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Study Leave Rules - Appendix V to the Indian Railway Establishment Code
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| Type | Railway Board Establishment Circular / Letter |
|---|---|
| Topic | staff-establishment |
| Directorate | Establishment |
| Official source | indianrailways.gov.in |
Summary
rule includes the period of vacation No study allowance shall be paid during study leave for courses of study in India.
Text of the circular
APPENDIX V (See Rule 556) STUDY LEAVE RULES 1. Conditions for grant of study leave. —(1) Study leave may be granted to a railway servant with due regard to the exigencies of public service to enable him to undergo, in or out of India a special course of study consisting of higher studies or a technical subject having a direct and close connection with the sphere of his duty. 2. Study leave may also be granted— (i) for a course of training or study tour in which a railway servant may not attend a regular academic or semi-academic course if the course of training or the study tour is certified to be of definite advantage to Government from the point of view of public interest and is related to sphere of duties of the railway servant ; and (ii) for the purposes of studies connected with the framework or background of public administration subject to the conditions that— (a) the particular study tour should be approved by the authority competent to grant leave; (b) the railway servant should be required to submit on his return, a full report on the work done by him while on, study leave. (iii) for the studies which may not be closely or directly connected with the work of a railway servant, but which are capable of widening his mind in a manner likely to improve his abilities as a civil servant and to equip him better to collaborate with those employed in other branches of the public service. (3) Study leave shall not be granted unless:-- (i) it is certified by the authority competent to grant leave the proposed course of study or training shall be of definite advantage from the point of view of public interest; (ii) it is for prosecution of studies other than academic, or literary subjects; Provided that a Medical Officer may be granted study leave for prosecuting a course of post graduate study in Medical Sciences in India if the Head of the Medical Deptt. Certifies to the effect that such study shall be valuable in increasing the efficiency of such medical officer in the performance of his duties. For post-graduate study in medical sciences abroad, study leave shall be granted if the Director General of Railway Health Services in the Ministry of Railways certifies that such study shall be valuable in increasing the efficiency of such medical officer in the performance of his duties: Provided also that a specialist or a technical person may be granted study leave, on merits of each case, for prosecuting a post graduate course of study directly related to the sphere of his duty in case the Head of the Department or the Railway Ministry certifies that the course of study shall enable the specialist or the technical person, as the case may be, to keep abreast with modern development in the field of his duty, improve his technical standards and competence and thus substantially benefit the Railways . (iii) the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance agrees to the release of foreign exchange involved in the grant of study leave, if such leave is outside India: Provided that in releasing foreign exchange to Railway servants proceeding on study leave abroad, the Department aforesaid shall satisfy itself whether such Railway servant comply with the minimum educational criteria as specified in the general orders issued by the said Department from time to time regulating release of foreign exchange to persons proceeding abroad for higher studies at their expense. (4) Study leave out of India shall not be granted for the prosecution of studies in subjects for which adequate facilities exist in India or under any of the Schemes administered by the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance or by the Ministry of Education. (5) Study leave may be granted to a Railway servant: --- (i) Who has satisfactorily completed period of probation and has rendered no less than five years regular continuous service including the period of probation under the Government; (ii) Who is not due to reach t
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