 45 days (irrespective of children) \u00b7 Combination: any leave + commuted leave (max 60 days) + leave not due up to 2 years in continuation \u00b7 Surrogacy: surrogate + commissioning mother (both if Govt servants) eligible for 180 days<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43-A<\/td><td>Paternity Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">15 days \u00b7 Male Govt servant (including apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Within 15 days before or 6 months after delivery \u00b7 Full pay \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 Not normally refused \u00b7 Lapses if not availed within period \u00b7 Surrogacy: commissioning father eligible within 6 months of delivery<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43-AA<\/td><td>Paternity Leave for Child Adoption<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">15 days \u00b7 Male Govt servant (including apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Child below 1 year \u00b7 Within 6 months from pre-adoption foster care or valid adoption \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 Lapses if not availed \u00b7 If foster care not followed by valid adoption: leave debited from other leave \u00b7 \"Child\" includes ward under Guardians and Wards Act if treated as family member + special will<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43-B<\/td><td>Child Adoption Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">180 days \u00b7 Female Govt servant \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Child below 1 year \u00b7 Immediately after foster care or valid adoption \u00b7 Full pay \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 If foster care not followed by adoption: leave debited from other leave \u00b7 In continuation: leave due + leave not due + commuted leave (max 60 days, no MC) up to 1 year minus child's age at adoption \u00b7 \"Child\" includes ward<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 43-C<\/td><td>Child Care Leave (CCL)<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">730 days during entire service \u00b7 Female Govt servant + single male Govt servant \u00b7 For 2 eldest surviving children \u00b7 Child: below 18 years OR any age with \u226540% disability \u00b7 Max 3 spells\/calendar year (single female: 6 spells) \u00b7 Min 5 days at a time \u00b7 Not during probation except extreme situations \u00b7 100% salary for first 365 days; 80% for next 365 days \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 Combination: any leave + commuted leave (max 60 days) + leave not due up to 1 year in continuation \u00b7 Surrogacy: commissioning mother (<2 children) eligible \u00b7 Hospital inpatient child: authority may relax to 6 spells<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 44<\/td><td>Work Related Illness and Injury Leave (WRIIL)<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Illness\/injury attributable to\/aggravated by official duties or official position \u00b7 Full pay during entire hospitalization \u00b7 Beyond hospitalization: non-military \u2014 full pay 6 months + half pay 12 months (half pay period may be commuted) \u00b7 CAPF officers: full pay 6M + full pay 24M \u00b7 CAPF below officer rank: full pay, no limit \u00b7 ESI\/Workmen's Compensation: leave salary reduced by compensation\/benefit \u00b7 No EL or HPL credited during WRIIL<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 45\u201346<\/td><td>Omitted<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 47<\/td><td>Seamen's sick leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Officers\/warrant\/petty officers on Govt vessel \u00b7 Medical treatment (illness or injury): max 6 weeks on full pay \u00b7 Disabled in exercise of duty: max 3 months on full pay (Govt MO certificate + disability not self-caused + vacancy not filled) \u00b7 Not granted if malingering\/drunkenness\/self-inflicted \u00b7 Workmen's Compensation\/ESI: leave salary reduced by compensation\/benefit<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 48<\/td><td>Special Leave \u2014 Sexual Harassment<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Up to 90 days \u00b7 Aggrieved female Govt servant \u00b7 On recommendation of Internal\/Local Committee \u00b7 During pendency of inquiry under POSH Act 2013 \u00b7 Not debited against leave account<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 49<\/td><td>Departmental Leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">For Survey of India field\/recess staff and seasonal P&T staff \u00b7 Only when services temporarily not required \u00b7 Not debited \u00b7 May be granted when no leave is due \u00b7 Recess: max 18 months \u00b7 Non-recess (Survey of India): max 1 year (6M at a time) \u00b7 Leave salary: 25% of EL salary + DA only \u00b7 Paid monthly for first 6M; thereafter on return \u00b7 Without leave salary only with Presidential authorisation<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Maternity Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Duration and Eligibility<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc69<\/span><span>A <strong>female Government servant (including an apprentice)<\/strong> with <strong>less than two surviving children<\/strong> may be granted maternity leave for a period of <strong>180 days<\/strong> from the date of its commencement. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 180 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>During maternity leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to <strong>pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave<\/strong> (full pay).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>ESI Act Note:<\/strong> Where ESI Act 1948 applies, the leave salary shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of ESI benefit payable<\/strong> for the corresponding period.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Miscarriage \/ Abortion<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Maternity Leave for Miscarriage \/ Abortion<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>Maternity leave not exceeding <strong>45 days<\/strong> may also be granted to a female Govt servant (irrespective of the number of surviving children) during the entire service in case of <strong>miscarriage including abortion<\/strong> \u2014 on production of medical certificate as per Rule 19. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 45 days \u00b7 Irrespective of number of children<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Maternity leave availed before the commencement of the CCS(Leave) Amendment Rules, 1995 shall <strong>not be taken into account<\/strong> for the purpose of this sub-rule.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Combination with Other Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> Maternity leave may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(b)<\/strong> Notwithstanding the requirement of medical certificate in Rule 30(1) or Rule 31(1), leave of the kind due and admissible \u2014 <strong>including commuted leave for a period not exceeding 60 days and leave not due \u2014 up to a maximum of two years<\/strong> \u2014 may, if applied for, be granted in continuation of maternity leave granted under sub-rule (1). <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Up to 2 years continuation \u00b7 commuted leave max 60 days without MC<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Not Debited to Leave Account<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Maternity leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Surrogacy (Added 2024)<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Surrogacy Provision \u2014 Added June 2024<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In case of surrogacy, <strong>both the surrogate mother and the commissioning mother<\/strong> with less than two surviving children may be granted maternity leave of <strong>180 days<\/strong>, in case either or both of them are Government servants. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2024<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>\"Surrogate mother\"<\/strong> means the woman who bears the child on behalf of the commissioning mother.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43-A<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Paternity Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Duration, Eligibility and Period<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc68<\/span><span>A <strong>male Government servant (including an apprentice)<\/strong> with <strong>less than two surviving children<\/strong> may be granted paternity leave for a period of <strong>15 days<\/strong> during the confinement of his wife for childbirth \u2014 i.e., up to <strong>15 days before<\/strong>, or up to <strong>six months from the date of delivery<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 15 days \u00b7 within 6 months<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (2) to (5) \u2014 Leave Salary, Combination, Debit, Lapse<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>(2)<\/strong> Leave salary: <strong>pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave<\/strong> (full pay).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(3)<\/strong> Paternity leave may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>(4)<\/strong> Paternity leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>(5)<\/strong> If paternity leave is <strong>not availed within the period specified in sub-rule (1)<\/strong>, such leave shall be treated as <strong>lapsed<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Lapses if not availed<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Surrogacy (Added 2024)<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Surrogacy Provision \u2014 Added June 2024<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In case of a child begotten through surrogacy, the <strong>commissioning father<\/strong> who is a male Govt servant with less than two surviving children may be granted paternity leave of <strong>15 days<\/strong> within <strong>6 months from the date of delivery<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2024<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>\"Commissioning father\"<\/strong> means the intending father of the child born through surrogacy.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Note: <\/strong>Paternity Leave shall <strong>not normally be refused under any circumstances<\/strong>.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43-AA<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Paternity Leave for Child Adoption<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Eligibility and Duration<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc68<\/span><span>A <strong>male Government servant (including an apprentice)<\/strong> with <strong>less than two surviving children<\/strong>, on accepting a child in <strong>pre-adoption foster care<\/strong> or on <strong>valid adoption of a child below the age of one year<\/strong>, may be granted paternity leave for a period of <strong>15 days<\/strong>, within a period of <strong>six months<\/strong> from the date of accepting the child in foster care or valid adoption. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 15 days \u00b7 Child below 1 year \u00b7 within 6 months<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Proviso \u2014 Foster Care Not Followed by Adoption:<\/strong> If pre-adoption foster care is <strong>not followed by valid adoption<\/strong>, the paternity leave already availed shall be <strong>debited from any other kind of leave<\/strong> available to the credit of the male Govt servant.\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (2) to (5)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>(2)<\/strong> Leave salary: <strong>full pay<\/strong> drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(3)<\/strong> Paternity leave may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>(4)<\/strong> Paternity leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>(5)<\/strong> If paternity leave is not availed within the specified period, such leave shall be treated as <strong>lapsed<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Definition of \"Child\" for this Rule<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>\"Child\" includes a child taken as <strong>ward by the Government servant under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 or the personal law applicable<\/strong> \u2014 provided: the ward <strong>lives with the Govt servant<\/strong>, is <strong>treated as a member of the family<\/strong>, and the Govt servant has <strong>through a special will conferred the same status as a natural born child<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Paternity Leave shall <strong>not normally be refused under any circumstances<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43-B<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Child Adoption Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Eligibility and Duration<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc69<\/span><span>A <strong>female Government servant<\/strong> with <strong>fewer than two surviving children<\/strong>, on accepting a child in <strong>pre-adoption foster care<\/strong> or on <strong>valid adoption of a child below the age of one year<\/strong>, may be granted child adoption leave for a period of <strong>180 days<\/strong>, <strong>immediately after<\/strong> accepting the child in foster care or on valid adoption. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 180 days \u00b7 Child below 1 year<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Proviso \u2014 Foster Care Not Followed by Adoption:<\/strong> If pre-adoption foster care is <strong>not followed by valid adoption<\/strong>, the leave already availed shall be <strong>debited from any other kind of leave<\/strong> available to the credit of the female Govt servant.\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>During child adoption leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to <strong>pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave<\/strong> (full pay).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Combination and Continuation<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(a)<\/strong> Child adoption leave may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (3)(b) \u2014 Extension in Continuation of Child Adoption Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In continuation of child adoption leave, a female Govt servant on valid adoption may also be granted, if applied for, leave of the kind due and admissible \u2014 <strong>including leave not due and commuted leave not exceeding 60 days without MC<\/strong> \u2014 for a period up to <strong>one year reduced by the age of the adopted child on the date of valid adoption<\/strong>, without taking into account child adoption leave already granted. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Commuted leave max 60 days without MC<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Proviso:<\/strong> This facility shall <strong>not be admissible<\/strong> if she is already having two surviving children at the time of adoption.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Not Debited to Leave Account<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Child adoption leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note \u2014 \"Child\":<\/strong> Includes a child taken as ward under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 or applicable personal law \u2014 provided the ward lives with the Govt servant, is treated as a family member, and through a special will has been conferred the same status as a natural born child.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 43-C<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Child Care Leave (CCL)<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Eligibility and Total Quantum<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcc5<\/span><span>A <strong>female Government servant<\/strong> and a <strong>single male Government servant<\/strong> may be granted CCL for a maximum period of <strong>730 days during entire service<\/strong> for taking care of their <strong>two eldest surviving children<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 730 days \u00b7 Two eldest children<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Purpose: for <strong>rearing or looking after any of their needs<\/strong> such as education, sickness and the like.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Definition of \"Child\"<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc \"Child\" for CCL purposes \u2014 Two Categories<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A child <strong>below the age of 18 years<\/strong>; or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>An offspring of <strong>any age with a minimum disability of 40%<\/strong> as specified in the MoSJE Notification No. 16-18\/97-NI.1 dated 01.06.2001. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Any age if \u226540% disability<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Conditions<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Conditions for Grant of CCL<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Not granted for more than <strong>three spells in a calendar year<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 3 spells per year (general)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>Relaxation:<\/strong> Leave sanctioning authority may relax up to <strong>3 additional spells beyond the existing 3<\/strong> (i.e., up to 6 spells total) where the child is admitted in hospital as <strong>inpatient<\/strong>. [DoPT OM dated 29.07.2024]<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>In case of a <strong>single female Government servant<\/strong>, grant in three spells per year shall be extended to <strong>six spells in a calendar year<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Single female: 6 spells<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Shall <strong>not ordinarily be granted during probation period<\/strong>, except in extreme situations where leave sanctioning authority is satisfied about the need and the period is <strong>minimal<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iv)<\/span><span>CCL may <strong>not be granted for a period less than 5 days at a time<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Minimum 5 days at a stretch<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc CCL Salary Rates<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>First <strong>365 days<\/strong>: <strong>100% of salary<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span>Next <strong>365 days<\/strong>: <strong>80% of salary<\/strong> <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 80% for second block<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Explanation \u2014 \"Single Male Government servant\"<\/strong> means an <strong>unmarried, or widower, or divorcee<\/strong> Government servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (5), (6), (7) and (8)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(5)<\/strong> CCL may be <strong>combined with leave of any other kind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span><strong>(6)<\/strong> Notwithstanding the MC requirement in Rule 30(1) or 31(1), leave of the kind due and admissible \u2014 <strong>including commuted leave not exceeding 60 days and leave not due \u2014 up to a maximum of one year<\/strong> \u2014 if applied for, may be granted in continuation with CCL. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Commuted leave max 60 days without MC in continuation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>(7)<\/strong> CCL shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Sub-rule (8) \u2014 Surrogacy Provision (Added 2024)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In case of surrogacy, the <strong>commissioning mother with less than two surviving children<\/strong> may be granted CCL. <span class=\"tag-green\">Added 2024<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>\"Commissioning mother\"<\/strong> means the intending mother of the child born through surrogacy.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 44<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Work Related Illness and Injury Leave (WRIIL)<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe5<\/span><span>WRIIL may be granted to a Government servant (whether <strong>permanent or temporary<\/strong>) who suffers illness or injury that is <strong>attributable to or aggravated in the performance of official duties or in consequence of official position<\/strong> \u2014 subject to Rule 19(1). <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Attributable to official duties<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Condition (1) \u2014 During Hospitalization<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span><span><strong>Full pay and allowances<\/strong> shall be granted during the <strong>entire period of hospitalization<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Full pay for entire hospitalization<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Condition (2) \u2014 Beyond Hospitalization<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc WRIIL Beyond Hospitalization \u2014 Three Categories<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Category<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Entitlement<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(a) Govt servant (non-military officer)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay<\/strong> for first <strong>6 months<\/strong> after hospitalization + <strong>Half pay for next 12 months<\/strong>. The half pay period may be commuted to full pay with corresponding HPL days debited from leave account.<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(b) CAPF Officers<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay<\/strong> for first <strong>6 months<\/strong> after hospitalization + <strong>Full pay for next 24 months<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>(c) CAPF Below Officer Rank<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay and allowances with no limit<\/strong> regarding period <span class=\"tag-green\">No time limit<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Conditions (3) and (4)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>(3)<\/strong> Where the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 applies, the leave salary payable under WRIIL shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of compensation paid under the Act<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>(4)<\/strong> <strong>No EL or HPL shall be credited<\/strong> during the period that the employee is on WRIIL. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 No EL\/HPL credit during WRIIL<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 47<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Seamen's Sick Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Sick Leave for Officers\/Warrant\/Petty Officers<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2693<\/span><span>A Govt servant serving as an <strong>officer, warrant officer or petty officer on a Government vessel<\/strong>, while undergoing medical treatment for sickness or injury (on vessel or in hospital), may be granted leave on full pay for a period <strong>not exceeding six weeks<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Max 6 weeks<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Proviso \u2014 Not granted if:<\/strong> A Govt Medical Officer certifies the Govt servant is <strong>malingering<\/strong>, or that ill-health is due to <strong>drunkenness or similar self-indulgence<\/strong>, or to his own action in <strong>wilfully causing or aggravating<\/strong> disease or injury.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Disability in Exercise of Duty<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2693<\/span><span>A seaman <strong>disabled in the exercise of his duty<\/strong> may be allowed leave on full pay for a maximum period <strong>not exceeding three months<\/strong>, if: <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Max 3 months<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A <strong>Government Medical Officer certifies<\/strong> the disability<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>The disability is <strong>not due to the seaman's own carelessness or inexperience<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(c)<\/span><span>The <strong>vacancy caused by his absence is not filled<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Compensation\/ESI Deduction<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>Where the <strong>Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923<\/strong> applies: leave salary shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of compensation payable under Section 4(1)(d)<\/strong> of that Act.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Where the <strong>Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948<\/strong> applies: leave salary shall be <strong>reduced by the amount of ESI benefit payable<\/strong> for the corresponding period.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 48<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Special Leave connected to Inquiry of Sexual Harassment<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/span><span>Leave up to a period of <strong>90 days<\/strong> may be granted to an <strong>aggrieved female Government servant<\/strong> on the <strong>recommendation of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee<\/strong>, as the case may be, during the pendency of inquiry under the <strong>Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 90 days \u00b7 Female Govt servant only \u00b7 IC\/LC recommendation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Leave granted under this rule shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 49<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Departmental Leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Eligible Categories<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Departmental leave may be granted to:\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:16px;margin-top:4px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>(a)<\/strong> Class III Govt servants (other than Division I staff and Clerks) and Class IV Govt servants in the <strong>Survey of India<\/strong>, attached to Survey Parties with field and recess duties.<\/li>\n <li><strong>(b)<\/strong> Members of the <strong>seasonal staff in the Posts and Telegraphs Department<\/strong>, whose duties are not continuous but limited to certain fixed periods each year.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Only When Services Temporarily Not Required<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>In addition to leave due and admissible, departmental leave may be granted <strong>only to Government servants whose services are temporarily not required<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 In addition to other leave<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (3) and (4) \u2014 Authority and Maximum Duration<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Departmental Leave \u2014 Duration and Sanctioning Authority<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Type<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Sanctioned By<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Maximum<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Survey of India \u2014 <strong>Recess<\/strong> (with leave salary)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Head of Party\/Office; extended by Surveyor-General<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>18 months<\/strong> in all<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">P&T Department \u2014 <strong>Recess<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Authority not below Divisional Superintendent of Post Offices; extended by PMG\/Director of P&T<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>18 months<\/strong> in all<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Survey of India \u2014 <strong>Non-Recess<\/strong> (in interest of Govt, not at request of Govt servant)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Directors of Survey of India; extended by Surveyor-General<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>6 months<\/strong> at a time; <strong>1 year<\/strong> in all \u00b7 Leave on MC not treated as in interest of Govt<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Departmental Leave Without Leave Salary<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Where the <strong>President by general or special order authorizes<\/strong>, departmental leave <strong>without leave salary<\/strong> may be granted by the Surveyor-General\/PMG\/Director of P&T in continuation of departmental leave with leave salary.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Leave Salary<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Departmental Leave Salary Rules<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A Govt servant on departmental leave <strong>with leave salary<\/strong> shall be paid <strong>25% of the leave salary admissible during EL under Rule 40(1)<\/strong>. <strong>No allowance other than Dearness Allowance<\/strong> shall be admissible on such leave salary. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 25% of EL salary + DA only<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>Leave salary is paid <strong>at the end of each month for the first six months<\/strong> and thereafter <strong>when the Govt servant returns to duty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Proviso (Death during departmental leave):<\/strong> Where a Govt servant dies while on departmental leave, his leave salary up to the <strong>date of death or the last day of such leave with leave salary, whichever is earlier<\/strong>, shall be paid to his heirs.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rules (7) to (10) \u2014 Other Provisions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(7)<\/span><span>Departmental leave does <strong>not count as duty<\/strong> and shall <strong>not be debited to the leave account<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(8)<\/span><span>Departmental leave may be granted <strong>when no leave is due<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Can be granted without any leave at credit<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(9)<\/span><span>Departmental leave may be <strong>combined with any other kind of leave which may be due<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(10)(a)<\/span><span>Where the Surveyor-General\/PMG\/Director of P&T considers that a Govt servant is <strong>unlikely to be eligible for departmental leave in future<\/strong>, he may by order in writing declare that, with effect from a specified date (not earlier than the Govt servant's last return from departmental leave), <strong>any balance of leave at debit in the leave account shall be cancelled<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(10)(b)<\/span><span>All leave earned <strong>after such date shall be credited as due<\/strong> in the leave account; all leave taken after such date (including departmental leave with leave salary) shall be <strong>debited<\/strong> in it.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Numbers to Remember \u2014 Chapter V<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Maternity Leave:<\/strong> <strong>180 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Female (incl. apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Miscarriage\/abortion: <strong>45 days<\/strong> (irrespective of children) \u00b7 Continuation: any leave + commuted (max 60 days) + leave not due up to <strong>2 years<\/strong> \u00b7 Surrogacy: both surrogate + commissioning mother eligible (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Paternity Leave:<\/strong> <strong>15 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Male (incl. apprentice) \u00b7 <2 surviving children \u00b7 Within 15 days before or <strong>6 months after delivery<\/strong> \u00b7 Cannot be refused normally \u00b7 Lapses if not availed \u00b7 Surrogacy\/adoption also covered<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Child Adoption Leave (female):<\/strong> <strong>180 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Child below 1 year \u00b7 Immediately after foster care\/adoption \u00b7 Continuation: leave not due + commuted (max 60 days, no MC) up to <strong>1 year minus child's age at adoption<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>CCL:<\/strong> <strong>730 days<\/strong> entire service \u00b7 2 eldest children \u00b7 Child <18 years OR any age with \u2265<strong>40% disability<\/strong> \u00b7 3 spells\/year (single female: 6) \u00b7 Min <strong>5 days<\/strong> \u00b7 100% pay for 365 days; <strong>80%<\/strong> for next 365 days \u00b7 Continuation: commuted max 60 days + leave not due up to <strong>1 year<\/strong> \u00b7 Hospital inpatient: up to 6 spells (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>WRIIL beyond hospitalization:<\/strong> Non-military: full pay <strong>6M<\/strong> + half pay <strong>12M<\/strong> \u00b7 CAPF officers: full pay <strong>6M<\/strong> + full pay <strong>24M<\/strong> \u00b7 CAPF below officers: <strong>no limit<\/strong> \u00b7 No EL\/HPL credit during WRIIL<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Seamen's sick leave:<\/strong> Sickness\/injury: max <strong>6 weeks<\/strong> full pay \u00b7 Disabled in duty: max <strong>3 months<\/strong> full pay<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Special Leave (POSH):<\/strong> <strong>90 days<\/strong> \u00b7 Female Govt servant only \u00b7 On IC\/LC recommendation \u00b7 Not debited<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Departmental Leave salary: 25%<\/strong> of EL salary + DA only \u00b7 First 6M paid monthly; thereafter on return \u00b7 Recess max <strong>18 months<\/strong> \u00b7 Non-recess Survey of India: max <strong>1 year<\/strong> (6M at a time)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Maternity\/Paternity\/CCL\/Child Adoption Leave:<\/strong> All \u2014 <strong>not debited to leave account<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n <div id=\"ch6\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter VI<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Study Leave<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 50 to 63 \u00b7 Conditions \u00b7 Maximum \u00b7 Sanction \u00b7 Leave Salary \u00b7 Allowances \u00b7 TA \u00b7 Fees \u00b7 Resignation<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 50<\/td><td>Conditions for grant of study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Higher studies \/ specialised training with direct connection to sphere of duty \u00b7 Also for: training\/study tour in public interest, public administration background, mind-widening studies \u00b7 NOT for academic\/literary subjects (except IES\/ISS PhD with CEA\/CSO approval, Medical Officers with DGHS certificate, specialists with HoD certificate) \u00b7 Foreign exchange approval from DEA required for leave outside India \u00b7 DEA must be satisfied applicant meets minimum educational criteria \u00b7 Not if adequate facilities exist in India \u00b7 5 years regular continuous service (incl. probation) \u00b7 Not if superannuation within 3 years of expected return (5 years for CHS officers on 36M leave) \u00b7 Bond to serve 3 years after return (5 years for CHS officers) \u00b7 Not granted so frequently as to cause cadre difficulties<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 51<\/td><td>Maximum amount of study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Generally: max 12 months at a time; max 24 months in entire service (inclusive of similar leave under any other rules) \u00b7 Central Health Service Officers: up to 36 months for PG qualification (bond: serve 5 years after completion)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 52<\/td><td>Applications for study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Through proper channel \u00b7 Course\/examination to be specified \u00b7 If details not possible or programme changes after leaving India: submit particulars to HoM\/competent authority and await approval before commencing course (at own risk if not waited)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 53<\/td><td>Sanction of study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Admissibility report from Audit Officer (including prior study leave already availed) \u00b7 If serving temporarily in another dept: concurrence of permanent cadre dept required \u00b7 If abroad: Head of Mission to be informed \u00b7 Bond forms: permanent employee \u2014 Form 7 (study leave) \/ Form 8 (extension) \u00b7 Non-permanent \u2014 Form 9 (study leave) \/ Form 10 (extension) \u00b7 Certificate of bond execution sent to Audit Officer \u00b7 On completion: certificates of exams\/courses submitted to granting authority (via HoM if abroad)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 54<\/td><td>Accounting of study leave and combination<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Not debited to leave account \u00b7 May be combined with other leave \u00b7 Total absence including vacation not to exceed 28 months (36 months for PhD courses) \u00b7 Other leave coinciding with course does not count as study leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 55<\/td><td>Regulation of study leave extending beyond course<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">If course falls short of leave granted: must resume duty on conclusion of course, unless prior sanction obtained to treat shortfall period as ordinary leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 56<\/td><td>Leave Salary during study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Outside India: full pay + DA + HRA \u00b7 Inside India: full pay + DA + HRA (subject to certificate of no scholarship\/stipend\/part-time remuneration) \u00b7 Scholarship\/stipend\/part-time remuneration adjusted against leave salary (floor: not below HPL salary) \u00b7 Pay revision benefits drawn from date of revision even during study leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rules 57\u201359<\/td><td>Omitted<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 60<\/td><td>Admissibility of allowances<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">HRA: paid at rates at station of departure for first 180 days; beyond 180 days on production of prescribed certificate \u00b7 No other allowance except DA and HRA<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 61<\/td><td>Travelling Allowance during study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Ordinarily not paid \u00b7 President may sanction in exceptional circumstances \u00b7 IA&AD: CAG may sanction in exceptional circumstances for study leave in India<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 62<\/td><td>Cost of fees for study<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Ordinarily borne by Govt servant \u00b7 In exceptional cases President may sanction \u00b7 Not paid if in receipt of scholarship\/stipend or permitted to retain part-time remuneration \u00b7 IA&AD: CAG may sanction in exceptional circumstances for study leave in India<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 63<\/td><td>Resignation or retirement after study leave<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">If resigns\/retires without returning to duty OR within 3 years of return (5 years for CHS\/36M leave) OR fails to complete course: must refund leave salary + fees + TA + expenses (Govt + foreign agencies) with interest \u00b7 Study leave converted to regular leave at credit; balance = EOL \u00b7 Excess leave salary refunded \u00b7 Exceptions: medical retirement after return, deputation to Statutory\/Autonomous Body and subsequent permanent absorption in public interest \u00b7 President may waive\/reduce refund in public interest or peculiar circumstances<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 50<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Conditions for grant of study leave<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Purpose<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcda<\/span><span>Study leave may be granted to a Government servant with due regard to the <strong>exigencies of public service<\/strong> to enable him to undergo, in or out of India, a special course of study consisting of <strong>higher studies or specialised training in a professional or technical subject having a direct and close connection with the sphere of his duty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Extended Purposes<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>For a <strong>course of training or study tour<\/strong> (not necessarily a regular academic\/semi-academic course) if certified to be of <strong>definite advantage to Government from the point of view of public interest<\/strong> and related to the sphere of duties.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>For studies connected with the <strong>framework or background of public administration<\/strong> \u2014 subject to: approval by the competent authority, and submission of a <strong>full report on the work done<\/strong> on return. <em>Note: Applications under clause (iii) shall be considered on merits in consultation with DoE, MoF.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>For studies which may <strong>not be closely or directly connected<\/strong> with the work but are <strong>capable of widening the Govt servant's mind<\/strong> in a manner likely to improve his abilities as a civil servant and equip him to collaborate with other branches of the public service.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Prerequisites Before Grant<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">Study Leave SHALL NOT be granted unless all conditions are met:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Certified by the competent authority that the study\/training shall be of <strong>definite advantage from the point of view of public interest<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>It is for <strong>subjects other than academic or literary subjects<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Provisos to Sub-rule (3)(ii) \u2014 Exceptions Allowing Academic Study<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>IES\/ISS officers:<\/strong> May be granted study leave for <strong>PhD research<\/strong> \u2014 with approval of <strong>Chief Economic Adviser<\/strong> (IES) or <strong>Director, CSO<\/strong> (ISS), certificate that study will increase efficiency, and (for foreign universities) certificate that facilities not available in India.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Medical Officers:<\/strong> May be granted study leave for <strong>postgraduate study in Medical Sciences<\/strong> \u2014 if DGHS certifies study shall increase efficiency.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Specialist\/technical person:<\/strong> May be granted study leave for <strong>postgraduate course directly related to sphere of duty<\/strong> \u2014 if HoD\/Secretary certifies it will enable keeping abreast with modern development, improve technical standards and substantially benefit the Dept\/Ministry.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Where study leave is <strong>outside India<\/strong>: DEA, MoF must agree to release of foreign exchange. DEA shall satisfy itself that the Govt servant complies with <strong>minimum educational criteria<\/strong> as per general orders regulating release of foreign exchange for persons proceeding abroad for higher studies.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (4) \u2014 No Study Leave Outside India if Facilities Exist in India<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Study leave outside India shall <strong>not be granted<\/strong> for prosecution of studies in subjects for which <strong>adequate facilities exist in India<\/strong> or under any schemes administered by DEA\/Ministry of Education.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (5) \u2014 Personal Eligibility Conditions<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Three Personal Eligibility Conditions<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Has satisfactorily completed probation and rendered <strong>not less than 5 years' regular continuous service<\/strong> including the period of probation under Government. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 5 years<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Is <strong>not due to reach superannuation within 3 years<\/strong> from the date on which he is expected to return to duty after expiry of leave \u2014 <strong>5 years<\/strong> in the case of Central Health Service Officers granted 36 months' study leave. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 3 years (5 for CHS\/36M)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(iii)<\/span><span>Executes a <strong>Bond under Rule 53(4)<\/strong> undertaking to serve Government for a period of <strong>3 years after expiry of leave<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>5 years<\/strong> in the case of CHS Officers granted 36 months' study leave. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Bond: 3 years (5 for CHS\/36M)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (6) \u2014 Frequency of Grant<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Study leave shall <strong>not be granted with such frequency<\/strong> as to remove the Govt servant from contact with his regular work or to <strong>cause cadre difficulties<\/strong> owing to his absence on leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 51<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Maximum Amount of Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Maximum Study Leave \u2014 Two Categories<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#c9a227;color:#1a3400\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Category<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">At one time<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Entire service<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Bond<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"background:#fffdf0;border-bottom:1px solid #e8e0c0\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>All Govt servants (except CHS)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>12 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>24 months<\/strong> (inclusive of similar leave under any other rules)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Serve 3 years after return<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"background:#fff8e8\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Central Health Service Officers (PG qualification)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Up to <strong>36 months<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">\u2014<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Serve <strong>5 years<\/strong> after completion of course<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 52<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Applications for Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> Every application shall be submitted <strong>through proper channel<\/strong> to the authority competent to grant leave. The <strong>course\/courses of study and examinations proposed<\/strong> shall be clearly specified.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> Where full details cannot be given in the application, or if a <strong>change in the approved programme<\/strong> occurs after leaving India \u2014 the Govt servant shall submit particulars to the <strong>Head of Mission or competent authority<\/strong> as soon as possible and shall <strong>not commence the course or incur expenses<\/strong> until approval is received (at own risk if commenced without approval).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 53<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Sanction of Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> A report regarding <strong>admissibility of study leave<\/strong> (including any study leave already availed) shall be obtained from the <strong>Audit Officer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83e\udd1d<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> Where a Govt servant serving <strong>temporarily in another dept\/establishment<\/strong>, the grant of study leave shall be subject to <strong>concurrence of the permanent cadre dept\/establishment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udf10<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> Where study leave is for prosecution of studies <strong>abroad<\/strong>, the <strong>Head of Mission concerned shall be informed<\/strong> by the authority granting the leave (via the concerned Ministry if granted by an Administrator). The Head of Mission shall be contacted by the Govt servant for letters of introduction or other facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Bond Forms \u2014 Four Forms<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Type of Govt Servant<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Study Leave<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Extension of Study Leave<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">In <strong>permanent employ<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 7<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 8<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Not in permanent employ<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 9<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 10<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#2050aa;margin-top:8px\">Bond must be executed <strong>before<\/strong> study leave\/extension commences. The authority shall send a <strong>certificate of bond execution to the Audit Officer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (5):<\/strong> On <strong>completion of the course<\/strong>, the Govt servant shall submit to the granting authority the <strong>certificates of examinations passed or special courses undertaken<\/strong>, indicating date of commencement and termination with any remarks of the authority in charge of the course. If abroad, certificates submitted through the Head of Mission.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 54<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Accounting of Study Leave and Combination with other Kinds of Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> Study leave shall <strong>not be debited against the leave account<\/strong> of the Government servant. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Not debited<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Total Absence Limit when Combining Study Leave with Other Leave<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Study leave may be combined with other kinds of leave, but in no case shall the grant of study leave in combination with other leave (other than extraordinary leave) involve a total absence of more than:<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>28 months<\/strong> \u2014 generally <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 28 months<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><span><strong>36 months<\/strong> \u2014 for courses leading to a PhD degree <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 36 months for PhD<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The limit of 28\/36 months <strong>includes the period of vacation<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3):<\/strong> A Govt servant may undertake or commence a course of study during any other kind of leave if he so desires.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span><strong>Proviso:<\/strong> The period of such other leave <strong>coinciding with the course of study shall not count as study leave<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Other leave during course \u2260 study leave<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 55<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Regulation of Study Leave Extending Beyond Course of Study<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>When the <strong>course of study falls short of the study leave granted<\/strong>, the Govt servant shall <strong>resume duty on the conclusion of the course<\/strong>, unless the <strong>previous sanction of the competent authority<\/strong> has been obtained to treat the period of shortfall as <strong>ordinary leave<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 56<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Leave Salary during Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Leave Salary Rates During Study Leave<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Study Leave Location<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Leave Salary Components<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Outside India<\/strong> [Sub-rule (1)]<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay + DA + HRA<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Inside India<\/strong> [Sub-rule (2)]<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Full pay + DA + HRA<\/strong> as admissible per Rule 60 \u2014 subject to certificate under sub-rule (3)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (3) \u2014 Certificate required for India study leave:<\/strong> Full-rate leave salary subject to furnishing a <strong>certificate that he is not in receipt of any scholarship, stipend or remuneration in respect of any part-time employment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Sub-rule (4) \u2014 Scholarship \/ Stipend \/ Part-time Remuneration Adjustment<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Any amount received during study leave as <strong>scholarship, stipend, or part-time employment remuneration<\/strong> shall be <strong>adjusted against the leave salary payable<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>Condition: Leave salary shall <strong>not be reduced to an amount less than the leave salary admissible during half pay leave<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Floor = HPL salary rate<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (6):<\/strong> During study leave (within or outside India) on or after 1st January 1996, a Central Govt servant shall draw <strong>benefits of Revised Pay from the date such revision took place<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 60<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Admissibility of Allowances in Addition to Study Allowance<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83c\udfe0<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1) \u2014 HRA:<\/strong> For the <strong>first 180 days of study leave<\/strong>, HRA shall be paid at rates admissible at the station <strong>from where he proceeded on study leave<\/strong>. Continuance beyond 180 days is subject to production of the <strong>prescribed certificate<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 HRA up to 180 days freely; beyond 180 days on certificate<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (2):<\/strong> Except for HRA (as per sub-rule (1)) and DA (where admissible), <strong>no other allowance<\/strong> shall be paid to a Government servant in respect of the period of study leave. <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Only HRA + DA permissible<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 61<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Travelling Allowance during Study Leave<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>A Government servant on study leave shall <strong>ordinarily not be paid Travelling Allowance<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>The <strong>President may in exceptional circumstances<\/strong> sanction the payment of TA.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note \u2014 IA&AD:<\/strong> Where a Govt servant serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department is on study leave in India, the <strong>Comptroller and Auditor-General of India<\/strong> may in exceptional circumstances sanction the grant of TA.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 62<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Cost of Fees for Study<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>A Government servant on study leave shall <strong>ordinarily be required to meet the cost of fees<\/strong> paid for the study himself.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>In <strong>exceptional cases, the President may sanction<\/strong> the grant of such fees.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Proviso:<\/strong> The cost of fees shall <strong>in no case be paid<\/strong> to a Govt servant who is <strong>in receipt of a scholarship or stipend from whatever source<\/strong> or who is permitted to receive or retain any remuneration in respect of <strong>part-time employment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Note \u2014 IA&AD:<\/strong> The <strong>Comptroller and Auditor-General of India<\/strong> may in exceptional circumstances sanction the grant of cost of fees where a Govt servant serving in IA&AD is on study leave in India.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 63<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Resignation or Retirement after Study Leave \/ Non-completion of Course<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (1) \u2014 Refund Obligation<\/div>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">Refund Required if Government Servant:<\/strong>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Resigns, retires, or otherwise <strong>quits service without returning to duty<\/strong> after study leave, or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span>Resigns, retires, or quits within <strong>3 years of return to duty<\/strong> (5 years for CHS Officers granted 36 months' leave), or<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26d4<\/span><span><strong>Fails to complete the course<\/strong> of study and is unable to furnish the certificates under Rule 53(5)<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"margin-top:8px;font-size:14px\"><strong>Amount to refund:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(i)<\/span><span>Actual amount of <strong>leave salary, cost of fees, TA and other expenses<\/strong> incurred by the Govt of India<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(ii)<\/span><span>Actual amount of <strong>cost incurred by foreign Govts, Foundations and Trusts<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>together with interest<\/strong> at rates applicable to Govt loans, <strong>from the date of demand<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"margin-top:8px;font-size:13px\">Refund must be made <strong>before resignation is accepted \/ permission to retire is granted \/ quitting service is allowed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Proviso \u2014 Refund NOT Required (Except for Non-completion of Course)<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>A Govt servant who, after return to duty from study leave, is <strong>permitted to retire on medical grounds<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>A Govt servant who, after return from study leave, is <strong>deputed to a Statutory or Autonomous Body<\/strong> under Govt control and is subsequently <strong>permitted to resign to take up permanent absorption in that body in the public interest<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Conversion of Study Leave on Refund Obligation<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(a)<\/span><span>Study leave availed shall be <strong>converted into regular leave<\/strong> standing at credit on the date study leave commenced; any regular leave taken in continuation suitably adjusted; <strong>balance that cannot be so converted treated as EOL<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">(b)<\/span><span>In addition to the refund under sub-rule (1), the Govt servant shall also refund <strong>any excess of leave salary actually drawn over the leave salary admissible on conversion<\/strong> of study leave.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"sec-h\">Sub-rule (3) \u2014 President's Power to Waive\/Reduce Refund<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2705<\/span><span>Notwithstanding anything in this rule, the <strong>President may, if necessary or expedient in public interest or in view of the peculiar circumstances of the case or class of cases, waive or reduce the amount<\/strong> required to be refunded under sub-rule (1). <span class=\"tag-amber\">\u2b50 Presidential waiver power<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Numbers to Remember \u2014 Chapter VI<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Qualifying service:<\/strong> <strong>5 years<\/strong> (including probation)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Not within 3 years of superannuation<\/strong> (5 years for CHS officers on 36M study leave)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Bond to serve:<\/strong> <strong>3 years<\/strong> after return (5 years for CHS\/36M)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Maximum study leave:<\/strong> 12 months at one time \u00b7 <strong>24 months<\/strong> in entire service \u00b7 CHS Officers for PG: up to <strong>36 months<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Bond Forms:<\/strong> Permanent \u2014 Form 7 (leave) \/ Form 8 (extension) \u00b7 Non-permanent \u2014 Form 9 (leave) \/ Form 10 (extension)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Total absence when combined with other leave:<\/strong> <strong>28 months<\/strong> generally \u00b7 <strong>36 months<\/strong> for PhD courses \u00b7 includes vacation<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Leave salary:<\/strong> Full pay + DA + HRA (both India and outside India) \u00b7 Scholarship\/stipend adjusted (floor = HPL salary)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>HRA beyond 180 days<\/strong> only on production of prescribed certificate<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>TA and fees:<\/strong> Ordinarily borne by Govt servant \u00b7 President may grant in exceptional cases \u00b7 Not if receiving scholarship\/stipend\/part-time remuneration<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Refund bond period:<\/strong> Must serve <strong>3 years after return<\/strong> (5 for CHS\/36M) \u00b7 Study leave converted to regular leave on default; excess = EOL \u00b7 Interest at Govt loan rates from date of demand<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>No debit:<\/strong> Study leave not debited to leave account<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div id=\"ch7\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Chapter VII<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">Miscellaneous<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Rules 64 to 66 \u00b7 Interpretation \u00b7 Power to Relax \u00b7 Repeal and Saving<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">Rules at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">Rule No.<\/th><th>Rule Title<\/th><th>Key Point<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 64<\/td><td>Interpretation<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Doubts referred to Govt of India in Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions \u00b7 Decision is final<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 65<\/td><td>Power to relax<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Any Ministry\/Dept may relax any provision causing undue hardship in a particular case \u00b7 Reasons recorded in writing \u00b7 No such order without concurrence of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td class=\"r-num\">Rule 66<\/td><td>Repeal and saving<\/td><td class=\"r-key\">Old rules (including OMs) in force before commencement cease to operate to the extent they provide for matters contained in CCS (Leave) Rules 1972 \u00b7 Anything done \/ leave earned \/ granted \/ accrued under old rules deemed done under corresponding provisions of new rules<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 64<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Interpretation<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2753<\/span><span>Where any doubt arises as to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to the <strong>Government of India in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions<\/strong> for decision.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 65<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Power to Relax<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u2696\ufe0f<\/span><span>Where any <strong>Ministry or Department of Government of India<\/strong> is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules causes <strong>undue hardship in any particular case<\/strong>, that Ministry or Department may, by order, for <strong>reasons to be recorded in writing<\/strong>, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such exceptions and conditions as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-red\">\n <strong style=\"color:#cc2233\">Proviso: <\/strong>No such relaxation order shall be made <strong>except with the concurrence of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 MoPP&P concurrence mandatory<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Rule 66<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Repeal and Saving<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udcdc<\/span><span><strong>Sub-rule (1):<\/strong> On the commencement of these rules, every rule, regulation or order, <strong>including Office Memorandum<\/strong> (referred to as \"old rule\"), in force immediately before such commencement shall, in so far as it provides for any of the matters contained in these rules, <strong>cease to operate<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\u2705 Sub-rule (2) \u2014 Saving Clause<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Notwithstanding such cesser of operation, <strong>anything done or any action taken<\/strong> or any <strong>leave earned by, or granted to, or accrued to the credit of a Government servant<\/strong> under the old rules, shall be deemed to have been done, taken, earned, granted or accrued <strong>under the corresponding provisions of these rules<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Significance of Rule 66<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Rule 66 protects all <strong>past leave credits, sanctions and actions<\/strong> taken under the predecessor rules \u2014 they are carried over seamlessly and treated as if done under the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972. No Govt servant lost any leave credit on account of the change of rules.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n <div id=\"sch\" class=\"ch-block\">\n <div class=\"ch-banner\">\n <div class=\"ch-num\">Schedules<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-title\">First Schedule & Second Schedule<\/div>\n <div class=\"ch-range\">Authorities Competent to Grant Leave \u00b7 Prescribed Forms (Forms 1 to 10)<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sec-div\">First Schedule \u2014 Authorities Competent to Grant Leave [See Rule 3(c)]<\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">First Schedule<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Authorities Competent to Grant Leave [Rule 3(c)]<\/span><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"idx-outer\">\n <div class=\"idx-lbl\">First Schedule at a Glance<\/div>\n <table class=\"idx-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th style=\"width:40px\">Sl.<\/th>\n <th style=\"width:260px\">Kind of Leave<\/th>\n <th>Authority Competent to Grant Leave<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"r-num\" style=\"vertical-align:top\">1<\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e8eef8\">\n Earned Leave \u00b7 Half Pay Leave \u00b7 Commuted Leave \u00b7 Leave Not Due \u00b7 Extraordinary Leave \u00b7 Maternity Leave \u00b7 Hospital Leave \u00b7 Seamen's Sick Leave \u00b7 Paternity Leave \u00b7 Child Adoption Leave \u00b7 Paternity Leave for Child Adoption \u00b7 <strong>Child Care Leave<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e8eef8\">\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(i)<\/span> Ministry \/ Department of the Central Government<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(ii)<\/span> Administrator<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iii)<\/span> Comptroller and Auditor-General<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iv)<\/span> Head of Department<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(v)<\/span> Any other authority which is the <strong>appointing authority<\/strong><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(vi)<\/span> Any <strong>subordinate authority to which<\/strong> authorities (i) to (v) may <strong>delegate the power<\/strong>, subject to any condition specified in the delegation<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div style=\"margin-top:10px;background:#fffbe6;border-left:3px solid #c9a227;padding:8px 12px;border-radius:0 4px 4px 0;font-size:13px\">\n <strong style=\"color:#7a5500\">NOTE 1 \u2014 Foreign Service:<\/strong>\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:4px 0 0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li>(i) The authority which <strong>sanctioned the transfer to foreign service<\/strong><\/li>\n <li>(ii) <strong>Foreign employer<\/strong> \u2014 power exercisable only for <strong>EL not exceeding 120 days<\/strong>. For LPR: <strong>prior concurrence of lending authority under Central Govt required<\/strong> as per Rule 38(2)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div style=\"margin-top:8px;background:#fffbe6;border-left:3px solid #c9a227;padding:8px 12px;border-radius:0 4px 4px 0;font-size:13px\">\n <strong style=\"color:#7a5500\">NOTE 2 \u2014 Serving with State Government:<\/strong>\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:4px 0 0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li>The <strong>State Government or authority specified by it<\/strong><\/li>\n <li>(a) For LPR: <strong>prior concurrence of Central Govt lending authority required<\/strong><\/li>\n <li>If Central lending authority disagrees with refusal of LPR \u2192 LPR must be granted; State may <strong>concurrently re-employ<\/strong> the Govt servant during LPR; leave salary regulated per Rule 40(6)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"r-num\" style=\"vertical-align:top\">2<\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e8eef8\">\n <strong>Special Disability Leave<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px;border-bottom:1px solid #e8eef8\">\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(i)<\/span> Ministry \/ Department of the Central Government<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(ii)<\/span> Administrator<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iii)<\/span> Comptroller and Auditor-General<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iv)<\/span> Head of Department<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(v)<\/span> Any other authority which is the appointing authority<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"r-num\" style=\"vertical-align:top\">3<\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px\">\n <strong>Study Leave<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n <td style=\"padding:9px 14px;vertical-align:top;font-size:14px\">\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px\">\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(i)<\/span> Ministry \/ Department of the Central Government<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(ii)<\/span> Administrator<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a6b\">(iii)<\/span> Comptroller and Auditor-General<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Exam Points \u2014 First Schedule<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Sl. No. 1 (most leave): Authority extends all the way to <strong>any delegated subordinate authority<\/strong> \u2014 broadest distribution of powers.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Sl. No. 2 (Special Disability Leave): Five authorities \u2014 no further delegation mentioned in the schedule.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Sl. No. 3 (Study Leave): Only <strong>three authorities<\/strong> \u2014 Ministry\/Dept, Administrator and CAG. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Most restricted<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Foreign employer can grant EL but <strong>capped at 120 days<\/strong>. LPR always requires Central lending authority concurrence regardless of who the employer is.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Special Leave (Rule 48 \u2014 sexual harassment) and WRIIL (Rule 44) are not separately listed \u2014 governed by those rules themselves.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sec-div\" style=\"margin-top:44px\">Second Schedule \u2014 Prescribed Forms [See Rule 3(h)]<\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-block\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Second Schedule<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Prescribed Forms \u2014 Complete List<\/span><\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#444;margin-bottom:14px\">The Second Schedule prescribes the forms to be used under the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972. Below is a complete reference of all forms, their rule citations, and their purpose.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Master Table \u2014 All Prescribed Forms<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Form No.<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Rule Reference<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Purpose \/ Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 1<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 14<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Application for Leave or for Extension of Leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 2<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 15<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Leave Account<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 3<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 19<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Medical Certificate for <strong>Gazetted Officers<\/strong> \u2014 Recommended Leave \/ Extension \/ Commutation of Leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 3-A<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rules 19 and 20<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Medical Certificate for Government servants who have <strong>acquired a disability<\/strong> \u2014 to be recommended leave under Rule 20 (certifies nature of disability, date of onset, and whether prospect of return to duty exists)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 4<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 19<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Medical Certificate for <strong>Non-Gazetted servants<\/strong> \u2014 Leave or Extension of Leave or Commutation of Leave<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 5<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 24(3)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Medical Certificate of <strong>Fitness to Return to Duty<\/strong> (issued by Medical Board \/ Civil Surgeon \/ Staff Surgeon \/ AMA \/ Registered Medical Practitioner)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 6<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 32(3)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond for <strong>Temporary Government servants<\/strong> granted Extraordinary Leave in relaxation of Rule 32(2)(e) for <strong>study purposes<\/strong> \u2014 with two sureties (jointly and severally liable)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 7<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 53(4)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond by a Government servant in <strong>permanent employ<\/strong> when proceeding on <strong>Study Leave<\/strong> \u2014 individual bond (no sureties needed)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 8<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 53(4)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond by a Government servant in <strong>permanent employ<\/strong> when granted <strong>Extension of Study Leave<\/strong> \u2014 individual bond (no sureties needed)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 9<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 53(4)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond by a Government servant <strong>not in permanent employ<\/strong> when proceeding on <strong>Study Leave<\/strong> \u2014 with sureties (jointly and severally liable)<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\"><strong>Form 10<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Rule 53(4)<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond by a Government servant <strong>not in permanent employ<\/strong> when granted <strong>Extension of Study Leave<\/strong> \u2014 with sureties (jointly and severally liable)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 1<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Application for Leave or Extension of Leave [Rule 14]<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Contents of Form 1 \u2014 Fourteen Fields<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">1<\/span><span>Name of applicant<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">2<\/span><span>Post held<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3<\/span><span>Department, Office and Section<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">4<\/span><span>Pay<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">5<\/span><span>House Rent and other Compensatory Allowances drawn in present post<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">6<\/span><span>Nature and period of leave applied for, and date from which required<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">7<\/span><span>Sundays and holidays, if any, proposed to be prefixed\/suffixed to leave<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">8<\/span><span>Grounds on which leave is applied for<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">9<\/span><span>Date of return from last leave, and nature and period of that leave<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">10<\/span><span>Whether Leave Travel Concession is proposed to be availed during the ensuing leave (for the relevant block years)<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">11<\/span><span>Address during leave period<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">12<\/span><span>Remarks and\/or recommendation of the Controlling Officer<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">13<\/span><span><strong>Certificate regarding admissibility of leave<\/strong> \u2014 certifying the kind, period and dates of leave as admissible under the specified Rule of CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">14<\/span><span><strong>Orders of the authority competent to grant leave<\/strong> \u2014 including indication (where the applicant draws compensatory allowance) of whether on expiry of leave he is likely to return to the same or similar post<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 3<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Medical Certificate for Gazetted Officers [Rule 19]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Certifies that the named Gazetted Govt servant (whose signature is taken on the form) is suffering from a specified ailment and that a period of absence from duty is <strong>absolutely necessary for restoration of health<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Issued by: <strong>Civil Surgeon \/ Staff Surgeon \/ Authorized Medical Attendant<\/strong> at the CGHS Dispensary or Govt Hospital.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Notes on Form 3<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">2<\/span><span>The certifying officer is <strong>not at liberty<\/strong> to certify that the Govt servant requires a change from or to a particular locality, or is not fit to proceed to a particular locality \u2014 such certificates only given at the explicit desire of the administrative authority.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3<\/span><span>No recommendation in the certificate shall be <strong>evidence of a claim to any leave not admissible<\/strong> to the Govt servant. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Certificate \u2260 right to leave<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 3-A<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Medical Certificate for Govt Servants with Disability [Rules 19 & 20]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Form 3-A is used where a Government servant has <strong>acquired a disability<\/strong>. It certifies:<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">1<\/span><span>That the Govt servant is under medical supervision and suffering from a specified medical condition.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">2<\/span><span>The date from which the medical condition can be <strong>reasonably estimated to have manifested<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3<\/span><span>One of two conclusions (relevant boxes to be struck as applicable):\n <ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:12px;margin-top:4px\">\n <li style=\"margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>(i)<\/strong> It cannot be said with certainty that the Govt servant will <strong>never again be fit for service<\/strong> \u2192 recommends leave for a period up to <strong>one year<\/strong>.<\/li>\n <li><strong>(ii)<\/strong> There is <strong>no reasonable prospect<\/strong> that the Govt servant will ever be fit to return to duty.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-green\">\n <div class=\"box-green-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Significance of Form 3-A<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Form 3-A triggers the special provisions of <strong>Rule 20<\/strong> \u2014 leave granted under Form 3-A conclusion (ii) is <strong>not debited to the leave account<\/strong>, and any previous HPL debits during the period of uncertainty are <strong>remitted back<\/strong> to the leave account.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>As per Rule 19(2-B), <strong>no reference from the Head of Office<\/strong> is required for issue of this certificate.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 4<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Medical Certificate for Non-Gazetted Servants [Rule 19]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Same structure as Form 3 but for <strong>non-Gazetted Govt servants<\/strong>. Issued by <strong>Authorized Medical Attendant \/ Government Hospital \/ or other Registered Medical Practitioner<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Notes on Form 4<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">1<\/span><span>The <strong>nature and probable duration<\/strong> of the illness should be specified.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">3<\/span><span>Where a <strong>second medical opinion is required<\/strong>, the authority competent to grant leave should arrange for examination at the earliest possible date by a Medical Officer <strong>not below the rank of Civil Surgeon or Staff Surgeon<\/strong> \u2014 who shall express an opinion both as regards the facts of illness and as regards the necessity for the amount of leave recommended.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">4<\/span><span>No recommendation in the certificate shall be <strong>evidence of a claim to any leave not admissible<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 5<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Medical Certificate of Fitness to Return to Duty [Rule 24(3)]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>Certifies that the named Govt servant has <strong>recovered from his\/her illness and is now fit to resume duties<\/strong> in Government service.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Issued by: <strong>Medical Board<\/strong> (3 members) \/ Civil Surgeon or Staff Surgeon \/ Authorized Medical Attendant \/ Registered Medical Practitioner \u2014 depending on the category of Govt servant and duration of leave (per Rule 24(3)).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><span>The issuing authority must state that they have <strong>examined the original medical certificate(s) and statement(s) of the case<\/strong> on which leave was granted or extended and have taken these into consideration in arriving at their decision.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Note on Form 5<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Original medical certificate(s) and statements of the case on which leave was originally granted or extended shall be produced before the authority issuing Form 5. For this purpose, the original certificate(s) should be prepared in <strong>duplicate<\/strong> \u2014 one copy retained by the Govt servant.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Form 6<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Bond for Temporary Govt Servants \u2014 EOL for Study [Rule 32(3)]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span>This bond is executed by a <strong>temporary Govt servant<\/strong> when granted Extraordinary Leave in relaxation of Rule 32(2)(e) for the purpose of <strong>study<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udc65<\/span><span><strong>Joint and several bond<\/strong> \u2014 the Govt servant (Obligor) along with <strong>two sureties<\/strong> who are permanent Govt servants of comparable or higher status.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Obligation Under Form 6 Bond<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>If the Govt servant fails to rejoin the post on expiry of EOL and serve the Government after rejoining for the period required (not exceeding the period specified), or refuses to serve in any other capacity as required \u2014 the Obligor and Sureties shall pay the specified amount <strong>with interest at Government loan rates from the date of demand<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>The liability of Sureties shall <strong>not be discharged by reason of time being granted or any forbearance<\/strong> by the Government. It is not necessary for the Government to sue the Obligor before suing the Sureties.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Bond governed by the laws of India; disputes settled by appropriate Courts in India.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Forms 7 & 8<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Bond for Permanent Employees \u2014 Study Leave and Extension [Rule 53(4)]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Form 7:<\/strong> Executed by a Government servant in <strong>permanent employ<\/strong> when proceeding on <strong>Study Leave<\/strong>. <strong>Individual bond<\/strong> \u2014 no sureties required (only the Govt servant binds himself\/herself).<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Form 8:<\/strong> Executed by a Government servant in <strong>permanent employ<\/strong> when granted <strong>Extension of Study Leave<\/strong>. Also an individual bond (refers back to the original bond executed at the time of study leave).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-amber\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Key Obligation Under Forms 7 and 8<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Obligation is triggered if the Govt servant fails to resume duty, or resigns\/retires\/quits service without returning after expiry of study leave, or fails to complete the course, or <strong>quits service within 3 years\/5 years after return to duty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Important Condition:<\/strong> The period of the bond mandating service after return shall be <strong>extended by a comparable period equivalent to the aggregate periods of leave of any kind availed during the currency of the bond period<\/strong>. <span class=\"tag-red\">\u2757 Bond period extended by leave taken during bond<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>\"Currency of bond\"<\/strong> means the period during which the liability of the Government servant is activated and the right of the Government is alive to claim the stipulated amounts from the Government servant who fails to discharge his obligation.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"rule-div\"><\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"rule-block\">\n <div class=\"rule-head\"><span class=\"rule-badge\">Forms 9 & 10<\/span><span class=\"rule-title\">Bond for Non-Permanent Employees \u2014 Study Leave and Extension [Rule 53(4)]<\/span><\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Form 9:<\/strong> Executed by a Government servant <strong>not in permanent employ<\/strong> when proceeding on <strong>Study Leave<\/strong>. <strong>Joint and several bond<\/strong> with sureties.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><span><strong>Form 10:<\/strong> Executed by a Government servant <strong>not in permanent employ<\/strong> when granted <strong>Extension of Study Leave<\/strong>. Also joint and several with sureties (refers back to original bond in Form 9).<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div class=\"box-blue\">\n <div class=\"box-blue-lbl\">\ud83d\udccc Distinction Between Permanent and Non-Permanent Bonds<\/div>\n <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;margin-top:6px\">\n <thead><tr style=\"background:#1a3a6b;color:#fff\"><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Feature<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Forms 7 & 8 (Permanent)<\/th><th style=\"padding:8px 12px;text-align:left\">Forms 9 & 10 (Non-Permanent)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Liability type<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Individual \u2014 Govt servant alone<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Joint and several \u2014 Obligor + two Sureties<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef;background:#f7f9ff\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Sureties required<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">No<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Yes \u2014 two sureties who are permanent Govt servants<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #d0dcef\"><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Bond extension clause<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Yes \u2014 bond period extended by leave taken during bond currency<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Yes \u2014 same extension clause applies<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Surety's right before being sued<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Not applicable<\/td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px\">Govt need NOT sue Obligor before suing Sureties<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Same bond period extension clause applies: the bond period is extended by the aggregate periods of leave of any kind availed during the currency of the bond period.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>Same definition of <strong>\"currency of bond\"<\/strong> applies \u2014 period during which liability is activated and Government's right to claim is alive.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span>All bonds governed by the <strong>laws of India<\/strong>; disputes settled by appropriate Courts in India.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"box-amber\" style=\"margin-top:36px\">\n <div class=\"box-amber-lbl\">\u2b50 Quick Revision \u2014 Schedules and Forms<\/div>\n <ul class=\"blist\">\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>First Schedule [Rule 3(c)]:<\/strong> Authorities for most leave \u2014 6 levels including delegation \u00b7 Special Disability Leave and Study Leave \u2014 only Ministry\/Dept, Administrator, CAG (and HoD + appointing authority for Special Disability) \u00b7 Foreign employer: EL max <strong>120 days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 1<\/strong> [R.14] \u2014 Leave application \u00b7 <strong>Form 2<\/strong> [R.15] \u2014 Leave account<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 3<\/strong> [R.19] \u2014 MC for Gazetted \u00b7 <strong>Form 4<\/strong> [R.19] \u2014 MC for Non-Gazetted \u00b7 <strong>Form 3-A<\/strong> [R.19 & 20] \u2014 Disability MC \u00b7 <strong>Form 5<\/strong> [R.24(3)] \u2014 Fitness certificate<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 6<\/strong> [R.32(3)] \u2014 Bond for temporary Govt servant \u2014 EOL for study \u2014 <strong>with two sureties<\/strong> \u00b7 jointly and severally liable<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 7<\/strong> [R.53(4)] \u2014 Study leave bond \u00b7 permanent employee \u00b7 <strong>individual bond<\/strong> \u00b7 <strong>Form 8<\/strong> [R.53(4)] \u2014 Extension of study leave \u00b7 permanent \u00b7 individual<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 9<\/strong> [R.53(4)] \u2014 Study leave bond \u00b7 non-permanent \u00b7 <strong>with sureties<\/strong> \u00b7 <strong>Form 10<\/strong> [R.53(4)] \u2014 Extension \u00b7 non-permanent \u00b7 with sureties<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Bond period extension:<\/strong> All study leave bonds (Forms 7\u201310) \u2014 bond period extended by leave availed <strong>during currency of bond period<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 3-A key effect:<\/strong> Conclusion (ii) \u2192 leave not debited to leave account \u00b7 Conclusion (i) \u2192 max 12 months at a time; extension requires fresh reference to Medical Authority<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"bi\">\ud83d\udccc<\/span><span><strong>Form 5 (Fitness):<\/strong> Must state original MCs were examined \u00b7 Prepared in 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