COMPENDIUM OF INSTRUCTIONS Miscellaneous Matters

Compendium of Instructions - Miscellaneous Matters—Vol. IX
V. EARNED LEAVE
7. (1) Scale. Earned leave will be admissible as follows:
To employees with ten years service or less.
spent on duty.
To employees with above ten and upto twenty years service.
spent on duty
To employees with over twenty years service.
spent on duty.
1/24th of the period
1/18th of the period
1/12th of the period
(2) Assessing length of service :— For purposes of deciding the leave due to any
employee, under the above slab system, length of service shall be determined as follows :
(a)
(b)
(c)
Generally length of service will be counted from the date of appointment of the
employee in continuous service ; but
Where an employee has been retrenched from a previous job in the Punjab Government
and then again appointed continuously his period of service in the previous job
shall be considered in determining the slab of leave to which he is entitled. For
example, X has worked for 3 years as an assistant in the Rehabilitation Department,
been retrenched, and after a gap of two years been appointed continuously for
seven years in the Excise Department. He will be considered to have 10 years service
for purposes of calculating the leave due to him.
In the case of women if an employee resigned a previous job on grounds of having
to look after her children, and is then appointed again, any service rendered before
resignation shall be included in determining her ‘‘length of Service. "
(3) Contingent paid and allied Employees :— No leave will be admissible to temporary
establishment paid from contingencies on contingent bills. Such establishment may, as hitherto be
allowed extraordinary leave under Rule 8.137 of the Punjab C.S.R. Volume I, Part 1.
8. Accumulation of earned leave will be permitted to any extent but the leave actually given at
a time will be subject to the following limits:
(i) India ....120 days
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Abroad ....240 days
Where an official goes on leave preparatory to retirement, whether in India or abroad
....180 days
Provided that the limit of refused leave preparatory to retirement allowed
to an employee by way of extension in service shall be limited to ....120 days
If an official goes on a course of studies or research or work which in the view of the
Government in the Administrative Department in consultation with Finance
Department, increases his competence, knowledge or efficiency or adds to technical
knowledge.
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