Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules, 1949 - Part 4A
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Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules, 1949
Part – 4A
Kinds and Amount of Leave Due and Admissible
523. Leave on average pay:
(1) (a) (i) A Railway servant permanent or temporary other than one who is serving in a railway school shall be entitled to 30 days leave on average pay in a calendar year.
(ii) The leave account of every railway servant shall be credited with leave on average pay in advance in two instalments of 15 days each on the first day of January and July every calendar year.
(b) 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.
Refer: Sub- Rule 523 (1) (b) amended vide Railway Board's letter No. E(P&A) I-97/CPC/LE-5 dated 04-05-98 i.e. ACS-64/R-I (240 days to 300 days).
(c) A period spent in foreign service shall count as duty for purpose of this rule, if contribution towards leave salary is paid on account of such period.
(2) Subject to the provisions of rules 503, 541 as well as this rule, the maximum leave on average pay that may be granted at a time to a railway servant shall be 180 days.
Refer: Sub- Rule 523(2) amended vide Railway Board's letter No. E(P&A) I-86/CPC/LE-9 dated 16-03-92 i.e. ACS-25/R-I [Authority: Railway Board’s letter Nos. PC-IV/86/LE/1 dt. 24-10-1986/CS-03]
Railway Board’s important letter on the subject of LAP
No. E(P&A)I/86/CPC/LE-9 dt. 09/02/1990
Sub: Recommendations of IV Pay Commission for accumulation of LAP -Procedure for crediting LAP for Railway servants.
After due consideration of the recommendations of the IV pay commission in para 26.2 relating to procedure for crediting LAP and on the basis of discussion held in a Committee of the National Council (JCM), the President is pleased to decide that the following procedure of crediting LAP on 1st January / 1st July may be adopted w.e.f. 01/01/1990 in respect of Railway servants:-
(i) In case of Railway employees, having at their credit Leave on Average Pay of 225 days or less as on 1st January / 1st July, of a year LAP, of 15 days or proportionately less in respect of retiring persons or those leaving service during the next half-year may continue to be credited to their leave account in advance as at present.
(ii) In cases where the Leave on average Pay at credit as on 1st January / 1st July is 240 days or less but more than 225 days , credit of LAP for 15 days may be kept separately and first adjusted against any LAP that the Railway Servant may take during the ensuing half-year and the balance , if any, credited to the LAP account at the close of the half-year subject to the ceiling of 240 days. If the LAP taken during the half-year is more than 15 days the amount in excess of 15 days will, however have to be debited to the leave account.
For example:-
1) If as on 01/01/1990 the Railway servant has at his / her credit Leave on Average Pay of 225 days, 15 days LAP will be credited in advance to his leave account provided he/she is not due to retire during the ensuing half-year;
2) If on 01/01/1990 the Railway employee has at his / her credit 240 days LAP and
(a) if avails 15 days LAP during the period 01/01/1990 to 30/06/1990 , the LAP so taken will be adjusted against the 15 days LAP kept separately to be credited to his / her account on 01/01/1990. He/She will thus have at his/her credit as on 01/07/1990, 240 days LAP and
(b) if on the other hand he/she takes only 10 days LAP during the half-year ending 30/06/1990, such leave will be adjusted against the LAP of 15 days to be credited to his LAP account on 01/01/1990. No further leave, will, however, be credited to his LAP account and the LAP at his credit as on 01/07/1990 will continue to be 240 days.
3) If as on 01/01/1990 the employee has 230 days LAP at his credit and
(a) if he takes 15 days LAP during the half-year ending 30-06-1990 such leave will be adjusted against the 15 days LAP to be credited to his accounts on 01-01-1990 and the LAP at credit on 01-07-1990 will remain at 230 days.
(b) if, however, he takes only 10 days LAP during the same half year, this will first be adjusted against the 15 days LAP to be credited as on 01-01-1990 and the balance of 5 days will be credited to his leave account as on 01/07/1990 the LAP at his credit will be 235 days.
3. This issues with he concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
4. Formal amendments to the relevant provision of the Indian Railway Establishment Code Vol.I will be notified in due course.
524. Calculation of leave on average pay:
(1) Leave on average pay shall be credited to the leave account of a railway servant at the rate of 2 days for each completed calendar month of service which he is likely to render in a half year in which he is appointed.
(2) (a) The credit for the half year in which a railway servant is due to retire or resigns from the service shall be afforded only at the rate of 2 days per completed calendar month up to the date of retirement or resignation.
(b) When a railway servant is removed or dismissed from service or dies while in service, credit of earned leave shall be allowed at the rate of 2 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.
(3) If a railway servant has availed of extraordinary leave and/or period of absence has been treated as dies non during the previous half year, the credit to be afforded to his leave account at the commencement of the next half year shall be reduced by 1/10th of the period of such leave and/or dies non subject to a maximum of 15 days.
(4) While affording credit of Leave on Average Pay fraction of a day shall be rounded off to the nearest day.
Railway Ministry's decision: Concession to Railway servants on the North-East Frontier Railway. Once in a calendar year, the staff proceeding on leave on average pay to or via Calcutta, Lucknow or Patna will be granted additional leave, not debitable to their leave account on the following scale:-
(i) Staff headquartered at Siliguri Station or at stations west of Siliguri - 02 days.
(ii) Staff headquartered at Stations east of Siliguri but on the North Bank of Brahmputra, including Darjeeling - Himalayan Section and at Pandu (Gauhati) 04 days.
(iii)Staff Headquartered at Stations to the east of Pandu - 06 days.
(Railway Ministry’s letter No. E(G)58ADI-I dt.15/02/1958)
Refer: Sub-Rule 524(4) inserted vide Railway Board's letter No. E(P &A) I-96/CPC/LE-5 dated 07-02-97 i.e. ACS-43/R-I
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