PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ANDHRA PRADESH::HYDERABAD R.C.No. 10324/E4-2/69 Sub: Dated 7-11-1969 Public Services - Terminal Holidays - Prefixing or suffixing to the leave - certain instructions- issued. Read: D.O.Lr.No.366-E/69, dated 17-10-1969 from I.V.Chalapathi Rao, Principal, P.R.Govt. College, Kakinada, addressed to B.Pratapa Reddy, I.A.S., Director of Public Instruction. The Principal P.R.Government College, Kakinada, has sought clarification whether he can sanction leave to the members of the staff prefixing the terminal holidays to the leave. He is informed that the terminal holidays cannot either be prefixed or suffixed to the leave. 2. As the Principals ar certain Government Colleges are frequently addressing the Director for clarification in this regard the following instructions are issued for the informaation of the Principals. 3. The vacation may be combined with or taken in continuatuion of any kind of leave other than casual leave as per rule 12 of the Andhra Pradesh Leave Rules. But the holidays which do not exceed 15 days cannot be considered as vacation as per Rule 82(2) of the Fundamental Rules. Generally the terminal holidays in the vacation Department do not exceed 15 days and hence the period cannot be considered as vacation. Further if the duration of the Period of holidays does not exceed 15 days the entire period is to be treated as leave. Only the holidays notified in the Gazette can be prefixed or suffixed to the earned leave or half pay leave. The local holidays are not gazetted holidays. They are, therefore, requested to follow the above instructions scrupulously. The receipt of the proceedings may be acknowledged. A. RAMACHANDRAN for Director of Public Instructions