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CHAPTER 05
THE REVISED LEAVE RULES
Sl.No. 1
Revised Leave Rules, 1980
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 25 of the Civil Servants Act, 1973
(LXXI of 1973), the President is pleased to make the following rules, namely:-
1. Short title, application and commencement.– (1) These rules may be
called the Revised Leave Rules, 1980.
(2) They shall apply to all civil servants other than those who were employed
before the first day of July, 1978, and opted not to be governed by the Revision of Leave
Rules issued under the Finance Division's Office Memorandum No.F.1(2)-Rev.I/78, dated
the 21st September, 1978.
(3) They shall come into force at once.
2. When leave earned.– (1) All service rendered by a civil servant qualifies
him to earn leave in accordance with these rules but shall not be earned during the period of
leave.
(2) Any period spent by a civil servant in foreign service qualifies him to earn
leave provided that contribution towards leave salary is paid to the Government on account
of such period.
3. Earning and Accumulation of leave.– (1) A civil servant shall earn leave
only on full pay which shall be calculated at the rate of four days for every calendar month of
the period of duty rendered and credited to the leave account as "Leave on Full Pay", duty
period of fifteen days or less in a calendar month being ignored and those of more than
fifteen days being treated as a full calendar month for the purpose.
(2) If a civil servant proceeds on leave during a calendar month and returns from
it during another calendar month and the period of duty in either month is more than fifteen
days, the leave to be credited for both the incomplete months shall be restricted to that
admissible for one full calendar month only.
3. There shall be no maximum limit on the accumulation of such leave.
4. Civil Servants in Vacation Department.– A civil servant in vacation
department may earn leave on full pay:—
(a) When he avails himself of full vacation in a calendar year at the
rate of one day for every calendar month of duty rendered;
(b) When during any year he is prevented from availing himself of the full
vacation as for a civil servant in a non-vacation department for
that year; and
(c) When he avails himself of only a part of the vacation as in (a) above
plus such proportion of thirty days as the number of days of vacation not
taken bears to the full vacation.
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5. Leave on full pay.– The maximum period of leave on full pay that may be
granted at one time shall be as follows:–
(a) Without medical certificate....... 120 days
(b) With medical certificate.......... 180 days
plus
(c) On medical certificate
from leave account in
entire service............. 365 days
Note.– Under the Prescribed Leave Rules, 1955, leave on half average pay could be
converted into leave on full pay on the strength of Medical Certificate upto a maximum of
twelve months in terms of leave on full pay in the whole service. The account of this kind of
leave was separately maintained in column 14 (a) of the leave account under the said Rules.
Such leave availed of by the civil servants before the introduction of these rules, shall be
debited against the maximum limit of 365 days fixed under this rule.
6. Leave on Half Pay.– (1) Leave on full pay may, at the option of the civil
servant, be converted into leave on half pay, the debit to the leave account will be at the rate
of one day of the former for every two days of the latter, fraction of one-half counting as one
full day's leave on full pay.
(2) The request for conversion of leave referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be
specified by the civil servant in his application for the grant of leave.
(3) There shall be no limit on the grant of leave on half pay so long as it is
available by conversion in the leave account.
7. Leave to be Applied, etc., in Terms of Days.– Leave shall be applied for,
expressed, and sanctioned, in terms of days.
8. Carry Forward of Existing Leave.– All leaves at credit in the account of a
civil servant on the first day of July, 1978, shall be carried forward and expressed in terms of
leave on full pay and the leave account in such cases shall, with effect from the first day of
July, 1978, or, in the case of a civil servant who was on leave on that date, with effect from
the date of his return from leave, be recast as under:—
(i) Leave on average pay:
(a) 1 month...................... 30 days
(b) 1 day.......................... 1 day
(ii) Leave on half average pay:
(a) 1 month....................... 15 days
(b) 2 days ........................ 1 day
Note.– Fractions, if any, shall be ignored.
9. Extraordinary leave (leave without pay).– (1) Extraordinary leave without
pay may be granted on any ground upto a maximum period of five years at a time; provided
that the civil servant to whom such leave is granted has been in continuous service for a period
of not less than ten years, and, in case a civil servant has not completed ten years of
continuous service, extraordinary leave without pay for a maximum period of two years may
be granted at the discretion of the head of his office:
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Provided that the maximum period of five years shall be reduced by the period of
leave on full pay or half pay, if granted in combination with the extraordinary leave.
(2) Extraordinary leave upto a maximum period prescribed under sub-
rule (1) may be granted, subject to the conditions stated therein, irrespective of the fact
whether a civil servant is a permanent or a temporary employee.
*(3) Extraordinary leave may be granted retrospectively in lieu of absence without
leave.
10. Recreation leave.– Recreation leave may be granted for fifteen days once in a
calendar year, the debit to the leave account may, however, be for ten days leave on full pay:
Provided that such leave shall not be admissible to a civil servant in a vacation
department.
11. Leave not due.– (1) Leave not due may be granted on full pay, to be offset
against leave to be earned in future, for a maximum period of three hundred and sixty-five
days in the entire period of service, subject to the condition that during the first five years of
service it shall not exceed ninety days in all.
(2) Such leave may be converted into leave on half pay.
(3) Such leave shall be granted only when there are reasonable chances of the
civil servant resuming duty on the expiry of the leave.
(4) Such leave shall be granted sparingly and to the satisfaction of the sanctioning
authority. **[ ].
12. Special leave.– (1) A female civil servant, on the death of her husband, may be
granted special leave on full pay, when applied for a period not exceeding one hundred and
thirty days.
(2) Such leave shall not be debited to her leave account.
(3) Such leave shall commence from the date of death of her husband and for
this purpose she will have to produce death certificate issued by the competent authority
either alongwith her application for special leave or, if that is not possible, the said certificate
may be furnished to the leave sanctioning authority separately.
13. Maternity leave.– (1) Maternity leave may be granted on full pay, outside
the leave account, to a female civil servant to the extent of ninety days in all from the date of
its commencement or forty-five days from the date of her confinement, whichever be earlier.
(2) Such leave may not be granted for more than three times in the entire service
of a female civil servant except in the case of a female civil servant employed in a vacation
department who may be granted maternity leave without this restriction.
(3) For confinements beyond the third one, the female civil servant would have
to take leave from her normal leave account.
(4) The spells of maternity leave availed of prior to the coming into force of
these rules shall be deemed to have been taken under these rules.
* Added vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. F.1(45)-R 4/81, dated 13-2-1982.
**
Omitted vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. S.R.O. 218(KE)/93, dated 24-10-1993.
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(5) Maternity leave may be granted in continuation of, or in combination with,
any other kind of leave including extraordinary leave as may be due and admissible to a
female civil servant.
(6) Leave salary to be paid during maternity leave shall be regulated, as for other
leave, in accordance with the formula contained in the Finance Division‘s O.M No.F.9(16)-
R.1/69, dated the 26th July, 1969, read with its O.M of even number dated the 28th
November, 1969.
(7) The leave salary to be paid during maternity leave will, therefore, remain un-
affected even if an increment accrues during such leave and the effect of such an increment
will be given after the expiry of maternity leave.
14. Disability Leave.– (1) Disability leave may be granted, outside the leave
account on each occasion, upto a maximum of seven hundred and twenty days on such
medical advice as the head of office may consider necessary, to a civil servant, other than a
seaman or a civil servant in part-time service, disabled by injury, ailment or disease
contacted in course or in consequence of duty or official position.
(2) The leave salary during disability leave shall be equal to full pay for the first
one hundred and eighty days and on half pay of the remaining period.
15. Leave Ex-Pakistan.– (1) Leave ex-Pakistan may be granted on full pay to a
civil servant who applies for such leave or who proceeds abroad during leave, or takes leave
while posted abroad or is otherwise on duty abroad, and makes a specific request to that effect.
(2) The leave pay to be drawn abroad shall be restricted to a maximum of three
thousand rupees per month.
(3) The leave pay shall be payable in Sterling if such leave is spent in Asia other
than Pakistan and India.
(4) Such leave pay shall be payable for the actual period of leave spent abroad
subject to a maximum of one hundred and twenty days at a time.
(5) The civil servants appointed after the 17th May, 1958, shall draw their leave
salary in rupees in Pakistan irrespective of the country where they spend their leave.
(6) Leave ex-Pakistan will be regulated and be subject to the same limits and
conditions as prescribed in rules 5, 6 and 9.
16. Leave preparatory to retirement.– (1) The maximum period upto which a
civil servant may be granted leave preparatory to retirement shall be three hundred and
sixty-five days.
(2) Such leave may be taken, subject to availability, either on full pay, or partly
on full pay and partly on half pay, or entirely on half pay, at the discretion of the civil
servant.
*[(3) An officer of BPS-21 or BPS-22 who, on or after the 19th day of February,
1991, opts to retire voluntarily after he has completed twenty-five years of service qualifying
for pension may be granted leave preparatory to retirement equal to entire leave at his credit
*
Added vide Finance Division‘s O.M. No. F.1(8)-R.4/89, dated 30-5-1991.
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in his leave account on full pay or till the date on which he completes the sixtieth years of his
age, whichever is earlier:
Provided that such officer shall not be entitled to conversion of leave preparatory to
retirement on full pay under rule 6 into leave on half pay].
*
[17. Encashment of refused leave preparatory to retirement.– (1) If in case of
retirement on superannuation or voluntary retirement on completion of thirty years
qualifying service a civil servant cannot for reasons of public service, be granted leave
preparatory to retirement duly applied for in sufficient time, he will in lieu thereof be granted
lump-sum leave pay for the leave refused to him subject to a maximum of [three hundred
and sixty five days leave on full pay]].
(2) Such leave can be refused partly and sanctioned partly but the cash
compensation shall be admissible for the actual period of such leave so refused not
exceeding ***[three hundred and sixty five days].
(3) The payment of leave pay in lieu of such refused leave may be made to the
civil servant either in lump-sum at the time of retirement or may, at his option, be drawn by
him month-wise for the period of leave so refused.
(4) For the purpose of lump-sum payment in lieu of such leave, only the "Senior
Post Allowance" will be included in "Leave Pay" so admissible.
(5) In case a civil servant on leave preparatory to retirement dies before
completing **[three hundred and sixty five days] of such leave, his family shall be entitled to
lump-sum payment equal to the period falling short of *[three hundred and sixty five days].
18. Power to refuse leave preparatory to retirement, etc.– (1) Ordinarily, leave
preparatory to retirement shall not be refused.
(2) All orders refusing leave preparatory to retirement to a civil servant and
recalling a civil servant from leave preparatory to retirement shall be passed only by the
authorities specified below:
@
[(i) For civil servants of BPS-20 Chief Executive
and above.
(ii) For civil servants Appointing Authority
in BPS-17 to 19 prescribed in rule 6 of the
Civil Servants (Appointment,
Promotion and Transfer)
Rules, 1973; and
(iii) For civil servants in BPS-16 As above in (ii).]
and below
*
Subs. vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. SRO 281(I)86, dated 10-3-1986.
Subs.vide Finance Division (Regulation Wing) Notification No.SRO 70(KE)/2012 dated 29-8-2012.
Subs. vide Finance Division‘s Notification No.F.1(2)/R.4/2000 dated 21-2-2001.
@
Now Prime Minister
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(3) The authorities specified in sub-rule (2) shall not delegate these powers to any
other authority.
[(4) All proposals regarding refusal of Leave Preparatory to Retirement to the
Officers in BPS-17 and above shall be submitted to the respective appointing authorities
with detailed justification at least three months before the officer is due to proceed on
such leave].
[18-A. Encashment of leave preparatory to retirement.– (1) A civil servant
may fifteen months before the date of superannuation or thirty years qualifying service on or
after the 1st July, 1983, at his option, be allowed to encash his leave preparatory to
retirement if he undertakes in writing to perform duty in lieu of the whole period of three
hundred and sixty-five days or lesser period which is due and admissible].
[Provided that a civil servant who does not exercise the option within the
specified period shall be deemed to have opted for encashment of LPR]. This amendment
shall be effective from the 5th March, 1990.
@
Provided further that a civil servant appointed or posted as Officer on Special
Duty with or without an assignment of duty, shall be deemed to have performed duties in
lieu of the period of LPR within the meaning of this rule.
@@
[(2) In lieu of such leave, leave pay may be claimed for the actual period of such
leave subject to a maximum of @@@[three hundred and sixty five days].
@@@
[(2A) Encashment of leave preparatory to retirement (LPR) not exceeding
three hundred and sixty five days shall be effective from the first day of July,2012 and shall,
for the entire period of leave refused or opted for encashment, be applicable to a civil servant
retired or, as the case may be, retiring on or after the first day of July,2012, provided such
leave is available at his credit subject to a maximum of three hundred and sixty five days.
(2B) The encashment of LPR shall also be applicable to employees of the
autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies under Administrative control of the Federal
Government which have adopted basic pay scales scheme and these rules in toto].
@@@
[(3) If at any time during such period, leave is granted on account of ill health
supported by medical certificate or for performance of Hajj, the amount of cash
compensation on account of leave pay shall be reduced by an amount equal to the leave pay
for the period of leave so granted].
(4) The civil servant shall submit the option to the authority competent to
sanction leave preparatory to retirement, who shall accept the option and issue formal
sanction for the payment of cash compensation.
Subs. vide Finance Division‘s Notification No.F.1(2)/R.4/2000 dated 21-2-2001.
Subs. vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. F.1(73)-R.4/84, dated 18-12-1984.
Added vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. F.1(1)-R-4/90-320, dated 11-3-1990.
@
Added vide Finance Division (Regs. Wing) SRO No. (1)/2007, dated 27.10.2007.
@@
Subs. vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. SRO 1022 (I)/85 dated 14-10-1985.
@@@
Added and Subs. vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. S.R.O. 70(KE)/2012, dated 29-8-2012.
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[(5) For the purpose of payment in lieu of such leave.–
(a) the rate of pay shall be the rate admissible [at the time the leave pay is
drawn],
(b) the leave pay may be drawn at any time for the period for which duty has
already been rendered; and
(c) only the "Senior Post-Allowance" will be included in the leave pay as
admissible].
[(6) Leave pay for the purpose of encashment of LPR shall be computed on the
basis of pay and allowances reckonable towards pension as shown in the last
pay certificate of a civil servant.]
19. In-service death, etc.– (1) In case a civil servant dies, or is declared
permanently incapacitated for further service by a Medical Board, while in service, a
lump-sum payment equal to leave pay upto @[three hundred and sixty five days] out of the
leave at his credit shall be made to his family as defined for the purposes of family pension
or, as the case may be, to the civil servant.
(2) For the purpose of lump-sum payment under sub-rule (1), only the "Senior
Post Allowance" will be included in the leave pay" so admissible".
20. Reasons need not be specified, etc.– (1) It shall not be necessary to specify
the reasons for which leave has been applied so long as that leave is due and admissible to a
civil servant.
(2) Leave applied for on medical certificate shall not be refused:
Provided that the authority competent to sanction leave may, at its discretion,
secure a second medical opinion by requesting the Civil Surgeon or Medical Board, as the
case may be, to have the applicant medically examined.
21. Leave when starts and ends.– Instead of indicating whether leave starts or
ends in the forenoon or afternoon, leave may commence from that day following that on
which a civil servant hands over the charge of his post and may end on the day preceding
that on which he resumes duty.
22. Recall from leave, etc.– (1) If a civil servant is recalled to duty compulsorily
with the personal approval of the head of his office from leave of any kind that he is
spending away from his headquarters, he may be granted a single return fare plus daily
allowance as admissible on tour from the station where he is spending his leave to the place
where he is required to report for duty.
Subs. vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. F.(1)73-R-4/84 dated 12-03-1986.
Added vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. S.R.O. 70(KE)/2012, dated 29-8-2012.
Amended vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. F.I (34) R-4/85, dated 16-9-1985, effective from the date
of issue.
@
Subs. vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. S.R.O No. 11(KE)/2013 dated 18-02-2013.
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(2) In case the civil servant is recalled to duty at headquarters and his remaining
leave is cancelled, the fare then admissible shall be for one way journey only.
(3) If the return from leave is optional, the civil servant is entitled to no
concession.
23. Overstayal after sanctioned leave, etc.– (1) Unless the leave of a civil
servant is extended by the head of his office, a civil servant who remains absent after the end
of his leave shall not be entitled to any remuneration for the period of such absence, and
without prejudice to any disciplinary action that may be taken against him, double the period
of such absence shall be debited against his leave account.
(2) Such debit shall, if there is insufficient credit in the leave account, be adjusted
against future earning.
24. Any type of leave may be applied.– A civil servant may apply for the type of
leave which is due and admissible to him and it shall not be refused on the ground that another
type of leave should be taken in the particular circumstances, for example, a civil servant may
apply for extraordinary leave or leave on half pay even if leave on full pay is otherwise due
and admissible to him, or he may, proceed on extraordinary leave followed by leave on half
pay and full pay rather than that on full pay, half pay, and without pay.
25. Combination of different types of leave, etc.– One type of leave may be
combined with joining time or with any other type of leave otherwise admissible to the civil
servant:
Provided that leave preparatory to retirement shall not be combined with any other
kind of leave.
26. Civil servant on leave not to join duty without permission before its
expiry.– Unless he is permitted to do so by the authority which sanctioned his leave, a civil
servant on leave may not return to duty before the expiry of the period of leave granted to him.
27. Leave due may be granted on abolition of post, etc.– (1) When a post is
abolished, leave due to the civil servant, whose services are terminated in consequence
thereof, shall be granted without regard to the availability of a post for the period of leave.
(2) The grant of leave in such cases shall, so long as he does not attain the age of
superannuation, be deemed automatically to have also extended the duration of the post and
the tenure of its incumbent.
28. Manner of handing over charge when proceeding on leave, etc.– (1) A
civil servant proceeding on leave shall hand over the charge of his post, and if he is in
Grade-16 and above, he shall, while handing over charge of the post sign the charge
relinquishment report.
(2) If leave ex-Pakistan has been sanctioned on medical grounds, the civil
servants shall take abroad with him a copy of the medical statement of his case.
29. Assumption of charge on return from leave, etc.– (1) A civil servant, on
return from leave, shall report for duty to the authority that sanctioned his leave and assume
Now BPS.
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charge of the post to which he is directed by that authority unless such direction has been
given to him in advance.
(2) In case he is directed to take charge of a post at a station other than that from
where he proceeded on leave, travel expenses as on transfer shall be payable to him.
30. Account offices to maintain leave account.– (1) Leave account in respect of
a civil servant shall be maintained as part of his service book.
(2) The accounts offices shall maintain the leave accounts of civil servants of
whom they were maintaining the accounts immediately before the coming into force of these
rules.
31. Leave to lapse when civil servant quits service.– All leaves at the credit of a
civil servant shall lapse when he quits service.
32. Pay during leave.– (1) Leave pay admissible during leave on full pay shall
be the greater of:–
(a) the average monthly pay earned during the twelve complete months
immediately preceding the month in which the leave begins; and
(b) the rate equal to the rate of pay drawn on the day immediately before the
beginning of the leave.
(2) When leave on half pay is taken, the amounts calculated under clauses (a)
and (b) of sub-rule (1) shall be halved to determine the greater of the two rates.
*[(3) A civil servant shall be entitled to the leave pay at the revised rate of pay if a
general revision in pay of civil servants takes place or an annual increment occurs during the
period of leave of the civil servant].
33. Departmental leave.– (1) Departmental leave may be granted to civil
servants drawing pay in Grade 1 to 9 in the National Pay Scale and serving in the Survey of
Pakistan or in any such other department as may be notified by the Finance Division on the
conditions laid down in this rule.
(2) Departmental leave may be granted only to a civil servant whose services are
temporarily not required and no leave other than leave-not-due is admissible.
(3) A subsistence allowance at such rate as the officer granting the leave may
think fit but not exceeding half pay may be granted during departmental leave.
(4) The allowance shall be payable only on return to and resumption of duty after
the expiration of the leave, whether taken by itself or combined with departmental leave
without pay:
Provided that if a civil servant dies while on departmental leave, the amount of
allowance, if any, otherwise admissible upto date of his death shall be paid to his heirs.
(5) Departmental leave with subsistence allowance may be granted during the
recess by the head of the party or office to which the civil servant belongs only when the
*
Added vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. F.1(6)R-4/93, dated 21-9-1994.
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officer granting the leave considers it desirable to re-employ him in the ensuing field season
and the leave so granted may, in special cases, be extended by the Surveyor-General upto a
maximum of five hundred and forty days at a time.
(6) Departmental leave with subsistence allowance may be granted at times other
than the recess for not more than one hundred and eighty days at a time by a Director or
Deputy Director, Survey of Pakistan, provided such leave is granted in the interest of public
service or work and not at the civil servant's own request.
(7) Leave granted may in special cases be extended by the Surveyor-General
upto a maximum of three hundred and sixty five days at a time.
(8) Leave on medical certificate shall in no circumstances be regarded as granted
in the interest of public service or work.
(9) Departmental leave without pay may be granted by the Surveyor-General in
continuation of departmental leave with subsistence allowance in special cases as authorized
by the Finance Division by a general or special order.
(10) When a civil servant holds a post in which the Surveyor-General considers
that he is unlikely to be eligible for departmental leave in future, the Surveyor-General may,
by special orders in writing, declare that, with effect from such date not being earlier than the
civil servant's last return from departmental leave, as the Surveyor-General may fix, any
balance of leave at debit in the civil servant's leave account shall be cancelled, and all leave
earned after such date will be credited as due in the civil servant's leave account, and all
leave taken after such date, including departmental leave with allowances, if any, will be
debited to it.
(11) Departmental leave may be combined with any other kind of leave which may
be due.
34. Sick leave to a seaman.– A civil servant serving as an officer, warrant
officer or petty officer on a government vessel may, while undergoing medical treatment for
sickness or injury, either on his vessel or in hospital, be granted leave on full pay, outside his
leave account, for a period not exceeding forty-five days by the master or the captain of the
vessel provided that the civil servant is not malingering or his ill health is not due to such of
his own action as cause or aggravate disease or injury.
35. Leave to disabled seaman.– A civil servant referred to in rule 34 who is
disabled while performing his duty may be allowed leave on full pay for a maximum period
not exceeding ninety days on each occasion if:-
(a) the disability is duly certified by a government Medical Officer,
(b) the disability is not due to the civil servant's own carelessness, and
(c) the vacancy caused by his absence is not filled up.
36. Leave earned by civil servant employed in non-continuous
establishment.– (1) A civil servant employed in a non-continuous establishment may be
granted only earned leave and disability leave as admissible to, and subject to the conditions
laid down for, a civil servant employed in a continuous establishment and no other kind of
leave shall be admissible to such civil servant.
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(2) A civil servant who is transferred from a non-continuous establishment to a
continuous establishment and vice versa shall carry forward the balance of earned leave at
his credit on the date of his transfer.
Explanation.– In this rule, "non-continuous establishment" means an establishment
which does not function throughout the year and "continuous establishment" means an
establishment which functions throughout the year.
37. Quarantine leave.– (1) Quarantine leave is in the nature of extra casual
leave and a substitute shall normally not be employed during the absence of civil servant on
such leave:
Provided that where the exigencies of service are compelling, the head of the office
may employ a substitute for reasons to be recorded in writing.
(2) A civil servant may be granted quarantine leave outside his leave account to
the extent that his authorized medical attendant recommends and the period of such leave shall
be treated as duty with full pay and allowances of the post held by him at the time of
proceeding on leave.
38. Leave application, its sanction, etc.– (1) Except where otherwise stated, an
application for leave or for an extension of leave must be made to the head of office where a
civil servant is employed and, in the case of the head of office, to the next-above
administrative authority and the extent of leave due and admissible shall be stated in the
application.
(2) An audit report shall not be necessary before the leave is sanctioned.
(3) When a civil servant submits a medical certificate for the grant of leave, it
shall be by an authorized medical attendant *[or other registered medical practitioner] in the
form attached to these rules.
*[(3-A). No civil servant who has been granted leave on medical certificate may
return to duty without first producing a medical certificate of fitness in the form attached to
these rules.]
(4) Leave as admissible to a civil servant under these rules may be sanctioned by
the head of a Ministry, Division, Department, Office or any other officer authorized by him
to do so and, when so required, leave shall be notified in the official Gazette.
(5) In cases where all the applications for leave cannot, in the interest of public
service, be sanctioned to run simultaneously, the authority competent to sanction leave shall,
in deciding the priority of the applications, consider:-
(i) whether, and how many applicants can, for the time being, best be spared;
(ii) whether any applicants were last recalled compulsorily from leave; and
(iii) whether any applicants were required to make adjustment in the timing of
their leave on the last occasion.
* Ins. & added vide Finance Division‘s Notification No. 847-R.4/83, dated 19-11-1983.
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39. Hospital leave and study leave.– Subject to these rules, the provisions
regarding hospital leave and study leave contained in the Fundamental Rules and
Supplementary Rules shall apply to the civil servants.
*
[40. Relaxation of Rules.– The Federal Government may, in a case of hardship,
relax all or any of the provision of these Rules:
Provided that such relaxation shall not be less favourable to any benefit available to
a Civil Servant under these Rules].
[Authority:- Finance Div.‘s S.R.O. No.1313(I)/80, dated 20-12-1980, as amended from time to time].
*
Added vide Finance Division Notification No. F.1(4)-R.4/92, dated 01-10-1992.
