Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules, 1949 - Part – 5B
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Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules, 1949
Part – 5B
Special Kinds of Leave
554. Hospital leave:
(1) Hospital leave may be granted to railway servants other than in Group A or Group B while under medical treatment for illness or injuries if such illness or injury is directly due to risks incurred in the course of official duties.
(2) Hospital leave shall be granted on production of medical certificate from an Authorised Medical Attendant.
(3) (a) Hospital leave may be granted for such period as the authority granting it may consider necessary on leave salary-
(i) equal to leave salary while on leave on average pay for the first 120 days of any period of such leave; and
(ii) equal to leave salary during half pay leave for the remaining period of any such leave.
(b) The amount of hospital leave which may be granted by the General Managers to railway servants is unlimited.
(4) Hospital leave shall not be debited against the leave account and may be combined with any other kind of leave which may be admissible provided the total period of leave, after such combination, does not exceed 28 months.
Note: If the railway servant is one to whom the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (18 to 1923) applies the amount of leave-salary payable during hospital leave shall be reduced by the amount of compensation payable under Section 4(1)-(d) of the said Act. When a disablement regarded at first as temporary, proves to be a permanent disablement and Compensation becomes payable under clause(b) or (c) of Section 4(1) of the Workmen's Compensation Act, the hospital leave-salary should be restored to the full amount admissible under the above rule.
President’s Decision-1: General Managers are empowered to relax the provisions of this rule in individual cases meriting sanction of Hospital Leave beyond a period of 120 days on leave salary equal to leave salary while on leave on average pay. Such cases are to be reviewed by the CMO personally and entered in a register to be maintained by CMO so that at any time the extent of the problem can be checked. Also, such cases are to be put up to the FA & CAO for his concurrence before these are put up to the General Manager for sanction. These powers are to be exercised personally by the General Managers and are not to be delegated further.
Refer: President's decision inserted vide Railway Board's ltr. No. E(P&A) I-89/JCM/DC-5 dated 30-01-92 i.e. ACS-24/R-I
President’s Decision-2: Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) / Chief workshop Engineers (CWEs) are empowered to relax the provisions of Rule 554-R I, 1985 edition in individual case, meriting sanction of Hospital Leave beyond a period of 120 days on leave salary equal to leave salary while on LAP subject to such cases being reviewed by the Medical Superintendents and concurred in by Senior Divisional Accounts Officer / Associate Accounts Officer. Also, a list of such cases should be put up to the General Managers half-yearly for their post-facto approval. These powers are to exercised personally by the DRMs/CWEs and are not to be delegated further. It has also been decided that cases that occurred during the intervening period, i.e. from 1985 onwards, where the Railways have already sanctioned Hospital Leave for periods beyond 120 days on leave salary equal to leave salary while on LAP, need not be re-opened. (Authority: Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)I-89/JCM/DC-5 dt. 14/01/1993/ACS-65 dt 15-05-1998).
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