INTRODUCTION
2.1
Casual leave is not a recognized form of leave. The Government servant on casual leave is not
treated as absent from duty and his pay is not intermitted. Casual leave must not, however, be given so
as to cause evasion of the rules regarding:-
(i) |
Date of reckoning allowances |
(ii) |
Charges of office |
(iii) |
Commencement and end of leave. |
(iv) |
Return to duty |
Or so as to extend the term of earned or other
leave beyond the time admissibility by rule.
(Article 308 Civil Services
Regulations)
2.2
The maximum amount of casual leave admissible to the staff serving in
civil offices of the Government of India is 12 days in a calendar year, subject
to the condition that no more than 8 days casual leave may be allowed at any one
time. The Head of the office may,
however, relax the limit of 8 days in individual cases of he considers that
there are exceptional circumstances justifying a relaxation in this regard.
(MHA OM No, 6/3/59-Estt(A), dated
23rd December, 1959)
2.3
The maximum amount of casual leave in a calendar year in respect of
Government servants, who are entitled to less number of public holidays in a
year that the number allowed to the office staff in administrative offices, will
be 15 days.
(DP&AR No. 28016/1/77-Estt(A)
dated the 17th Sept., 1977)
2.4
Sundays and closed holidays can be prefixed or suffixed to the casual
leave. Public holidays and weekly offs
falling within a period of casual leave should not be counted as part of the
casual leave.
(MHA OM No.6/3/59-Estt(A) dated
23rd December, 1959 and 20th August, 1960)
2.5 Restricted holidays can
also be prefixed or suffixed to casual leave.
(MHA OM No.20/37/60-Pub.I, dated
7th October., 1960)
2.6
Persons who join Government service in the middle of the year, can be
allowed to avail of casual leave proportionately or the full maximum period in a
year, at the discretion of the authority competent to sanction the leave.
(MHA OM No.6/3/59-Estt.(A), dated
23rd December, 1959)
2.7
Casual Leave can be combined with Special Casual leave, but where it is
permissible to grant regular leave in combination with special casual leave,
casual leave should not be granted in combination with both special casual leave and regular
leave.
(OM No.46/8/67-Estt.(A), dated
22nd July, 1967)
2.8 Casual leave cannot be
combined with joining time.
(Rule 6(2) of the GGS (Joining
Time) Rules, 1979)
2.9 Casual leave can be
taken while on tour.
(M/O Finance OM No. 1(14)
E.IV(B)/66, dated 7.2.67)
2.10
Grant of half a day’s casual leave to a Government servant is
permissible. The lunch interval will be
the dividing line for the grant of half a day’s casual leave. The balance at credit in the casual leave
account of Government ser ants can, therefore, be in terms of full day or full
days and half a day.
(MHA OM No.60/17/64-Estt.(A),
dated 4th August, 1965)
2.11
If a Government servant having only half a day’s casual leave at his
credit avails it in the afternoon of a day and is unable to resume duty on the
next working day due to sickness or other compelling grounds, he may be
permitted to combine half-a-day’s casual leave with regular leave by way of
exception in the principle laid down in paragraph 2.1 above. However, a Government servant having only
half a day’s casual leave at his credit who has applied for regular leave shall
not be permitted to avail of the half a day’s casual leave on the afternoon on
the day preceding the commencement of his leave.
(MHA OM No.60/45/65-Estt.(A),
dated 4.2.66)
2.12
Half-d-day’s causal leave should be debited to the casual leave account
of a Government servant for each late attendance but late attendance up to an
hour, on not more than two occasions in a month may be condoned by the competent
authority, if it is satisfied that the late attendance is due to unavoidable
reasons. Similarly a Government servant,
leaves office early before the time for closing of office without permission,
half-a-day’s casual leave should be debited to his casual leave account for each
such early departure from office.
2.13 If a Government servant
having no casual leave to his credit comes late without sufficient justification
and the administrative authority is not prepared to condone the late coming but
does not at the same time propose to take disciplinary action, it may inform the
Government servant that he will be treated as on unauthorized absence for the
day on which he has come late and leave it to the Government servant himself
either to fall the consequences of unauthorized absence or apply for earned
leave or any other kind of leave due to admissible for the entire day and
sanction the leave.
(DP&AR OM
No.28034/3/82-Estt.(A), dated 5th March, 1982)
2.14 For the purpose of
maintaining the account of casual leave, a register is to be maintained. Only one page should be used for a whole year
for all the employees in one section (Group) appropriate indication being given
in the relevant column against the date on which casual leave or restricted
holiday is availed of by an individual and the entry should be attested by the
sanctioning office promptly by means of dated initials.
(OM No.46/3/61-Estt.(A), dated
17th July, 1961)
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SPECIAL
CASUAL LEAVE – GENERAL PRINCIPLES
3.1
Special casual leave is not a recognized form of leave and a Government
servant on special casual leave is not treated as absent from duty.
(MHA OM No.46/1/58-Estt.(A),
dated 17th December, 1958)
3.2 Special casual leave must not be granted
so as to extend the term of leave beyond the time admissible under the rules or
to cause evasion of rules regarding date of reckoning pay and allowances, change
of office, commencement and end of leave, or return from duty.
(MHA OM No.46/7/50-Estt.(A),
dated 5th April, 1954)
3.3 Special casual leave can be combined with
regular leave or casual leave, but not with both.
(DP&AR OM
No.28016/4/77-Estt.(A), dated 5th April, 1954)
3.4 Where the maximum permissible limit of
special casual leave is in terms of days as distinct from working days. Sundays and closed holidays intervening in a
period of special casual leave are not to be ignored for determining the maximum
entitlement of special casual leave for a specific purpose.
(Clarification contained in DP&AR OM No.
28016/4/77-Estt.(A),46/7/50-Estt.(A), dated 18.5.78 and DP&AR OM No.
28016/1/80-Estt.(A), 30th April, 1981)
3.5 Leave travel concession
can be availed of during special casual leave.
(DP&AR OM No.
35011/3/76-Estt.(A), dated end May, 1977)
3.6 The grant of special
casual leave for specific purposes is governed by the provisions contained in
the subsequent chapters.
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SPECIAL
CASUAL LEAVE FOR FAMILY WELFARE SCHEMES
4.1
The extend of special casual leave admissible to the Central Government
servants under the Family Welfare Programme for various operations is as
follows:-
| Nature of Operation | Maximum Duration | ||
Male Government servants | |||
(i) |
Vasectomy |
6 working days | |
| (ii) | Vasectomy for second time | 6 working days | |
Female Government servants |
|||
(i) |
Puerperal/non-puerperal tubectomy |
14 days | |
| (ii) | Puerperal/non-puerperal tubectomy for second time | 14 days | |
| (iii) | Salpingectomy after Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) | 14 days | |
| (iv) | IUCD insertion/reinsertion | Day of insertion/reinsertion. | |
Grant
of special casual leave for undergoing tubectomy by female Government servants
will be permissible even when the operation is under laproscopic method. The grant of special casual leave for
undergoing sterilization i.e. vasectomy/tubectomy for the second time will be
subject to production of a medical certificate from the prescribed medical
authority to the effect that the second operation was performed due to failure
of the first operation. The special
casual leave connected with sterilization can either be prefixed to or suffixed
with regular leave or casual leave and not both.
(DP&AR OM No. 28016/3/78-Estt(A), dated the
6th August, 1979, OM No. 28016/1/80-Estt.(A), dated the
30th April, 1980 and OM No. 28016/5/83-Estt.(A), dated the
25th January, 1984)
4.2 Additional special casual leave over and
above the limits mentioned in para 4.1 above can be granted to Government
servants, who development post-sterilisation operation complications and are
hospitalized. The grant of additional
special casual leave covering the period of hospitalization is subject to the
production of a medical certificate from the hospital authorities
concerned/authorized Medical Attendant.
The same benefit is also admissible to those who do not remain
hospitalized but are not found fit to go to work, on the production of a medical
certificate from the above authorities but the grant of extra special casual
leave will be subject to the following ceilings in these cases:-
| Post-vasectomy complications | – | 7 days |
| Post-tubectomy complications | – | 14 days |
(DP&AR OM No. 28016/3/75-Estt(A), dated 6th August, 1979
and OM No. 28016/1/80-Estt(A), dated 30th April, 1981)
4.3 Special casual leave upto a maximum period
of 7 days can be given to a male Government servant, whose wife undergoes
puerperal/non-puerperal tubectomy including sterilization performed through
laproscopy for the first or the second time.
The same amount of special casual leave is admissible to him even if his
wife undergoes tubectomy /salpingectomy operation under MTP. The grant of special casual leave in both the
cases will be subject to production of a medical certificate certifying that his
wife has undergone the particular sterilization operation.
(DP&AR OM No.
28016/3/75-Estt(A), dated 6th August, 1979)
4.4 Central Government servants who undergo
operation of recanlisation may be granted special casual leave upto a period of
21 days or the actual period of hospitalization as certified by the authorized
medical attendant whichever is less.
Besides, special casual leave may also be granted for the actual period
of journey performed (to and fro) for undergoing the operation. The grant of special casual leave is subject
to the following conditions:-
| (i) |
The operation should have been performed in an hospital/medical
college/institute where facilities for recanalisation is available. If the operation is performed in a private
hospital, it should be one nominated by State/Central Government for performing
the recanlisation operation.
|
4.5 The concession of special casual leave for
recanalisation operation is admissible to central Government servants who
-
| (a) | are unmarried, or |
| (b) | have been less than two children; or |
| (c) |
desire recanalisation for substantial reasons, e.g. a person
has lost all male children or all female children after sterilization operation
performed earlier.
|
4.6
Special casual leave connected with recanalisation may be prefixed or
suffixed with regular leave or casual leave and not both.
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CHAPTER – V
SPECIAL
CASUAL LEAVE FOR SPORTING EVENTS
5.1
In view of the important role played by sports in the national life,
Government servants participating in sports events of national and international
importance are allowed various concessions which include grant of special casual
leave as also treatment of the period of participation in the sports activities
as duty. The circumstances in which the
participation of Government servants in sporting events is to be regulated as
duty or by grant of special casual leave is given in the subsequent paras.
5.2 The period of participation of Central
Government servants in sporting events of national/international importance as
also the time spent by them in traveling
to and from for such tournaments/meets may be treated as duty instead of
special casual leave. If any
pre-participation coaching camp is held in connection with such events and the
Government servant is required to attend the same, this period may also be
treated as duty.
(DP&Trg. OM No.
6/1/85/-Estt.(Pay-I), dated 16th July 85)
5.3 Government servants, whose services are
selected in connection with the coaching or administration of the teams
participating in sporting events of national and international importance may be
granted special casual leave for a period not exceeding thirty days in any
calendar year, provided their services are utilized by the organization such as
the sports/Federation of India/Association recognized by the All India Council
of Sports and approved by the Ministry of Education or by a State zone or
circle.
5.4 Government servants
functioning as commentator in sporting events of national or international
importance can be granted special casual leave not exceeding 30 days in a
calendar year provided the Government servants were selected or sponsored for
giving running commentaries over the All India Radio/Doordarshan in
national/international meets by the organization such as the Sports Federation
of India/Association recognized by the All India Council of Sports and approved
by the Ministry of Education, etc. or by a State, Zone or Circle.
(DP&AR OM NO.
28016/2/79-Estt(A), dated 28th November, 1979)
5.5 Government servants, who attend coaching
or training camps in the following institutions, can be granted special casual
leave not exceeding 30 days in a calendar year and this special casual leave can
be combined with regular leave:
| (i) |
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Coaching Scheme or similar All India
Coaching Scheme or similar All India Coaching or Training Schemes.
|
| (ii) |
National Institute of Sports, Patiala.
|
| (iii) |
Coaching camp organized by the National Federation of sports
boards recognized by the All India Council of Sports, Ministry of Education and
Youth Services.
|
5.6 Government servants, who participate in
trekking or mountaineering expeditions which have the approval of the Indian
Mountaineering Foundation, may be granted special casual leave not exceeding
thirty days in any calendar year. This
special casual leave may be combined with regular leave.
(OM No. 27/4/68-Estt(B), dated 6th September,
1969)
(OM No. 28016/2/84-Estt(A), dated 11.4.1985)
5.7 Government servants, who participate in
inter-ministerial and interdepartmental Tournaments and sporting events held in
and outside Delhi may be granted special casual leave not exceeding 10 days in a
calendar year provided:
| (i) |
The sporting
events is duly recognized by Government and is normally limited to Tournament
sponsored by Central Secretariat staff welfare and Amenities committee and other
recognized sports/recreation clubs of Government
servants.
|
5.8 Government
servants, who participate in cultural activities like dance, dramas music,
poetic symposium etc. of an All India or Inter-state character organized by the
Central Secretariat Sports Control Board or on its behalf, may be granted
special casual leave not exceeding thirty days in any calendar year. Provided that such special casual leave will
not be admissible for practice, or for participation in cultural activities
organized locally.
(MHA OM No. 27/3/68-Estt(B), dated 28th June,
1969)
5.9
There will be no change in the overall limit of 30 days of special casual
leave for an individual Government servant for one calendar year for
participating in sporting events mentioned above taken together.
(DP&Trg. OM No. 28016/2/84-Estt(A), dated 11.4.85) and
DP&T OM No. 6/1/85-Estt(Pay-I), dated 16.5.85)
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SPECIAL
CASUAL LEAVE FOR ATTENDING MEETING OF SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS AND CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETIES ETC.
6.1 Government servants may be granted special
casual leave to the extent required to attend meetings organized by Scientific
Association like Indian Science Congress Association, the National Institute of
Science of India, the Institute of Engineers, the Academy of Science Bangalore
and other similar bodies, and for journeys to and from the place of meetings.
Special casual leave for this purpose is
available to invitees, member officials delegates of the organization concerned
or those who have been asked to read papers at a conference. Special casual leave granted for this purpose
may be combined with casual leave.
(MHA OM No. 74/4/50-Estt(A), dated 26th July,
1951)
6.2 Government servants, who are members of
the Indian Institute of Public Administration and reside outside Delhi, may be
granted special casual leave not exceeding 6 working days in a calendar year
plus journey time for attending authorized meetings of the Indian Institute of
Public Administration.
(MHA OM No. 46/11/62-Estt(A), dated 21st June
1962)
6.3 Government servants may be granted
special casual leave to attend meetings of cooperative societies. Members, delegates of members, management
committee members and office bearers of cooperative societies (formed
exclusively with Central Government employees) who are posted outside the
headquarters of the societies may be granted special casual leave upto a
maximum period of ten days in a calendar
year, plus the minimum period required for the journeys, to attend such
meetings.
6.4 Members of cooperative
societies who bye-laws provide for attending annual general meetings/special
general meetings through delegates if members will not be eligible for special
casual leave and in such cases only the elected delegates will be eligible for
this special casual leave. However, if
the members are required to participate any meetings outside the headquarters of
the society, for the purpose of electing their delegates they may be granted
special casual leave.
6.5
Special casual leave in such cases will be granted by the Heads of
Department in the case of Government servants under their administrative control
and the Ministries of the Government of India in other cases. Special casual leave under these orders may
be combined with ordinary casual leave only and not with regular leave.
(MHA OM No. 46/22/63-Estt(A), dated 14.1.64)
6.6 Government servants who are posted at the
Headquarters may be granted special casual leave for attending meetings of the
cooperative societies to cover the actual period of unavoidable absence and
subject to the exigencies of work. If
the absence will be in the forenoon, or in the afternoon as the case may be then
special casual leave may be granted for half a day only to cover the actual
period of absence. The Government
servant concerned should furnish a
certificate from the cooperative society concerned to the effect that he
actually attended the meeting indicating the time and duration of the meeting.
(MHA OM No. 28016/1/84-Estt(A), dated 19th June,
1984)
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SPECIAL
CASUAL LEAVE FOR UNION ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
Government servants who are union office bearers and delegates of the
Central Government employees unions/associations may be granted special casual
leave to attend the activities of Unions/Associations.
| (a) |
An office bearer of a recognized service association/union of
Central Government employees may be granted special casual leave up to a maximum
of 20 days in a calendar year, for participation in the activities of
Associations/Unions.
|
| (b) |
Outstation/delegate members of executive Committee of
recognized All India Association/Federation may be granted special casual leave
up to 10 days in a calendar year to attend its meetings and
|
| (c) |
Similarly the local delegates/local members of executive
committees of all recognized Associations/unions Federations may be granted
special casual leave up to 5 days in a calendar year for attending meetings of
such Associations/Unions/Federations.
|
Those availing special casual leave as
office-bearers will not be entitled to avail special casual leave separately in
their capacity as Delegate/Committee members.
(MHA OM No. 27/3/69-Estt(B), dated 8.4.69 &
Deptt. of Personnel OM No. 8/13/72-JCA, dated 4th September,
1972)
(MHA OM No. 8/6/70-JCA, dated
30.10.70)
SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE FOR
APPEARING IN DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATIONS
8.1 Government servants may be granted
special casual leave for appearing in Departmental Promotion Examination, which
are neither obligatory nor entail a condition of preferment in Government
service (i.e limited Departmental Examination for Section Officers grade of
C.S.S. etc.) for the actual duration of the departmental promotion examination
and the minimum period required for the journey to and from the examination
center nearest to the headquarter where such examination is held outside the
headquarters. This facility will not be
admissible to departmental candidates for appearing at the open competitive
examinations conducted by UPSC and Staff Selection Commission for direct
recruitment.
8.2 Government servants may be granted
special casual leave for appearing in Grade III Stenographers Examination being
held by the Secretariat Training School ( now Staff Selection Commission), for
the period of examination plus the minimum period required for the journey to
and from the examination. The eligible
government servants who have to take the
examination from outside Headquarters may be paid single TA only by the Class of
accommodation for which they are entitled or by which they actually travel
whichever is less, for the journey to and from the nearest railway stations to
their headquarters to Delhi by the shortest route. However, no DA will be paid for this purpose.
A candidate who comes to Delhi on official duty during the period of the
examination or before, and also appears in the examination , will not be paid
any T.A. The concession of special
casual leave and T. A. in respect of outstation candidates will not be
admissible to a candidates on more than
two occasions.
( MHA OM No. 1/18/70/CS.II dated
31st August, 1970)
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CHAPTER –IX
CHAPTER –IX
SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE KENDRIYA SACHIVALAYA HINDI
PARISHAD
9.1
Government servants may be granted special casual leave for participation
in the activities of the Kendriya Sachivalaya Hindi Parishad on the following
occasions.
9.2 An office bearer of the Kendriya
Sachivalaya Hindi Parishad may be granted special casual leave upto five days,
including the time taken on journeys, in connection with the general body
meeting of the Parishad and on the occasion of its prize distribution ceremonies
subject to the condition that the special casual leave will be confined to the
days on which the meetings/ceremonies are held, and the time actually taken on
the journeys.
9.3 For participation in the meetings of the
Central Committee at Delhi an office-bearer traveling from an out-station may be
granted special casual leave upto a limit of five days depending on the distance
of the place of duty from Delhi.
9.4 Office bearers working in the Central
Secretariat at Delhi and going to places other than those mentioned at 9.2 and
9.3 above for attending the activities of the Parishad, may be granted special
casual leave upto twenty days in a year, for the outward and return journey,
restricted to the actual time spent on the journeys.
9.5 The total special casual leave granted to
an individual during any one calendar year for any of the purpose mentioned in
(a), (b) and (c) above or for all the purposes taken together should not exceed
twenty days.
( MHA OM No. 28016/2/76-
Estt(B), dated the 30th June,1976)
SPECIAL
CASUAL LEAVE FOR INTERVIEW TO JOIN TERRITORIAL ARMY ETC.
10.1
At the time of actual recruitment /commissioning the individual will be
required to report for interview. The
period of absence on this account by Government servants joining the Territorial
Army should be treated as casual leave or to the extent casual leave is not due
, as special casual leave.
( MHA OM No. 25/19/49-Estt-A ,
dated 7th July , 1950)
10.2 At the time of
recruitment/commissioning in Auxiliary Air Force, an individual is required to
report for interview or other tests or medical examinations. The period of absence of Government servants
on these accounts should be treated as casual leave or to the extent casual
leave is not due, as special casual leave.
( MHA OM No. 47/2/55-Estt-A ,
dated the 18th May,1957)
10.3
Government servants may be granted special casual leave for
interview/Medical examination etc. to join the Indian Naval Reserve and the
Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve, where it is not possible for the Government
servant concerned to attend to his civilian duties after the interview/medical
examination etc. However, if a
Government servant withdraws his candidature at the interview, he would not be
entitled to any special casual leave.
(MHA OM No.47/4/62-Estt-A,
dated 4.12.1962 &
MHA OM No. 47/28/63- Estt-A,
dated 20.6.1963)
10.4
When Civil Government servants are called for training the Territorial
Army/Defence Reserve/Auxiliary Air Force, the period spent by them in transit
from the date of their relief from civil posts to the date on which they report
to military authorities and vice versa should be treated as special casual
leave.
( MHA OM No. 36/15/64-Estt-B,
dated the 15th June, 1965)
10.5 Government servants may be granted special
casual leave while acting as members of officially sponsored auxiliary police
organizations such as Home Guards, National
Voluntary Corps, Prantiya Raksha Dal etc. to cover the period of
training, and duty spent by them as Home Guard etc.
(MHA OM No. 25/1/49-Estt-A,
dated 10th Jan.,1949)
10.6
Government servants enrolled as members of the Civil Defence Corps may be
granted special casual leave to cover periods spent to perform may duties and
functions including training or participating in a exercise or rehearsal, during
office hours.
( MHA OM No.
47/7/63-Estt(A), dated 23.5.1963 and
MHA OM No. 2/7/68-DG,CD (CD),
dated 29th October, 1968)
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CHAPTER-XI
CHAPTER-XI
SPECIAL
CASUAL LEAVE FOR REGULARISING ABSENCE ON ACCOUNT OF BANDH ETC.
While the Government may issue specific instructions regarding treatment
of the period of absence of employees during any particular bandh, ordinary a
Government servant may be granted special casual leave as explained below, if
the competent authority is satisfied that the absence of the individual
concerned was entirely due to reasons beyond his control, e.g. due to failure to
transport, or disturbances or picketing or imposition of curfew etc. If
the absence was due to failure of transport facilities, the special
casual leave may be granted if the Government servants had to come from a
distance or more 3 miles (5 kms.) to their places of duty.
If the absence was due to picketing or disturbances or curfew, the
special casual leave may be granted without insisting on the condition that the
distance between the place of duty and residence of the Government servant
should be more than 3 miles (5 Kms).
Special casual leave in these
cases may be granted by the Head of the Department.
(DP&T OM No.
27/6/71-Estt(B), dated the 1st Nov. 1971
DP&T OM No.
28016/1/79-Estt(A), dated the 28th May,1979
DP&T OM No.
3011/(S)/87-Estt(B), dated the 16th Feb., 1987)
CHAPTER-XII
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Government servants who donates blood on
a working day casual leave for that day.
12.2 Government servants, who have enrolled
themselves as members of St. John Ambulance Brigade while performing such duties
office hours on working days may be granted special casual leave not exceeding
three days per annum. If the duties so
performed extend to only half a day on any one occasions, only half a day’s
special casual leave should be allowed.
(MHA OM No. 27/5/70-Estt(B),
dated the 12th Jan., 1971)
12.2.1
Government servants who participate in the Republic Day Parade and the
rehearsal connected therewith in their capacity as members of the St. John
Ambulance Parade may be granted special casual leave to cover the actual period
of absence from duty.
12.3 Government servants having joined the Lok
Sahayak Sena and have won certificate of merit and are required to participate
in the Republic Day Parade, may be granted special casual leave for a period not
exceeding fourteen days required for their stay in Delhi in connection with such
participation plus the minimum period required for their journey from
Headquarters of the Government servants to Delhi and back.
(MHA OM No. 46/5/58-Estt-A,
dated the 25th June, 1958)
12.4
Ex-servicemen who were boarded out of service and re-employed as
civilians may be granted special casual leave for appearing before Medical
Re-survey Boards for assessing their disability pension. Also those Ex-servicemen, who had sustained
injuries during operations and are re-employed as civilians may be granted
special casual leave, to enable them to go to Artificial limb Centres for
replacement of the artificial limb or for treatment. The Ministries/Departments and the Head of
Department wherever empowered may grant such special casual leave up to a
maximum or 15 days in a year, including transit time both ways on the basis of
Medical Discharge Certificate.
( DP&AR OM No.
28016/12/75- Estt(B), dated
4th May, 1976)
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
….
January 14, 1998
| SUBJECT:- |
Reduction in Casual
Leave entitlement and various recommendations of the Fifty Pay Commission in
respect of number of holiday/working week etc.
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2. WORKING WEEK: It has been decided to
continue the five-day-week working system introduced since June-1985 in the
civil administrative offices of Government of India. Departments whose functions are
pre-dominantly marked by public dealings or of commercial nature and at present
are functioning on 5-day-week basis, will review the existing arrangements and
switch over to 6-day-week wherever feasible.
Action taken in this regard will be reported to this Ministry within the
next four months.
3. HOLIDAYS: The existing system of holidays
will continue. No holiday shall,
however, be declared in the event of death of any person other than the
incumbent President of India or the incumbent Prime Minister of India. Suitable orders in this regard have already
been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs vide OM No. 3/2/97-Public dated
21.11.1997.
4.
CASUAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENT: It has also been decided to reduce with effect
from Ist January, 1998 the number of days of Casual Leave for Central Government
employees from the existing 12 days to 8 days in a year. Various Departments may also effect
corresponding reduction with effect from Ist January, 1998 where the Casual
Leave entitlement for certain categories is higher than 12 under intimation to
this Ministry.
5. All Ministries/Departments may bring the
above decision to the notice of all concerned under their administrative control
and ensure compliance with these instructions.
Sd/-
(HARINDER
SINGH)
JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF INDIA
TEL. No. 301 1276
JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF INDIA
TEL. No. 301 1276
No.
28016/3/98-Estt.(A)
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
| SUBJECT:- | Casual Leave. |
*****
The undersigned is directed to refer to this
Department’s OM No. 12/9/94-JCA dated 14.1.1998 and to say that w.e.f. 1.1.1998,
Central Government servants are entitled to 8 days casual leave in a calendar
year.
2. It is clarified that the entitlement of 8
days casual leave in a calendar year is subject to the condition that not more
than 5 days casual leave may be allowed at any one time. The Head of the Office may, however, waive
this condition in individual cases if he considers that there are exceptional
circumstances justifying relaxation in this regard.
3. In regard to persons who join government
service in the middle of a calendar year, the authority competent to grant such
leave will have the discretion to grant
either the full period of 8 days casual leave or only a proportion thereof,
after taking into account all the circumstances of the case.
4. It is further clarified that the
operating and maintenance staff etc., who were entitled to 15 days C.L. till
31.12.1997, would be allowed 10 days casual leave in a calendar year w.e.f.
1.1.98 (i.e. reduced by 1/3rd
of the total).
5. Sundays or closed holidays which precede
a period of casual leave or come at the end may be prefixed or suffixed to such
leave. Similarly, public holidays and
weekly offs falling within the period of casual leave should not be counted as
part of casual leave.
6. The instructions contained in the Ministry
of Home Affairs OM No. 6/3/59-Estt(A) dated 23.12.1959 & 20.8.1960 and DPAR
OM No. 27/6/73-Estt(B) dated 8.7.74 and 28016/1/77-Estt(A) dated 17.9.77, are
hereby rescinded.
7. Hindi version will follow.
Sd/-
(S.C. Sharma)
UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF INDIA
TEL. No. 301 4254
UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF INDIA
TEL. No. 301 4254
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