1. HALF PAY LEAVE (both non-vacation and vacation – Regular and temporary rules 13,18 and 23)
Every Govt. servant whether superior or
inferior appointed regularly earns 20 days of Half Pay Leave for every
completed year of service. The
service includes EOL.
Temporary employees appointed under Rule 10(a)(i) State and Subordinate
Service Rules whose services have not
been regularised are not eligible for half pay leave. (Govt. Memo No.20584/302/FR-I/74-1/Fin. & Plg., Dt.12.09.74)
The period treated as Dies-Non &
Suspension treated as not on duty may have to be excluded for counting the
period of one year to give credit of HPL of 20 days. (FR 18).
There is no limit for accumulation and leave to the extent admissible can be granted
at a time.
A Govt. servant in superior service
regularly appointed or in inferior service, whose probation has not yet been
declared, can be granted Half Pay Leave subject to the following conditions:
(i) To be granted
on Medical Certificate Only
(ii) The Superior Govt.
Servant should have completed 2 years of regular service
(iii)An Inferior
Govt. servant should have completed
1 year of regular service. (LR 23(a)(i)).
Encashment of Half Pay Leave:
Half pay leaves may be encashed at the time of retirement / death in the case of State Employees subject to the condition
that the total number of days of earned leave + leave on
half pay put together should not exceed 300 days for encashment. (G.O.Ms.No.154,
Fin.(FR.I) Dept, Dt.04.05.2010)
Formula:
|
Cash
payment in lieu of half pay leave component |
= |
(Half pay leave salary admissible on the date of retirement plus D.A. admissible on that
date / 30) |
* |
No. of day of half pay leave at
credit subject to the total of earned leave
and half pay leave at credit not exceeding 300 days. |
The half pay leave encashment orders
were extended to all the employees, teaching as well as non-teaching staff of
aided institutions and local bodies i.e, Aided Junior Colleges/Degree
Colleges/Oriental Colleges and also for Non-teaching staff of Aided Schools and
the employees of Panchayat Raj and Municipal Institutions w.e.f date of issue
of the G.O.Ms.No.154, Fin.(FR.I) Dept, Dt.04.05.2010 (G.O.Ms.No.109,
Fin.(HRM.III) Dept., Dt.29.07.2015)
Sanctioned on MC only. Half of half
pay leave at credit
can be commuted to leave on
full pay to an extent of 240 days in entire service. The debit in the half pay
leave account will be double the period of commuted leave
taken. This can be granted although there is EL at his credit.
Not admissible to temporary Govt.
servant as he does not earn HPL. Not to be granted to an employee who is not
like to return back to duty on the expiry of leave. For example, if an employee is due to retire on superannuation, on 31.12.16 AN, commuted leave should not be
granted upto & inclusive of 31.12.16.
If a Govt. servant quits while on
commuted leave like resignation, voluntary retirement, death, invalidation or
compulsory retirement, the entire commuted leave should be re- regularised as
HPL & excess leave salary paid should be recovered in case of resignation
or voluntary retirement. Such recovery need not be made in case of death,
invalidation or compulsory retirement as it is an event beyond the control of
Govt. servant.
Hence the employee in his leave
application seeking sanction of a commuted leave should give a declaration that
in the event of quitting service while on commuted leave he is agreeable for
the recovery of leave salary paid to him.
