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| Date | 1984-07-23 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rates Master Circular |
| Topic | staff-establishment |
Reduction in Casual Leave entitlement on the recommendation of the Vth - Amendment to Master Circular No. 15 **** Special Casual Leave can combine Casual Leave and Compensatory Casual Leave.
MASTER CIRCULAR Master Circular No. 15 Casual Leave. The instructions issued by the Railway Board from time to time on the subject of Casual Leave are contained in several letters. It has now been decided by the Railway Board, to issue a consolidated Master Circular, as below incorporating all the instructions issued so far on the subject, for the information and guidance of all concerned. 2. Casual Leave is a leave admissible to Railway servants in all groups (i.e. A, B, C & D) and is granted to enable them to attend to sudden/unforeseen needs/ requirements. It is not recognised as leave or subject to any rule under the leave rules applicable to the Railway servants. Therefore, a Railway servant on casual leave is technically not treated as absent from duty and his pay is not intermitted. [Rule 507 - R.I. (1985 Edition) and App. XXxXI (IV) (2) of R.I. (1974 Edition] 2.1. Casual Leave should not, however, be granted to Railway servants so as to cause evasion of the rules regarding: Date of reckoning of pay and allowances; Change of office; Commencement and end of leave; and Return to duty; or so as to extend the term of leave beyond the time admissible by rule. [Rule 236 - Establishment Code Vol. 1/1985] a9 5 ® 3. The total Casual Leave admissible to Railway servants in a calendar year will be as under: | (i) 12 To all Railway servants who are eligible to avail of all Public holidays or workshop paid-holidays; days (ii) 12 (a): Workshop Staff days (b): Railway servants in workshops not covered by the term workshop staff and Railway servants in Printing Presses and Stores Depots, who are getting 15 paid-holidays in a year; (iii) 12 Divisional Medical Officers and Assistant Medical Officers. days (iv) 12 Apprentice Mechanics, Apprentice Khalasis, under training in workshops and other Apprentices days not governed by the Apprentices Act, 1961 attached to workshops and printing Presses, who are getting 15 paid-holidays in a year. (v) 12 Trade Apprentices governed by the Apprentices Act, 1961 working in Establishments where proper days leave rules do not exist or the total leave of different types admissible to the workers is less than 37 days in a year. [Rule 9(1) (a) of Apprenticeship Rules, 1962] Il 15 days To all Railway servants who, because of the nature of their duties are not allowed to avail themselves of public holidays at all or are allowed to avail themselves only of a few public holidays. Ill 15 days Artisan staff other than workshop staff, provided they are not covered by a collective option to convert casual leave into paid-holidays. IV 15 days Casual Labourers who have attained temporary status and who are being allowed to avail of 3 National Holidays like regular line staff. V 17 Days (12 days Railway servants on the Northeast Frontier Railway described in para 2(ii) of Board's normal 5 _ daysletter No. E(G)83 AL 12/8 dated 23/07/1984. extra) [Board'sletters No. E(G)58 AL 1/1_dated 15/02/1958; PC/60/LE7/1_dated 23/04/1960; E(G)67 LE 1-7 dated 22/11/1967; *E (G) 70 LE1/5 dated 27.04.1972; E(G)70 LE 1/5 Pt. dated 22/06/1973; E(G)83 AL 12/8 dated 23/07/1984, E(G)70 LE 1/5 dated 18/02/1972] Edit with WPS Office 2 4. Public holidays, closed holidays, Saturdays, Sundays and weekly offs falling within a spell of casual leave will not count as casual leave and may be prefixed and/or suffixed to casual leave. A restricted holiday when it is availed of by a Railway servant, should be treated as a Public holiday for this purpose. [No. PC/60/LE7/1_ dated 24/08/1960] 5. There is no limit on the total period or absence at a time on casual leave inclusive of public holidays, closed Saturdays, Sundays and weekly offs falling within the spell of casual leave or which may be prefixed / suffixed thereto. [No. E(G)67 LE 1-5 dated 05/08/1967] 6. Casual leave for half-a-day either for the pre-lunch session or for post-lunch session may be granted depending upon the applicant's needs. 6.1 A Railway ser
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