THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

RULINGS.Leave to an apprentice.(1) Under the Instructions under Rule 104, an apprentice will be eligible in each year ofapprenticeship for leave on half-pay on medical certificate up to a maximum of one month but noaccumulation of such leave is admissible.(G.O. Ms. No. 1318, Development, dated 9th September 1926.)(2) Apprentices on confirmation cannot count their apprentice period for leave as if it had beenservice rendered substantively in a permanent post. They are governed by Instruction 3 under Rule104 which provides only for leave during the apprentice period.(C.C.A’s Letter No. 42-A-248/31, dated 3rd February 1932, to the A.G., Central Revenuescommunicated with his Endt. No. 42-218/31, dated 4th February 1932.)(3) The leave at the credit of a Government servant on the date of his appointment as anapprentice should not lapse but may be allowed to be carried forward on his appointment to a post onthe expiry of the period of apprenticeship.(Finance Memo. No. 85862/F.R./59-2, dated 6th October 1959.)Leave to an approved probationer.(4) An approved probationer can be granted leave, only if he would have otherwise continued onduty.Note.—There is, however, no objection to more than one approved probationer being reckonedagainst the same vacancy if they are granted leave concurrently.(G.O. Ms. No. 2677, Home, dated 13th May 1939.)CHAPTER XI—JOINING TIME.105. Joining time may be granted to a Government servant to enable him—(a) to join a new post either at the same or a new station without availing himself of anyleave on relinquishing charge of his old post;(b) to join a new post in a new station on return from—(i) leave of any kind including surrender leave not exceeding six months whethercombined with vacation or not;[G.O. Ms. No. 400, Finance (F.R.I.), dated 23rd March 1974.](ii) leave other than those specified in sub-clause (i) when he has not had sufficientnotice of his appointment to new post;(c) (i) to proceed on transfer or on the expiry of leave from a specified station to join apost in a place in a remote locality which is not easy of access;(ii) to proceed on relinquishing charge of a post, on transfer or leave, in a place in aremote locality which is not easy of access to a specified station.Explanation 1.—Probationer holding training posts which they may be considered as taking withthem on transfer are entitled to joining time on transfer under this rule. A Government servant deputedto undergo a course of training if the training is at a fixed centre and the course of training exceeds180 days, may be allowed joining time as on transfer for the journeys to and from the place of training.If the course of training does not exceed 180 days or is not confined to a particular station, he may beallowed only the time actually required for the journey to and from the place of training. In the case ofCivil Officer granted Commissions in the Army in India Reserve of Officers and of persons deputed fortraining in the Indian Territorial Force, the period of training will not, however, include the time spent injourneying to and from the station at which training is carried out.143