THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

(4) The different kinds of leave referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of Instruction 2 to Rule 103 (a)are cumulative and not alternative.(5) The interruption of duty referred to in Article 420 (f) of the Civil Service Regulations does notconstitute an interruption of duty within the meaning of this rule.(6) For purpose of Instruction 3 under Rule 103 (a), suspension should be treated as aninterruption of duty and will involve the forfeiture of past service.(G.O. Ms. No. 253, Finance, dated 26th March 1925.)Note.—The Commissioner of Land Administration has been empowered to declare thatinterruption of duty due to suspension will not involve the forfeiture of past service for purposes ofleave in individual cases of the temporary subordinates of the Survey and Settlement Department,provided that the whole record of the individual member is such as to justify exceptional treatment.(G.O. Ms. No. 2022, Finance, dated 24th November 1926.)(7) Leave earned by an officiating Government servant without substantive appointment in onedepartment may be carried forward on appointment to another department of Government, providedthere is no break in the continuity of the Government servant’s service.(Finance U.O.Note No.10740-2-C.S.R., dated 20th April 1937.)(8) In the case of a Government servant without substantive appointment, who has beencontinuously in Government employ, service in a post borne on a work-charged establishment shouldnot be regarded as an interruption of duty for the purpose of Instruction 3 under Rule 103 (a). Theservice in the work-charged establishment will not, however, count as duty for purposes of leave andleave salary.(G.O. Ms. No. 328, Finance, dated 10th September 1937 and P.W.D., Memo. No. 64, dated 17thJune 1946.)(9) Vacation may be combined with leave granted under Instruction 2 (a) under Rule 103 (a) orunder Rule 3 of the leave terms for Contract Officers issued in G.O. No.423, Finance, dated 5th July1935, and vacation when so combined should be treated as leave for the purpose of the limitprescribed in the above rules.104. During the period of probation or apprenticeship, Probationers and Apprentices are entitled toleave as admissible under the Instructions given below:1. In these rules,—Instructions under Rule 104.(a) Probationer means a Government servant recruited with a view to substantive appointmentto the cadre of a department on completion of his period of probation.(b) Apprentice means a person deputed for training in a trade or business with a view toemployment in Government service, who draws pay at monthly rates from Government during suchtraining, but is not employed in or against substantive vacancy in the cadre of a department.2. Leave may be granted to a probationer, who has not completed his period of probation, inaccordance with the provisions of Instruction 2 under Rule 103 (a). If, however, the probationer hascompleted the period of his probation and is awaiting appointment as a full member of the service, hemay be granted such leave as would be admissible to him if he held his post substantively otherwise than onprobation. This rule does not apply to a probationer in the Basic Service.3. Leave of the following kinds may be granted to an apprentice:—(a) On medical certificate, leave on leave-salary equivalent to half average pay for a period notexceeding one month in any year of apprenticeship.(b) Extraordinary leave under Rule 85.142