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CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972

Every kind of leave in one table — entitlement, accumulation, encashment and leave salary, with the rules most often misquoted.

8 sections · 60 explained questions · 4 ★ volatile facts · English and Hindi

General Principles (Learn These First — Very Frequently Asked)

Rule Principle
Rule 7(1) Leave cannot be claimed as a matter of right.
Rule 7(2) The leave-sanctioning authority may refuse or revoke leave of any kind, but cannot alter the kind of leave due and applied for.
Rule 15 A leave account is maintained for every Government servant in the prescribed form.
Rule 22 Leave may be combined with holidays (including Sundays and gazetted holidays) — prefixing and suffixing is permitted.
Rule 11 Combination of leave — different kinds of leave may be combined, except that Casual Leave cannot be combined with any regular leave.
Rule 12 No Government servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding 5 years.
Rule 38 Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR) — EL due (max 300 days) together with HPL due; EOL excluded.
Rule 17 Leave shall not be granted to a Government servant whom a competent punishing authority has decided to dismiss, remove or compulsorily retire from Government service. Nothing in these Rules makes leave to a Government servant under suspension turn on the recommendation of the Disciplinary Authority — leave is simply not granted during suspension (FR 55), and Rule 39(3) allows the cash equivalent of leave to be withheld where he retires while under suspension or with proceedings pending.
Rule 25 Overstayal of leave — (a) the period is debited to HPL to the extent available, the balance treated as EOL; (b) the entire period of overstay does not count for increment unless commuted as EOL; (c) no leave salary for the period of overstay.
— Leave at credit lapses on dismissal or removal. On resignation it does NOT simply lapse — see the encashment rules in 5.14. On technical resignation (Rule 9(2)) leave does not lapse at all and is carried forward.
— If the employee intends to go abroad during leave, prior approval of the competent authority is required. Permission may be refused in the interest of security or where an inquiry is pending.
Rule 40 Leave salary provisions.

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Three questions from this note, solved

Q16

Arrange the following kinds of leave in ascending order of the maximum entitlement admissible: I. Paternity Leave on childbirth II. Special leave connected to inquiry of sexual harassment III. Maternity Leave on confinement IV. Child Care Leave Select the correct sequence:

  1. (a) I, III, II, IV
  2. (b) I, II, III, IV
  3. (c) II, I, IV, III
  4. (d) III, I, II, IV
Answer (b).

Paternity leave is ★15 days under Rule 43-A, special leave during a sexual harassment inquiry runs to ★90 days under Rule 48, maternity leave on confinement is ★180 days under Rule 43 and child care leave extends to ★730 days under Rule 43-C, so the ascending order is I, II, III, IV. (a) it puts maternity leave ahead of the 90-day special leave; (c) it opens with the special leave, which is larger than paternity leave; (d) it opens with maternity leave, which exceeds both paternity leave and the special leave.

Q32

Consider the following statements about extraordinary leave: I. It may be granted when no other leave is admissible to the Government servant. II. It may be granted even when other leave is admissible, if the Government servant applies in writing for extraordinary leave. III. It counts as qualifying service for pension in every case. Which of the statements are correct?

  1. (a) I only
  2. (b) II and III only
  3. (c) I and II only
  4. (d) I, II and III
Answer (c).

Rule 32 provides both routes set out in I and II — extraordinary leave where no other leave is admissible, and extraordinary leave on the servant's own written application even where other leave is due. III is wrong, since extraordinary leave does not count as qualifying service for pension unless specifically sanctioned as counting, as with leave on medical grounds or for approved scientific or technical study. (a) it drops the correct statement II; (b) it accepts the false statement III; (d) it accepts III.

Q27

Consider the following statements about commuted leave under Rule 30: I. It may be granted at the request of the Government servant even when earned leave is due to him. II. Where it is granted for an approved course of study certified to be in the public interest, 180 days of half pay leave may be converted into 90 days of commuted leave. III. Where the Government servant retires on account of ill-health incapacitating him for further service, the difference between commuted leave salary and half pay leave salary is recovered from him. Which of the statements are correct?

  1. (a) I and II only
  2. (b) I and III only
  3. (c) II and III only
  4. (d) I, II and III
Answer (a).

Commuted leave may be taken even where earned leave stands at credit, so I is right, and Rule 30 permits ★180 days of half pay leave to be commuted without a medical certificate for an approved course of study, which yields ★90 days of commuted leave, so II is right. Rule 30(2) exempts retirement on account of incapacitating ill-health, and death, from any recovery, so III is wrong. (b) statement III is incorrect; (c) it drops the correct statement I and retains the false III; (d) it accepts III.

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