CCS (Leave Rules) 1972

w.e.f 1-06-1972

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CCS (Leave Rules) 1972
w.e.f 1-06-1972

Applicability - Rule 2

• To All Government servants

• Employees of non-statutory
Departmental Canteens

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Not applicable to (Rule 2)
• Railway servants
• Casual/daily rated/part-time employees
• Persons paid from contingency
• Industrial establishment
• Workcharged establishment
• Members of All India Service
• Persons employed on Contract, unless
the contract provides otherwise
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General Conditions
• Leave cannot be claimed as of right - Rule 7 (1)
• The leave sanctioning authority may refuse or
revoke leave of any kind but cannot alter the
kind of leave due and applied for. – Rule 7(2)
• Do not deny leave during last ten years of
service
• Leave of any kind may be refused or revoked by
the Leave Sanctioning Authority, if the
exigencies of public service demand (Rule 7)
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• Avail leave with prior permission

• Kind of leave applied by the Government

Servant cannot be altered by the Leave
Sanctioning Authority, unless requested by the
Government Servant in writing

• The Government Servant’s claim for leave is

regulated as per rules in force at the time the
leave is applied for and granted (Rule 8)
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• The Leave at the credit of a Government servant
who is dismissed or removed from service shall
lapse (Rule 9)

• Different kinds of leave can be availed in

combination (except casual leave) (Rule 11)

• No leave shall be granted for a continuous

period exceeding five years without the sanction
of the President (Rule 12)
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• No leave to a government servant under
suspension (Rule 17 & FR 55)

• No leave shall be granted to a government

servant whom a competent punishing authority
has decided to dismiss/remove/compulsorily
retire from service (Rule 17)

• Sanction of leave amounts permission to leave

HQ, but leaving for abroad, separate permission
needed (Rule 17)
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Commutation of Leave
(Rule 10)

• Change of the kind of leave already availed into

another kind is called commutation of leave.
• On the request of the employee
• It shall be subject to availability of leave due and
admissible at the time the leave was granted
initially

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• Commutation is subject to adjustment of leave salary

• EOL granted on MC or otherwise may be commuted

retrospectively into Leave Not Due, subject to the
conditions prescribed for grant of LND

• Request for commutation should be made within thirty

days of rejoining after the relevant spell of leave

• No commutation after the employee ceases to be in

service (Retired/resigned etc.)

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Different Kinds of Leave

• Leave Due and Admissible

• Earned Leave
• Half Pay Leave
• Commuted Leave
• Extra Ordinary Leave
• Leave Not Due

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Different Kinds of Leave
• Special Kinds of Leave
• Maternity Leave
• Paternity Leave
• Leave on adoption of a child (to female employees)
• Special Disability Leave
• Hospital Leave
• Seamen’s Sick Leave
• Departmental Leave
• Study Leave
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Earned Leave
• Credited in advance on 1st Jan/July – 15 days each
• Non availed portion of JT creditable
• Maximum accumulation permissible 300 days

• While affording credit on the first of Jan/July, if the leave

at credit is 300 or below but above 285, 15 days shall
be shown as separate element

• Encashment of EL during service time for LTC, subject

to conditions
• Maximum EL 180 days at a time
• 300 days leave preparatory to retirement
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• For broken six monthly periods, leave will be credited at
two-and-a-half days per completed month

• While affording credit on 1st Jan/1st July, 1/10th of

EOL/Dies-non periods of previous six months, will be
deducted, subject to maximum of 15 days

• While affording credit fractions of a day shall be

rounded off to the nearest day;

• Leave salary: Last Pay Drawn + Allowances

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Circumstances-lumpsum
cash payments
• Superannuation
• After expiry of extension
• Superannuation while under
suspension/disciplinary
proceedings pending,(in the view
of competent authority- no
possibility of becoming any money
recoverable)
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• Services terminated by notice or in
accordance with T&Cs
• Termination of re-employment
• Temporary govt servant invalided
from service on medical grounds
• Resigns or quits – to the extent of
half of EL at credit –max 150 days.
No encashment of HPL
• Retired prematurely by giving notice
to him or pay and allowances in lieu
of notice under FR56 (j)
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• Retires voluntarily by giving
notice under FR 56 (k)
• Retires or retired on invalidation
on medical grounds
• Compulsorily retired as a
measure of punishment
• Absorbed in a PSU/AB

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Encashment of EL for
LTC
• 10 days at the time of availing LTC
• Balance at credit should be 30 days
• Total encashment in the entire service is 60
days

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Half Pay Leave
• Credited in advance, 1st Jan/July, 10 days each
• Maximum accumulation permissible – no limit
• Can be granted on medical certificate or otherwise
• For broken six monthly periods, leave will be credited at
5/3 days per completed month
• While affording credit on 1st Jan/1st July, 1/18th of Dies-
non periods of previous six months, will be deducted,
subject to maximum of 10 days
• While affording credit fractions of a day is rounded off to
the nearest day
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Commuted Leave

• Not exceeding half the amount of HPL at credit

may be granted
• On medical certificate
• Only when the authority is satisfied that the
employee will return for duty
• Twice the amount of leave will be debited
against HPL
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Leave Not Due

• Leave which is not due to an employee is

granted
• 360 days during the entire service for permanent
employees, on production of medical certificate
• Limited to HPL he is likely to earn thereafter
• Debited to HPL that he will be earning
subsequently
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Extra Ordinary Leave

• Granted on special circumstances, when no

leave is available or when leave is available but
the employee specifically applies for the leave;

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• For Non permanent employees, EOL on any one
occasion is granted as per the following
conditions:
• 3 months;
• 6 months, when he has completed one year service
on MC
• 18 months when he has completed one year service
– for treatment of TB/Leprosy/Cancer or mental
illness
• 24 months for studies in public interest – three years
service required
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Maternity Leave

• To Female Government servants, with less than

two surviving children
• Maximum 180 days (one spell)
• Leave salary is Last Pay Drawn
• 45 days in the entire career for miscarriage,
induced abortion or production of MC
(irrespective of number of surviving children)
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• Can be combined with leave of any kind
• In continuation of Maternity Leave, leave of the
kind due and admissible may be taken without
MC up to a maximum of two years, however
LND/Commuted leave without MC is restricted to
60 days
• Not debited to Leave Account (Separately noted
in red ink in part – IV of the service Book)

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Paternity Leave
• Male government servant with less than two
surviving children
• 15 days of leave
• Up to 15 days before or up to six months from
the date of delivery of the child
• Can be combined with any kind of leave
• Not debited to leave account
• If not availed within the specific time, lapses
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Adoption
• Less than two children at the time of adoption
• For adoption of a child of less than one year of
age
• 135 days on the lines of Maternity Leave
• Leave salary is Last Pay Drawn
• Can be combined with leave of any kind
• Not debited to Leave Account (Saperately noted
in red ink in part –IV of the Service Book)
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Special Disability Leave-
• Disabled by injury intentionally
inflicted or caused in or in
consequence of the due performance
of his official duties
• Maximum 24 months
• May be granted more than once but
maximum granted in consequence of
any one disability not to exceed 24
months
• Count as duty in calculating service
for pension
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• Not debited in leave account
• First 120 days leave salary as
EL
• Remaining period as salary HPL

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Hospital Leave

• Group D and C
• Duties involve handling
dangerous machinery,
explosives material,poisonous
drugs etc
• Production of MC from AMA
irrespective whether treatment
is in hospital or not
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• Period considered by authority
granting
• First 120 days leave salary as
EL, remaining as HPL
• Total period not to exceed 28
months
• Not debited in leave account
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SEAMEN’S SICK LEAVE
• Warrant officer or petty officer on
government vessel undergoing
medical treatment for sickness or
injury in vessel or hospital
• Full pay
• Leave not exceeding six weeks
• Maximum period not exceeding 3
months to seaman disabled in the
exercise of his duty ( specific
conditions)
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Departmental Leave

• Group C & D employees

attached to survey parties with
field and recess duties in
Survey of India dept and
seasonal staff in P&T dept
whose duties temporarily not
required during recess period

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Study leave
• To gazetted and non gazetted
• Rendered not less than 5 years
regular continuous service
including the period of
probation
• In or out of india
• Higher studies or specialized
training

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• Having a direct close
connection with sphere of his
duties
• Also for studies capable of
widening his mind and
improving his ability as a civil
servant ( conditions)

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• Maximum period of 36 months
for central health service
officers and 24 months for
others in the entire service
• For outside India, Ministry Of
Finance to agree for release of
foreign exchange

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Changes in Leave Rules
after 7th pay commission
• EL accumulation retained at 300
days
• EL encashed at the time of LTC shall
not be adjusted at the time of final
settlement
• Encashment of leave (EL+HPL)
together 300 days. For the EL full
pay and for HPL only half pay (no
commutation to have full pay)
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• Maternity leave extended to 180
days
• Leave in continuation of
maternity leave up to two years
• Child Care Leave to working
women employees for two years
(730 days) in the whole career
• Subject to two children
• Child age up to 18 years

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Thank you
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