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rule (2) [3] Maternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind

· 1998-02-05
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Date1998-02-05
TypeCommercial Circular
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CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded

Summary

rule (2) [3] Maternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind (2) Study leave may be combined with other kinds of leave, but in no case shall be grant of this leave in

Text of the circular

Leave Rules with latest instructions 
DRM (P) BZA
 
 
RIGHT TO LEAVE [Para 503 of R-I]. 
Leave cannot be claimed as a matter of right and leave of any kind may be refused or revoked by the 
authority competent to grant it, but it shall not be open to that authority to alter the kind of leave due and 
applied for except at the written request of the Railway servant.  
 
CONVERSION OF ONE KIND OF LEAVE INTO ANOTHER [Para 505 of R-I] 
• 
At the request of a Railway Servant made before he ceases to be in service, the authority which 
granted him leave may convert it retrospectively into leave of a different kind which was due and 
admissible to him at the time the leave was granted.  
• 
Commutation of one kind of leave granted to an employee while in service into any other kind of 
leave after cessation from service is irregular and violation of statutory rules 
• 
Provided that no such request shall be considered unless received within a period of 30 days of the 
concerned Railway Servant joining duty on the expiry of the relevant spell of leave availed of by 
him. [w.e.f.05.02.1998]…(RBE 29/98..SC 71/1998] 
• 
The railway servant cannot claim such conversion as a matter of right.  
Note:- EOL granted on MC or otherwise may be converted retrospectively into LND subject to the 
provisions of Rule 528……………………………………. 
(SC 13/1980).[SC 25/1981]. [SC 59/1982.. SC 157/82…SC 98/83..SC 63/88]. …(SC 71/1998] 
 
LEAVE ON AVERAGE PAY [LAP] (Para 523 & 524 of R-I): -  
A Railway servant, permanent or temporary, other than one serving in a Railway School (e.g., a Teacher, 
Principal, HM, Librarian, Lab. Asst., or a waterman etc.,) is entitled for 30 days LAP in a calendar year 
which is afforded in advance at uniform rate (*) of 15 days each in two installments on 1st January and 
1st July every year w.e.f. 01.01.1977[SC 38/1977] ……. 
(*) it was at the rate of 16 days for the second half year of for every EVEN year prior to 01.01.1977. 
Crediting of LAP: - 
At the initial stage 
While in service
At the time of Cessation of service 
[1] Retirement/  
Resignation 
[2] Removal / Dismissal/  
Death while in service 
LAP shall be credited 
in advance at the rate 
of 2 ½ days for each 
completed 
calendar 
month 
of 
service 
which he is likely to 
render in a half year 
in 
which 
he 
is 
appointed. 
From the 
next 
half 
year, 
LAP 
will be credited 
in 
advance 
in 
two installments 
on 1st January 
and 
1st 
July 
every year at 15 
days each. 
The credit for the half 
year in which a railway 
servant is due to retire 
or resigns from service 
shall be afforded only at 
the rate of 2 ½ days per 
completed 
calendar 
month up to the date of 
retirement 
or 
resignation. 
When 
a 
railway 
servant 
is 
removed 
or 
dismissed 
from 
service or dies while in service, 
credit of LAP shall be allowed at 
the rate of 2 ½ days 
per 
completed calendar month up to 
the end of the calendar month 
preceding the calendar month in 
which he is removed or dismissed 
from service or dies in service. 
Reduction while crediting of LAP 
If a railway servant has availed of extraordinary (EOL)...SC 38/77… and / or some period of absence 
treated as ‘DIES-NON’….SC 72/79…. during the previous half year the credit shall be reduced by 1/10th of 
the period of such leave (EOL) and / or DIES-NON subject to a maximum of 15 days. 
Rounding off while crediting LAP 
While affording credit of LAP fraction of a day shall be rounded off to the nearest day. 
Carry forward of LAP balances 
The leave at the credit of a railway servant at the close of the previous half year shall be carried forward to 
the next half year subject to the leave so carried forward plus the credit for the half year do not exceed 
the maximum limit of 300 (*.*) days. (*.*) Limit raised from 240 to 300 from 01.07.1997…RBE 
155/97…SC 189/97]…Limit was 240 days from 01.07.1986… SC 153/86…Limit was 180 days prior to 
01.07.1986 
Procedure for crediting of LAP with effect from 01.07.97/ 01.07.1999 
[RBE 156/

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