KNOWLEDGE USEFUL FOR NEW APPOINTEES CASUAL LEAVE Casual leave is intended to meet special or unforeseen circumstances. Casual leave cannot be taken on frivolous grounds. An Officer/Award staff shall be eligible for 12 days of casual leave in a Calendar Year. Prior written/oral permission is to be obtained for availing casual leave. If, for any genuine reason prior permission is not possible to be obtained, at least intimation of availment of such leave is to be informed by the quickest mode of communication. In any case, the written application has to be submitted latest on the day the employee resumes duty. Casual leave shall be earned by an employee during the first calendar year of service on a pro - rata basis at the rate of one day for each completed month or part thereof. Casual leave can be taken for not more than 4 days at a time. Intervening, preceding or succeeding holidays are to be excluded from these 4 days, but the total period of absence should not exceed 6 days in the case of Award Staff /Permanent part time employees. If it exceeds six days, entire period of absence has to be treated as privilege leave. Casual leave cannot be granted in combination with any other leave. In case of officers, the total period of absence can exceed 6 days. In case an employee overstays his/her casual leave for genuine reasons then the entire period of his/her absence can be debited to his PL account or to Sick Leave if his/her absence is due to sickness supported by Medical certificate. If the absence is due to frivolous reasons, then the Management can treat the entire period of absence including the CL granted as absence without pay, for CL cannot be combined with any other leave. CL may be taken on grounds of sickness without production of medical certificate, provided the total period of sickness does not exceed 4 days. An employee on casual leave shall be entitled to pay and all allowances as if he was on duty.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 16:33:54 +0000
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