Punjab Estacode 2007
CASUAL LEAVE RULES
(Extract taken from CSR (Punjab) Volume I, Part-I)
8.61 A Government servant on casual leave or on quarantine leave is not treated
as absent from duty and his pay and allowances are not intermitted, as such leave is
not recognized regular leave and is not subject to the rules in this Chapter.
8.62 Rules regulating the grant of casual leave are given in Appendix 17.
APPENDIX 17
(Referred to in rule 8.62)
Rules for the grant of Casual Leave
CASUAL LEAVE RULES
Casual leave may be granted to Government servants for short periods
subject to the following conditions:
i) Casual leave should not ordinarily exceed 10 days at a
time and 25 days during any one calendar year;
ii) The sanctioning authority may, however, grant casual
leave up to 15 days at a time in special circumstances.
iii) It may be granted in conjunction with Fridays or public
holidays, but not with any other kind of leave or joining
time. In case casual leave is combined with holidays the
total period should not exceed 15 days at a time. The
public holidays which are sandwiched between the casual
leave shall be debited to the Casual Leave Account.
iv) No Government servant may leave his headquarters
during casual leave or holidays except with the
permission of the sanctioning authority.
v) Subject to the delegation of powers which has been or
may be made by Government from time to time in this
behalf, casual leave may be sanctioned to a Government
servant by his immediate officer.
vi) In emergency the Commissioners of Divisions can
sanction casual leave up to 10 days to the Regional and
Divisional Officers. In such cases the Commissioners
shall inform the Heads of the Attached Departments by a
teleprinter message. While applying for such emergency
leave, the Regional/Divisional Officer is required to
observe the following two conditions:
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Leave Rules, 1981
a) he should certify that the leave applied for is due
to him; and
b) he should suggest acting arrangements for the
disposal of work during his absence.
vii) The District Officers of other departments while
proceeding on casual leave extending beyond 10 days
shall inform the Deputy Commissioner of that fact;
viii) Casual leave shall not be granted to Government servants
in conjunction with training period spent abroad.
ix) The record of the casual leave should be kept in the
following manner:
a) Casual Leave Account of each Government
servant should be maintained properly on the
prescribed form;
b) it should always remain in the custody of the
sanctioning authority;
c) casual leave should not be granted unless the
Casual Leave Account is seen by the sanctioning
authority to ensure that (i) the Leave applied for,
is due and (ii) it is not excessive vis-à-vis the
period of service during the year; and
d) Casual Leave Account should be closed on the
transfer of a Government servant from the
department/office or from one section/branch to
another in the same department, signed by the
sanctioning authority and transferred
immediately to the department/office or
section/branch to which the officer is transferred.
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Punjab Estacode 2007
(INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT CASUAL LEAVE)
(Extract taken from Manual of Secretariat Instructions)
(i) Casual leave should not ordinarily exceed 10 days at a time and 25
days during any one calendar year. The sanctioning authority may,
however, grant casual leave up to 15 days at a time in special
circumstances.
(ii) Casual leave may be granted in conjunction with Fridays or public
holidays, but not with any other kind of leave or joining time.
When it is combined with holidays, the total period should not
exceed 15 days at a time.
(iii) Subject to the delegation of powers which has been or may be
made by Government from time to time in this behalf, casual leave
may be sanctioned to a Government servant by his immediate
superior of grade 16 and above.
(iv) Casual leave account of officers and Stenographers of officers of
the rank of Deputy Secretary and above should be maintained in
the Establishment and Accounts Branch of the Department
concerned. Their applications should be marked to the
Establishment and Accounts Branch which will add the casual
leave account of the applicants and submit the papers to the
concerned officers immediately for orders.
(v) When the officers proceed on leave or tour, their Stenographers
should report for duty to the Deputy Secretary in charge of the
Wing in the Department.
(vi) Casual leave account of the ministerial establishment including
Section Stenographers should be maintained in the Section in
which they are working.
(vii) No Government servant should leave his headquarters during
casual leave or holidays without the permission of the leave
sanctioning authority.
(viii) Government servants are not entitled to casual leave as of right.
The casual leave is granted to them by way of grace to enable
Government servants to attend to their private affairs of casual
nature.
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