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LEAVE RULES APPLICABLE TO A AND B GROUP GOVERNMENT

SERVANTS :

The authority empowered to grant leave has no power to interfere with

the option admissible to a Government Servant to take any kind of leave

as he may apply [Ruling 2 under FR 67]

Any kind of leave may be granted in combination of any other kind of

leave or in continuation of leave already taken whether of the same or ofany other kind [TNLR 6]

Government Servant (permanent or approved probationer) who has not

completed 5 years of service shall not be granted leave other than onMedical Certificate or Study Leave for a continuous period exceeding 6months at any one time[FR 18 (1) ]

Government Servant (permanent or approved probationer) who hascompleted 5 years of service shall not be granted leave other than onMedical Certificate or Study Leave for a continuous period exceeding 1year at any one time [FR 18 (2) ]

Government Servant who does not return to duty after remaining on

leave under FR 18 (1) and FR (2) or remains absent from duty after theexpiry of his leave shall be liable for disciplinary action under TamilNadu Civil Services (Disciplinary & Appeal) Rules [ FR 18 (3) ]

A non Permanent Government Servant who has completed 2 years of

regular service may be granted leave on Medical Certificate for notexceeding 180 days subject to the restriction of 90 days for first 5 years[TNLR 23 (a) (i) ]

A non Permanent Government Servant may be granted Extra ordinary

Leave not exceeding 6 months at any one time. The period exceeding 6months shall be treated as non duty in cases where exceptionalcircumstances exist which rule out the possibility of relaxation of this ruleor removal from service. Such absence without leave shall constitutean interruption of service and the past service shall not count for thepurpose of leave. The leave earned prior to such absence shall lapse[TNLR 23 (a) (ii) ]

There shall be an interval of a period of 3 years between two spells of

the maximum leave granted [ FR 18 (4) and TNLR 23 (a) (iii) ]

15 days of Earned Leave shall be credited to the leave account of

permanent Government Servant in advance in two installments each onthe first day of January and July of eery calendar year [ TNLR 8 ]

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