Leave applicable to Railway employees: Important FAQs
เคญเคพเคฐเคค เคธเคฐเคเคพเคฐ/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
เคฐเฅเคฒ เคฎเคเคคเฅเคฐเคพเคฒเคฏ/ MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(เคฐเฅเคฒเคตเฅ เคฌเฅเคฐเฅเคก/RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No.163/2022
No. E(P&A)I-2008/CPC/LE-8
New Delhi dated 19.12.2022
The General Managers/PFAs,
All Indian Railways and
Production Units.
Sub: Leave applicable to Railway employees – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
Please refer to Boardโs letter of even number dated 10.09.2015, vide which certain frequently asked questions issued by DoP&T vide FAQ No. 21011/08/2013-Estt(AL) dated 25.03.2013 on leave matters were circulated for railway employees.
2. Now, DoP&T vide FAQ dated 30.08.2022 has superseded its earlier FAQ dated 25.03.2013. Accordingly, the following FAQs will supersede the FAQs circulated vide Boardโs letter dated 10.09.2015:
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| 1 | What is the maximum period of leaveย of any kind which can be allowed to aย railway servant? What is the impact ifย such limit is exceeded? | No railway servant shall be grantedย leave of any kind for a continuousย period of 5 years {Rule 910(1) of IRECย Vol.I}. Normally, absence from duty,ย with or without leave, for a continuousย period exceeding 5 years other than onย foreign service, implies that such railwayย servant has deemed to have resignedย from railway service.ย {Rule 510(2) ofย IREC VoI}. |
| 2 | What are the leave entitlements of Railway servants serving in Railwayย schools? | Rule No. 525 of IREC Vol.-I {Railwayย Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules,ย 1949) regulates the grant of Leave onย Average Pay for persons serving in theย Railway Schools. Vide Boardโs letterย dated 23.04.2019, which came intoย force w.e.f. 14.12.2018 (the date ofย issue of DOP&Tโs notification datedย 11.12.2018), amendments have beenย made under Rule 525 & 526. The saidย rules provide for as follows:-
(1)(a). The leave account of everyย Railway servant who is serving in aย Railway school such as teacher,ย principal, headmaster, librarian,ย laboratory assistant or a waterman shallย be credited with Leave on Average Pay,ย in advance, in two instalments of fiveย days each on the first day of Januaryย and July of every calendar year. (b). In respect of any year in which aย Railway servant avails a portion of the vacation, he shall be entitled to additional Leave on Average Pay inย such proportion of twenty days, as theย number of days of vacation not takenย bears to the full vacation, provided theย total Leave on Average Pay creditedย shall not exceed thirty days in aย calendar year. (c). If, in any year, the Railwayย servantย does not avail any vacation, Leave onย Average Pay will be as per Rule 523ย instead of clauses (a) and (b).
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| 3 | Whether railway servant can beย permitted to leave station/ go abroadย while on CCL? | Child Care leave is granted to a railwayย servant to take care of the needs of theย minor children. If the child is studyingย abroad or the railway servant has to goย abroad for taking care of the childย she/he may do so subject to other conditions laid down for this purpose. |
| 4 | What is the intention behind theย instruction that CCL is to be treated likeย LAP and sanctioned as such? | The intention is that CCL should beย availed with prior approval of leaveย sanctioning authority and that theย combination of CCL with other leave, ifย any, should be as per the restriction onย LAP. The restriction of the limit of 180ย days at a stretch as applicable in theย case of LAP will not apply in case ofย CCL. |
| 5 | What are the prevailing provisions of CCL underโ Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules, 1949 (Rule 551-E) | 1) Subject to the provisions of this rule,ย a female Railway servant and singleย male Railway servant may be grantedย Child Care Leave by an authorityย competent to grant leave for a maximumย period of seven hundred and thirty daysย during entire service for taking care ofย two eldest surviving children, whetherย for rearing or for looking after any ofย their needs, such as education,ย sickness and the like.
(2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1),ย โchildโ means- (a) a child below the age of eighteenย years; or (b) an offspring of any age with aย minimum disability of forty percent asย specified in the Government of India inย Ministry of Social Justice andย Empowermentโs Notification No. 16-18/97-N 1.1, dated the ist June, 2001.ย (Authority- DOP&Tโs Notification No.ย 1209(E) dated 14.12.2018) 3) Grant of child care leave to a femaleย Railway servant and a single maleย Railway servant under sub-rule (1) shallย be subject to the following conditions,ย namely:- (i) it shall not be granted for more thanย three spells in a calendar year; (ii) in case of a single female Railwayย servant, the grant of leave in threeย spells in a calendar year shall beย extended to six spells in a calendarย year. (iii) it shall not ordinarily be grantedย during the probation period except inย case of certain extreme situations whereย the leave sanctioning authority isย satisfied about the need of Child Careย Leave to the probationer, provided thatย the period for which such leave isย sanctioned is minimal. (iv) Child Care Leave may not beย granted for a period less than five daysย at a time. (4) During the period of Child Careย Leave, a female Railway servant and aย single male Railway servant shall beย paid one hundred percent of the salaryย for the first three hundred and sixty fiveย days, and at eighty percent of the salaryย for the next three hundred and sixty fiveย days. (5) Child Care Leave may be combinedย with leave of any other kind.(Rule 551Eย of IREC Vol.I) (6) Notwithstanding the requirement ofย productions of medical certificateย contained in Rule 527 or sub-rule (1) (ii)ย of Rule 528, leave of the kind due andย admissible (including Commuted Leaveย not exceeding sixty days and Leave Notย Due) upto a maximum of one year, ifย applied for, be granted in continuationย with child care leave granted under sub-rule (1). (Rule 551E of IREC Vol. I) (7) Child Care Leave shall not beย debited against the leave account. (Ruleย 551E of IREC Vol.I) Explanation – โSingle Male Railway Servantโ means – an unmarried or widower or divorcee Railway servant.โ |
2. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
Also Read: Grant of Leave to Probationary officers: Railway Board
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(N P Singh)
Joint Director/E(P&A),
Railway Board
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