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Earned Leave Rules 8,10,17 and 20

Earned  Leave  –   Rules 8,10,17  and  20

All  temporary  and  permanent  employees are  eligible  for  Earned  Leave.
Earned  Leave  is  earned  for  duty  and leave  also.
Completed  months  are  to  be  considered and  fraction  of  a  month  is   to  be  ignored.

Leave Rules has been liberalized w.e.f. 01.01.1978.
Leave will be credited, in advance, in two spells on 1st Jan. and  on 1st July every year.
The credit for all temporary employees is 8 days for calendar half year.
The credit for all permanent employees is 15 days for calendar  half year.
All the  permanent employees will earn leave at 2 ½ days for each completed month of service.
If appointed Temp.  in the middle of the half year, credit for first two months will be one day each, third month two days and so on.
If the employee is on EOL, during the preceding half year the advance credit for the present half year will be reduced by 1/10 of the period of EOL taken during the preceding half year subject to a maximum of 15/8 days. (G.O.Ms.No.384 F&P dt:5-11-77)

The  maximum  accumulation  of  E.L.  has  been further  enhanced  from  240  to  300  days  w.e.f.   16-09-2005  vide  G.O.Ms.No:232,  Fin.  (FR.I)  Dept, dated  :16.09.2005.
The  maxim leave availed at  a time  only(120) 180 days as per  G.O.Ms.No.153  fin.(FR1)dept.dt.4-5-2010


Recasting of leave account
When a Govt. servant is appointed temporarily in the first instance and placed on probation  at a subsequent date with retrospective effect his leave account should be recast w.e.f. the date of regularization of his service-Ruling under FR rule 20.
The leave availed between the date from which his services are regularized and the date of issue of orders  shall not be altered as a result of the additional leave that becomes due after recasting the leave account.
The additional leave that becomes due as a result of recasting  of the leave account shall be availed of only after later date.Rule:20 of A.P.L.R 1933 G.O.Ms.No.250 F&P dt:13-12-67


Surrender  of Earned  Leave     (Introduced  from  13-081969)G.O.Ms.No.238 dt:13-8-69.
Employee  who  take  earned  leave  for  not  less  than 30  days  can  surrender  E.L  to  a  maximum  of  30 days  and  receive  leave  salary  in  lieu  of  leave  so surrendered.
Leave  sanctioning  authority  is  competent  to sanction  surrender  of  E.L.
E.L.  surrendered  will  be  debited  against  leave account.
There  should  be  an  interval  of  24  months between  one  surrender  and  another  for surrender  of  30  days  .
There  should  be  an  interval  of  12  months between  one  surrender  and  another  for surrender  of  15  days
The  total  of  E.L.  availed  and  E.L. surrendered  should  not  exceed  300  days at  any  time.
No  deductions  will  be  made  in  surrender leave  salary.
Temporary   Government  servants  are  eligible to  surrender  15  days  of  EL  after  completing 24  months  of  service.
The  employees  are  permitted  to  encash  300 days  of  E.L.  at  the  time  of  superannuation  or by  death  and  has  been  enhanced  to,  from 240  to  300  days  w.e.f.  16.09.05.