Master Copy for IRTMTCALD by IRICEN RAILWAY SERVICES

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RAILWAY SERVICES ( LIBERALISED LEAVE) RULES 1949

C. P. C. Leave Rules or Liberalized Leave Rules, 1949 : The rules apply to: • The Railway Servant appointed on or after 1. 2. 49 • Appointed before 1 -2 -49 but opted to be governed by these rules • Temp. Rly servant with 3 years service

BROADLY CLASSIFIED IN TO 3 CATEGORIES EARNED LEAVE (Rule 523 -529 ) SPECIAL LEAVE (Rule 551 -556) EXTRA ORDINARY LEAVE (Rule 530 )

Earned Leave LAP HLAP Commuted Leave (HLAP) Leave Not Due (HLAP) Maternity Leave Paternity Leave Special Disability Leave Hospital Leave Study Leave Child Care Leave Special Leave

LEAVE ON AVERAGE PAY Rule 523 (Permanent / Temporary Rly Employee) • • • 30 days in a year @2 ½ day per month – fraction to be rounded off Reduced by 1/10 for EOL (max. redn 15 days) Reduced per date of retirement/dismissal etc. – credit up to preceding month Carried over - Max Accumulation 300 days Other credit – Unutilized Joining Time School Staff – 10 days in a year. Vacation? ? reduced @ 1/30 th for EOL / Dies-non Maximum leave granted – 180 days Should be applied in advance (two months) Advance of Leave salary for 30 days or more

SPECIAL PROVISION IN RESPECT WORKSHOP STAFF [Rule 539 (2)] The workshop staff may be allowed to take leave for half a day with pay or without pay. For this purpose leave for half a day means authorized absence from duty for over half an hour.

Leave Encashment (LAP/HLAP) �On retirement - Max 300 (LAP+HLAP) (B. Pay + D. A. ) X no. of unutilized Leave (<=300) 30 �On Compulsory retirement under D&A, if there is no cut in the pension � On resignation – half of the LAP at credit (Max. 150) �Can be withheld whole or part while under D&A actions �While in Service (introduced since 1 -9 -2008) Conditions � 10 Days LAP can be en-cashed at a time � 6 times in entire service at the interval of 2 years � 2 years means block periods from Sept to August � Should avail leave � Should avail Pass/PTO

Leave on Half Average Pay (Rule 526) 20 days in a calendar year Advance credit @ 10 –on 1 st Jan & 1 st July @ 5/3 per month Reduced @ 1/18 th for EOL Also reduced proportionate to the date of retirement/dismissal/resignation etc. Can be availed up to 24 months at a time Can be combined with other leave except CL/Spl CL

Commuted Leave (Rule – 527) • On production of medical certificate – no limit • Approved course of study – 180 days in entire service • HLAP is commuted into full pay therefore, twice the no of days deducted from HLAP account • In continuation of maternity leave – 60 days without medical certificate • In case of resignation or vol. retirement without returning to duty, entire period is treated as HLAP and recovery is made from pay but in case of death/invalidation, no recovery is made

LEAVE NOT DUE (Rule 528) • Permanent Railway employees • Max 360 days during entire service and on medical certificate (Railway) only • When no other leave at credit • Leave salary equal to Half Pay Leave • Granted in advance and debited on future earning of HLAP, therefore limited to the earning of HLAP subsequently • Temp. Rly servant with one year service may be granted for TB, Leprosy, Cancer or mental illness under the above conditions

Leave Salary (Rule 544/546) LAP – FULL B. Pay, DA, HRA (180) HLAP – Half B. Pay, DA, HRA (180) Commuted Leave – Full B. Pay, DA, HRA for 30 days or exceeding – no Trp. All. EOL – no Pay , no DA, HRA (180) B. Pay during leave equal to B. Pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave – increment cannot be drawn during leave Running Category – First 60 days – Avg pay or substantive pay whichever is higher, thereafter substantive pay

LEAVE TO OTHER CLASS (Prob. , SCRA, App. Mech. , Tr. App. ) (Rule 531 to 537) • • • Probationers – As perm. Employee LAP - LHAP SCRA – Full Stipend – 30 days Apprentice Mechanics in WS – Full St-16, Half St. 20 Trade Apprentices - Full St-12, Half St. 15 Other Apprentices (e. g. Supervisors like PWI, TE) - Full St-16, Half St. 20 Non-accumulative – recalculated on absorption

AUTHORITY COMPETENT TO GRANT LEAVE • First Schedule • The G. M. may delegate the power of sanctioning casual and earned leave up to 15 days to Class III and Class IV (Group “C’ & “D” ) staff to Senior Supervisory staff in the grade of RS. 5000 -8000 (R. S. ) and above, such as Section Engineers, Traffic Inspectors, Loco Foremen and Station Masters of important stations. • SOP

LEAVE ON MEDICAL CERTIFICATE (Rule 521) • Gaz. Rly servant living within or outside RHS jurisdiction are required to produce medical/fitness certificate from AMA • Non-Gaz railway living within or outside RHS jurisdiction are also required to obtain medical fitness certificate from AMA. However they may obtain medical certificate from RMP but if leave is required for more than 3 days, should report to the Railway Doctor • If Non-Gaz Railway servant is living outside the RHS jurisdiction and no AMA is available within radius of 8 km obtains medical certificate from RMP, he may be granted leave/commuted at the discretion of leave sanctioning authority.

Maximum Leave : No Railway servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years unless otherwise determined by the President in view of exceptional circumstances.

EXTRAORDINARY LEAVE (Rule 530) This leave is granted when: • no other leave is admissible and • Railway Servant applies in writing for the grant of EOL even when leave is available at credit • Maximum 5 years including all other kind of leave Temporary Railway Servant: • 3 months without medical certificate • 6 months with medical certificate • 18 months for treatment of T. B. Leprosy, Cancer, etc. • 24 months for prosecuting higher studies with 3 years continuous services along with a bond for three years, supported by two sureties.

Special Leave

MATERNITY LEAVE (Rule 551) • Maternity Leave 180 days • Such leave is not debited to the leave account • One year in continuation without medical certificate including commuted leave • Up to two surviving children • Miscarriage, 45 days in entire service (ammnd. 1997) • Single spell only • Married/unmarried

PATERNITY LEAVE [(Rule 551(A)] • 15 days during confinement i. e. 15 days before or six month from the child birth • Not debited from Leave Account • Lapses if not availed • Sanctioned in single spell • Shall not be refused under any circumstances

Special Disability Leave (Rule 552 – 553) • When injury intentionally inflicted or caused in consequence of duty or official position • Injury should manifest within 3 months • 24 months for one disability as certified by AMA • Can be combined with other leave • 120 days – full pay, remaining – half pay • HLAP can be adjusted beyond 120 days for full pay • Admissible to both, Gaz & Non-Gaz

If the employee is governed by the Workmen’s Compensation Act, then the amount of leave salary is adjusted against the amount of compensation payable but in case of death or permanent disability, leave salary is restored

HOSPITAL LEAVE • Only to Non-gazetted servants • For the injuries due to risk involved in performance of duty • 120 days on leave salary equal to leave on average pay, after that half pay • Case can be considered for full pay beyond 120 days subject to such cases being reviewed by the Medical Superintendents and concurred in by Senior Divisional Accounts Officer/Associate Accounts Officer. • Max 28 months but GM has full powers with the concurrence of FA&CAO & review by CMO beyond this limit • Can be combined with other kind of leave

A Railway servant whose limb has to be amputated as a result of an injury on duty, the period from the date of healing of the wound to the date of fixing the artificial limb plus journey time till he is fit for duty should be treated as Hospital leave. This rule will also apply when such staff has to remain absent from duty for the replacement of artificial limb or for obtaining a spare limb.

STUDY LEAVE [ Rule 556 & Appendix-V] Conditions of Leave a) Direct and close connection with the sphere of duties; b) Likely to improve abilities of a Railway servant; c) It is advantageous to Government from the point of view of public interest d) it is liberally granted particularly to doctors, scientific & technical staff. e) Not for academic or literary purpose

This leave can be granted to a Railway Servant : 1. Who has satisfactorily completed period of probation and has rendered not less than 5 years regular continuous service including the period of probation. 2. Who is not due for superannuation within 3 years. 3. Who executes the bonds for a period of 3 years to serve the government after return from study leave

Maximum amount of study leave: 1. Ordinarily 12 months at a time and 2. During his entire service, 24 months in all. * Study leave shall not be debited against the leave Account of the Railway servant. * Study leave may be combined with other kind of leave but in no case shall the grant of this leave in combination with leave other than extra ordinary leave involve a total absence of more than 28 months generally and 36 months for the courses leading to Ph. D degree and P. G. Degree in medicine including the period of vacation

• Counts for Promotion, Seniority, Increment & Pension • Study Leave cannot be granted to those with less than 5 years service and to those who are due to retire within 3 years of the return from study leave • Leave abroad should not be granted to Junior Scale/Senior Scale officers including IRMS • Only Pay & DA admissible during study leave

Child Care Leave Introduced after 6 th CPC To the working woman up to two surviving children of the age up to 18 yrs (disable child – 22 years) 730 days in entire service (without proportion to the no. of children) For the purpose of Study and Sickness of child Treated at par with LAP

OTHER IMPORTANT PROVISIONS • Rule 503 Leave can not be claimed as of right, • Leave of any kind may be refused or revoked by the • shall not alter the kind of except at the written request of the Railway Servant. • Rule 505 – Conversion of leave (ammnd. 1998) • Rule 507 – Combination of Leave • Rule 510 – Maximum amount of leave – 5 Yrs • Rule 511 – Format of application • Rule 512 – Priority of claim – leave order • Rule 515 – Dismissal, Removal, Comp. Ret. – not to be granted • Rule 516 – Recall to duty from leave • Rule 517 – Return to duty from Leave • Rule 504 – Effect of dismissal, removal or resignation. • Rule 541 – Leave beyond date of retirement, quitting

Special Casual Leave Sports – 30 to 90 days – GM has got full power without limit Scouts/guides : 30 days in a calendar year and beyond this limit by Railway Board For blood donation - one day. Election – one day Trekking expedition up to 30 days 14 days - married female Railway servants who undergo tubectomy operation 14 days - in the event of failure of tubectomy 21 days for recanalization Absence due to Bandh, Curfew, Traffic disturbance etc. (beyond control) To attend T. A. Camp – 6 days for to and fro Journey

Special Casual Leave • Insertion of I. U. C. D. - One day’s to married female Railway servants and one day may be granted for re-insertion of I. U. C. D. • Vasectomy operation by male Railway Servants - six working days • 7 days to male Railway servant whose wife undergoes a puerperal tubectomy for the first time or second time due to failure of the last operation • Teachers attending Science Seminar – Day(s) of seminar • Stenographers appearing in exam – Exam day + journey • Defense Asst. in D&A case for inspection of docs – 3 days • To attend Hindi Examination • To attend cooperative society meeting – 15 to 30 days in a year • To attend Trade Union Meeting – Meeting day + one day advance for consultation etc.

Casual Leave 8 days to the staff enjoying public holidays 10 days to the staff who can’t enjoy public holidays Full pay Employee on CL can’t be said absent technically Can be availed ½ day F. N. Or A. N. For 3 rd or subsequent late attendance, ½ day CL is debited Cannot be combined with other regular leave or joining time (except ion) Un-availed? Lapses.

Probationers of Organized Railway Services appearing in Subsequent Recruitment Examination(s) vz. Civil Services Examination etc. (Rly. Bd’s letter NO. E(Trg)98(19)/2 dtd. 09. 06) In supersession to the instructions issued vide this office letter of even number Dated 28. 8. 2000, it has now been decided that the probationers of the eight Organized Railway Services selected through Civil Services Examination and Engineering Services Examination, will not be granted any kind of long leave for Preparation for any subsequent recruitment examination(s) before completing the Probationary training and passing the posting examinations. Accordingly, probationers who join railway service and wish to appear in subsequent Recruitment examination (s) should be granted only short leave covering the Period up to the exam only and not for preparation for the exam. For implementing these instructions, Centralized Training Institutes may ensure that every probationer on reporting to the concerned Centralized Training Institute is informed of the above instructions and also that noncompliance of these instructions would be viewed seriously.

Some delusion about ‘Leave’ LWP Sick Leave CL

FIRST SCHEDULE (See Rule 503) AUTHORITIES COMPETENT OF GRANT LEAVE 3. ** Amended vide letter No. F(E)III/2001/LE 1/5 dated 12. 02. 2002 (RBE 15/2002) ACS No. 84 S. No Kind of Leave Authorities Competent to grant leave 1. Leave on Average Pay, half pay 1. Ministry of Railways Leave, Commuted leave, Extraordinary leave, Maternity leave, Hospital Leave 2. General Managers 3. Head of Department 4. Divisional Railway Managers, and any lower authority for whom powers have been delegated by the General Manager, Head of the Department and Divisional Railway Managers 2. Special Disability leave -do- 3. Study leave 1. {Ministry of Railways, in all cases of Study Leave within India and abroad. 2. General Mangers, in all cases of Study Leave within India. 3. Head of Departments and Divisional Railway Managers, in the case of Railway servants in Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ for Study Leave within India. }**

523. Leave on average pay. - A Railway servant permanent or temporary other than one who is serving in a railway school shall be entitled to 30 days leave on average pay in a calendar year. The leave account of every railway servant shall be credited with leave on average pay in advance in two instalments of 15 days each on the first day of January and July every calendar year. The leave at the credit of a railway servant at the close of the previous half year shall be carried forward to the next half year subject to the leave so carried forward plus the credit for the half year do not exceed the maximum limit of {300}** days. ** Substituted vide Railway Board's letter No. E(P&A) I-97/CPC/LE-5 dated 04. 05. 98 (RBE 88/1998) - ACS No. 64. A period spent in foreign service shall count as duty for purpose of this rule, if contribution towards leave salary is paid on account of such period.

In case of Railway employees, having at their credit Leave on Average Pay of 285 days or less as on 1 st January/1 st July of a year, LAP of 15 days or proportionately less in respect of retiring persons or those leaving service during the next half year may continue to be credited to their leave account in advance as at present. In cases where the Leave on Average Pay at credit as on 1 st January/1 st July is 300 days or less but more than 285 days, credit of LAP for 15 days may be kept separately and first adjusted against any LAP that the Railway servant may take during the ensuing half year and the balance, if any, credited to the LAP account at the close of the half year subject to the ceiling of 300 days. If the LAP taken during the half year is more than 15 days the amount in excess of 15 days will, however, have to be debited to the leave account. ** Inseted vide Railway Board's letter No. E(P&A)I-2000/CPC/LE-3 dated 1. 8. 2000 (RBE 143/2000) - ACS No 78 Subject to the provisions of rules 503, 541 as well as this rule, the maximum leave on average pay that may be granted at a time to a railway servant shall be 180 days.

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