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1.0 APPLICABILITY
1.1 These rules apply to all employees of the Company other than those -
2.0 DEFINITIONS
Period of work -
(a) at headquarters;
(b) on tour; and
(c) in another organisation where the employee has proceeded (i) on
deputation, or (ii) on being selected on the basis of his application
for appointment to that organisation, his lien in the Company having
been allowed to be retained, and remains subject to the leave rules
of the Company.
(iv) 'Leave' includes Casual Leave, Earned Leave, Half Pay Leave, Special Casual Leave,
Extra-Ordinary Leave, Maternity/Abortion/Miscarriage Leave, Study Leave,
Quarantine Leave, Leave Without Pay, Paternity Leave (wherever applicable), etc.
(v) 'Month' means calendar month, provided that for reducing credit of Earned Leave
or Half Pay Leave on account of Leave without Pay availed of (vide Rule 5.12 &
6.12), every month shall be deemed to have 30 days.
(vi) `Sanctioning Authority’ [7] means the authority competent to grant / refuse leave in
respect of personnel under their administrative control except otherwise
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5.2 An employee, who is appointed in the middle of a half-year, will be eligible for Earned
Leave on pro-rata basis in advance for the remaining completed calendar months of service
he is likely to render in that half-year[3], any broken month's service being ignored.
Entitlement of leave will be worked out pro-rata on the basis of the applicable rate in Rule
5.1 and credited in advance to the leave account accordingly.
5.3 An employee whose appointment is terminated in the middle of a half-year will be eligible
for Earned Leave for the completed calendar months of service he has rendered in that
half-year, any broken month’s service being ignored. Entitlement of leave will be worked
out pro-rata on the basis of the applicable rate in Rule 5.1 and necessary adjustment
carried out in the leave account on the date of termination.
5.4 In these rules, fraction of a day will be rounded off to the nearest day, i.e. ½ or above will
be taken as 1 day and fractions below ½ will be ignored.
5.5 The intervening weekly offs and Closed Holidays/Restricted Holidays shall be counted as
leave and the total period of absence including the intervening weekly offs, Closed
Holidays/Restricted Holidays shall be debited from the leave balance. However, employees
shall be allowed to suffix & prefix the weekly offs and Closed / Restricted Holidays with
Earned Leave [10] .
5.6 Earned Leave will not normally be granted for more than 30 days in one spell.
5.7 In the case of an employee who has proceeded to another organization (a) on deputation,
or (b) on being selected on the basis of his application for appointment to that
organization, his lien on his post in the Company having been allowed to be retained, the
rate of entitlement of Earned Leave during the period of deputation etc. will continue to be
the same as on the date of his release in the Company.
5.8 In the matter of carry forward of leave in the case of an employee moving from EIL to
another public sector organization, with the consent of both the managements or under
orders of the Govt. /Public Enterprises Selection Board, the Company will transfer the
Earned Leave to the credit of the employee at the time of his release from EIL, by making
lump-sum payment for such leave as per the Company's rules to the transferee
organization.
5.9 In case of employees joining from Government/Public Sector Organizations, the total
number of Earned Leave for which Leave Salary shall be received by EIL shall be credited to
the employees’ leave account. [10]
5.10 Persons who join EIL on deputation/Foreign Service terms (after retaining their lien in the
parent office) or on resignation, may be allowed the benefit of carry forward of their
Earned Leave provided that:-
(i) The incumbent joins with the consent of the other organization, and
(ii) The organisation from which he comes agrees for transfer of such carry forward
leave and makes payment of leave salary to EIL in respect of such leave.
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5.11 In no case, the total number of earned leave credited under the EIL rules and that
transferred from the previous organization shall exceed the ceiling laid down under the
Leave Rules i.e. 300 days.
5.12 Credit of Earned Leave will not be admissible for the period of Leave Without
Pay/Unauthorized Absence. Necessary reduction in credit for subsequent half year will be
made in the leave account at the beginning of the half year or on termination of
employment, whichever is earlier. For this purpose, the total period of Leave Without Pay/
Unauthorized Absence availed of during the half-year will be divided by 30 to arrive at
completed months, any fraction of a month being ignored, and in respect of such
completed months, debit will be made pro-rata on the basis of the applicable rate in Rule
5.1.
5.13 In a case involving termination of employment, if sufficient credit of Earned Leave is not
available for carrying out adjustment on account of deduction of credit, the overpayment
of leave salary will be recovered.
5.14 Earned Leave at the credit of an employee at the end of the previous half year will be
carried forward to the next half year, subject to the condition that the total of (a) leave so
carried forward, (b) advance credit given at the beginning of the half year, and (c) any
addition to or deduction from credit, does not exceed 300 days.
5.15 Earned Leave (EL) in excess of the ceiling limit credit of 300 days, shall be encashed
automatically [10]. This facility of automatic encashment of EL shall be available only for
regular IDA employees.
5.16 Regular employees on IDA scale of pay are allowed to encash Earned Leave (EL) during
service. Minimum balance of 15 days of EL is to be ensured at the time of application for
encashment. However, this condition shall not be applicable to employees superannuating
in the same financial year. There shall be no restriction in the number of times EL can be
encashed in a financial year.
5.17 Application for encashment of Earned leave, as per Annexure-I, shall be made through EIL
Portal with signed hardcopy of the application submitted to designated HR Officer.
However, the application shall no longer be routed through HOD. Special provisions in
respect of CDA employees in this regard are annexed at Annexure-II.
5.18 The encashment of Earned Leave shall be computed [10] as per the following method for
IDA employees:
Salary payable for no. of days of Basic Pay +Stagnation Pay +DA X No. of EL encashed
Earned Leave being encashed 30
The encashment of Earned Leave shall be computed as per the following method for CDA
employees:
Salary payable for no. of days of Basic Pay+Stagnation Pay+Grade Pay+DA X No. of EL encashed
Earned Leave being encashed 30
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5.19 Earned Leave due to an employee on the date of termination of employment may be
allowed to be encashed. Provided that in the case of termination as a disciplinary measure,
the authority imposing the penalty shall pass orders as to whether such encashment may
be allowed.
5.20 In the case of death of an employee while in the service of the company, the next of the kin
of the deceased employee may be allowed the benefit of encashment of Earned Leave that
may be admissible to the deceased employee immediately before his death.
5.21 Employees shall be permitted to encash EL to their credit at the time of retirement on
attaining the age of superannuation and in case of death while in service subject to overall
limit of 300 days (both EL & HPL put together) [11].
5.22 To the extent an employee is obliged to take leave without pay on medical grounds, there
being no leave with pay due to him, Earned Leave may be allowed to be encashed half-
yearly, against subsequent credit (on April 1 and October 1) or on the date of termination
of employment, as the case may be, on his applying for the same.
NOTE: Depending on the total period of leave without pay taken, the employee will be
free to encash the whole or a portion of Earned Leave against subsequent credit on the
due date as above.
5.23 Application for Earned Leave for more than 2 days in one spell due to reason of sickness
will be accompanied by a medical certificate and fitness certificate from a registered
medical practitioner, any fee payable for the medical certificate shall be borne by the
employee concerned.
6.1 Half Pay Leave means leave on half pay earned in respect of service with the Company and
can be granted to an employee for any reasons including on medical grounds. However,
employees shall be permitted to commute 2 HPL into 1 full pay leave on medical ground.
In the event of commuting more than 4 numbers of HPL i.e. in case of more than 2 nos. of
commuted leave on one occasion, medical certificate from a registered medical
practitioner is required to be submitted.[11] Any fee paid for the medical certificate shall be
borne by the employee concerned.
The authority competent to grant leave shall ensure that the Medical Certificate, wherever
required is submitted to HR.[17]
6.2 All employees shall be credited 20 Nos. [11] of Half Pay Leave in advance in a year. 10-Days
of Half Pay Leave shall be credited in advance uniformly on 1st April (for the period 1st April
to 30th September) and 1st October (for the period 1st October to 31st March) every year.
[11]
6.3 HPL cannot be taken in terms of half day. The intervening weekly offs and Closed
Holidays/Restricted Holidays shall be counted as leave and the total period of absence
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including the intervening weekly offs, Closed Holidays/Restricted Holidays shall be debited
from the leave balance. However, employees shall be allowed to suffix & prefix the weekly
offs and Closed / Restricted Holidays with HPL.
6.4 An employee, who is appointed in the middle of a half-year, shall be eligible for HPL for the
completed calendar months of service he / she is likely to render in that half year at the
rate of 5/3 days per completed calendar month, any broken month's service being ignored.
HPL shall be credited in advance to the leave account accordingly [11].
6.5 When an employee is removed or dismissed from service or dies while in service, credit of
HPL, shall be allowed @ 5/3 days per completed calendar month up to the end of calendar
month, preceding the calendar month in which he is removed or dismissed from service or
dies in service,[11] any broken month's service being ignored and necessary adjustment
carried out in the leave account.
6.6 The credit for half year during which the employee is due to retire or resigns from the
service shall be allowed @ 5/3 days per completed calendar month up to the date of
retirement or date of separation upon resignation[11].
6.7 In these rules, fraction of a day will be rounded off to the nearest day, i.e. ½ or above will
be taken as 1 day and fractions below ½ will be ignored.
6.9 The computation of HPL encashment at the time of separation [11] shall be made as per
following for IDA employees:
{Half Pay (Basic Pay+Stagnation Pay) + Dearness allowance on Half Pay} X (no. of days of
unutilized HPL at the credit subject to total EL & HPL not exceeding 300 days)
30
The computation of HPL encashment at the time of separation shall be made as per
following for CDA employees:
{Half Pay (Basic Pay+Stagnation Pay+Grade Pay) + Dearness allowance on Half Pay} X (no. of
days of unutilized HPL at the credit subject to total EL & HPL not exceeding 300 days)
30
6.10 In the case of death of an employee while in the service of the company, the next of the kin
of the deceased employee may be allowed the benefit of encashment of HPL that may be
admissible to the deceased employee immediately before his death.
6.11 In the case of an employee who has proceeded to another organization (a) on deputation,
or (b) on being selected on the basis of his application for appointment to that
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organization, his lien on his post in the Company having been allowed to be retained, the
rate of entitlement of Half Pay Leave during the period of deputation etc. will continue to
be the same as on the date of his release in the Company.
6.12 Credit of Half Pay Leave will not be admissible for the period of Leave Without
Pay/unauthorized Absence. Necessary reduction in credit for subsequent half year will be
made in the leave account at the beginning of the half year or on termination of
employment, whichever is earlier. For this purpose, the total period of Leave Without Pay/
unauthorized Absence availed of during the half-year will be divided by 30 to arrive at
completed months, any fraction of a month being ignored, and in respect of such
completed months, debit will be made pro-rata on the basis of the applicable rate in Rule
6.2.
6.13 In a case involving termination of employment, if sufficient credit of Half Pay Leave is not
available for carrying out adjustment on account of deduction of credit, the overpayment
of leave salary will be recovered.
6.14 During the period of HPL (i.e full day leave by debiting one HPL), an employee shall be
entitled to leave salary equivalent to half of the pay (Basic Pay + Stagnation Pay) and
Variable Dearness Allowance (based on half pay). Other allowances will be paid in full[11].
6.15 An employee shall be entitled to the same leave salary in respect of the period of
commuted leave which he/she would have been entitled had he/she been on earned leave
during that period[11].
6.16 Transfer of accumulated Half Pay Leave / Sick Leave standing to the credit of persons at the
time of their joining EIL from Government/Public Sector Organisations, with the consent of
the previous organization or under orders of Government/Public Enterprises Selection
Board, will be accepted, provided the organization from which they come agrees for
transfer of such leave and makes payment of leave salary in respect of such leave to EIL.
The transfer of Half Pay Leave / Sick Leave will be regulated as under:
(i) The total number of days of Half Pay Leave transferred from the previous
organization or twice the number of days of Sick Leave on full/average pay, in
respect of which payment of leave salary is made to EIL by the previous
organization will be credited to the employee's Half Pay Leave Account in EIL.
(ii) No separate account for crediting carry forward Half Pay Leave / Sick Leave
received from the previous organization shall be opened, and only one account for
Half Pay Leave as above shall be maintained, excepting for transfer of leave from
other PSUs where entire amount is not fully transferred due to pay revision etc.
In the matter of carry forward of leave in the case of an employee moving from EIL to
another public sector organization, with the consent of both the managements or under
orders of the Govt./Public Enterprises Selection Board, the Company will transfer the Half
Pay Leave to the credit of the employee at the time of his release from EIL, by making
lump-sum payment for such leave as per the Company's rules to the transferee
organization.
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7.1 Every employee will be eligible for 12 days Casual Leave in a financial year[10]. Any Casual
Leave not availed of on or before March 31st will lapse.
7.2 Casual Leave will not be granted in combination with any other kind of leave with pay.
Provided that in a case involving the employee’s sickness, when no other kind of leave is
due, such combination may be permitted.
7.3 Casual Leave may be granted for the working days involved, any Saturday (where it is not a
working day)/Sunday or any other weekly off day applicable to the employee
concerned/Company's holiday (including a restricted holiday permitted to be availed of)
which intervenes, not being counted towards leave.
7.4 Casual Leave may be taken in terms of 1/2 day, for the first or the second half of a day, the
first half ending with the conclusion of the lunch interval and the second half beginning
with the commencement of the lunch interval.
7.5 When an employee attends office late or leave office early and the late attendance or early
leaving as the case may be is not condoned/permitted by the competent authority as may
be specified in this behalf, for each such occasion of late attendance etc. the Casual Leave
account of the employee concerned may be debited in the manner laid down in the rules.
7.6 The entitlement of Casual Leave to a new employee, who joins the service of the Company,
during the first year of his employment, will be determined pro-rata to the period of
service from the date of his joining, any broken month of service being ignored.
7.7 An employee, who resigns the service of the Company in the middle of the year, will be
eligible for Casual Leave for the completed calendar months of service he has rendered in
that financial year, any broken month’s service being ignored.
7.8 Employees deputed on foreign assignment will be entitled for 12 days Casual Leave in a
year. However, such leave can be availed only in India (during R&R or otherwise) and will
not be accumulated/carried forward to next financial year.
8.1 A female employee to whom these Leave Rules apply may be granted Maternity Leave for
a period of twenty six weeks from the date of its commencement subject to the condition
that the female employee has actually worked for a period of not less than 160 days in the
12 months immediately preceding the date of her expected delivery. Such leave would,
however, be admissible only upto two children.
8.2 Maternity leave for the maximum period of twelve weeks shall be granted to female
employee having two or more surviving children.
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8.3 Maternity leave for the maximum period of twelve weeks (from the date the child is
handed over) shall be granted to female employee who legally adopts a child below the
age of three months.
8.4 Maternity leave for the maximum period of twelve weeks (from the date the child is
handed over) shall be granted to commissioning mother for surrogacy
8.5 The intervening weekly offs and Closed Holidays/Restricted Holidays shall be counted as
leave and the total period of absence including the intervening weekly offs, Closed
Holidays/Restricted Holidays shall also be part of total 180 days of Maternity Leave.
However, employees can suffix & prefix the weekly offs and Closed / Restricted Holidays
with Maternity Leave.
8.6 Maternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind excluding Casual Leave and
Restricted Holiday, but any leave applied for in continuation of the Maternity Leave may be
granted only if the request for the grant of the other leave is supported by a medical
certificate from a registered medical practitioner. However, any fee payable for the
medical certificate shall be borne by the employee concerned.
8.7 Leave other than Casual Leave may be granted in continuation of Maternity Leave in case
of illness of a new-born baby, subject to the employee producing a medical certificate from
a registered medical practitioner to the effect that the condition of the ailing baby
warrants the mother's personal attention and her presence by the baby's side is absolutely
necessary, any fee payable for medical certificate being borne by the employee concerned.
(ii) The application for the leave is supported by a medical certificate from a registered
medical practitioner, any fee payable for the medical certificate being borne by the
employee concerned; and
(iii) The leave shall commence from the day following the day of miscarriage or medical
termination of pregnancy, as the case may be
8.9 The total number of occasions on which Maternity Leave will be admissible to a female
employee during her entire service will be as follows:
9.1 A male CDA employee with less than two surviving children may be granted Paternity
Leave for a period of 15 days during the confinement of his wife. During the period of such
leave, he shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding
on leave. Paternity Leave shall not be debited against the leave account and may be
combined with any other kind of leave (other than Casual Leave).
9.2 A male IDA employee with less than two surviving children may be granted Paternity Leave
(with pay) for a period of 15 days during
The period of confinement of his wife i.e up to 15 days before the expected date of
delivery or up to six months from the date of delivery of the child.
Valid adoption of a child below the age of one year within a period of six months from the
date of such adoption.
The period of paternity leave shall fall within six months of delivery/valid adoption of the
child
9.4 The leave combination as applicable for Maternity Leave, shall also be applicable for
Paternity Leave.
9.5 The intervening weekly offs and Closed Holidays/Restricted Holidays shall be counted as
leave and the total period of absence including the intervening weekly offs, Closed
Holidays/Restricted Holidays shall also be part of the 15 days of Paternity Leave. However,
employees can suffix & prefix the weekly offs and Closed / Restricted Holidays with
Paternity Leave.
10.1 Where in consequence of the presence of an infectious disease, referred to in Rule 10.2, in
the family or household of an employee at his place of duty, residence or sojourn, his
attendance at his office is considered hazardous to the health of other employees, such
employee may be granted Quarantine Leave by the Leave Approving/Sanctioning Authority
on the certificate of a Medical Officer or Public Health officer for a period not exceeding 21
days or, in exceptional circumstances 30 days, any period of absence in excess of this
period being regularized by the grant of any other kind of leave (other than Casual Leave)
admissible and due.
NOTE: In this Rule, the term "Medical Officer" or "Public Health Officer" includes a Medical
Officer in charge of any Government (Civil or Military) or a Municipal Hospital or
dispensary of the place where the employee is stationed, or where there is no such
hospital or dispensary at that place, the Medical Officer in charge of any
Government or Municipal Hospital nearest to that place.
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(i) Cholera, Small Pox, Plague, Diphtheria, Typhus Fever and Cerebrospinal
Meningitis;
(ii) Chicken Pox, if the Medical Officer or Public Health Officer considers
that because of doubt as the nature of the disease (for example Small Pox), there is
reason for the grant of Quarantine Leave; and
(iii) In the case of an employee stationed in an area under the administration of a State
Government, such other disease as may have been declared by that Government as
infectious for the purpose of Quarantine Leave rules in force in that State.
11.1 Leave without pay will not be granted if any kind of leave with pay admissible for the
purpose is due to the employees, except in case of study leave.
11.2 Leave without pay on any one occasion will not normally be granted for more than 3
months. The authority competent to grant leave without pay[7-b] will be as follows :
Explanation: In a case involving leave without pay exceeding 90 days as above, for the
purpose of arriving at the date of increment without taking into account
such leave, the period of such leave will be added to the normal date of
increment.
11.5 Grant of leave without pay on medical grounds will be supported by a medical certificate
from a registered medical practitioner, any fee payable for the medical certificate being
borne by the employee concerned.
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12.1.1 An employee participating in sports events will be entitled to Special Casual Leave[2]
subject to a maximum of 30 days in a financial year including intervening Company
Holidays and weekly offs[9], provided that these sports events are of
international/national/state level or organized by PSPB[4]. Special Casual Leave shall have
to be duly approved by the Competent Authority on each occasion.
12.1.2 Employees joining during the year shall be entitled to Special Casual Leave on pro-rata
basis.
12.1.3 The Special Casual Leave shall also be admissible to employees participating in Trekking
expeditions not exceeding 5 days in a financial year within the overall limit of 30 days in a
financial year[8].
Special Casual Leave shall be admissible to employees under Family Planning Programme,
as under:
12.2.1 Special Casual Leave not exceeding six continuous working days to persons undergoing
sterilization operations (vasectomy or salpingectomy).
12.2.2 Special Casual Leave not exceeding continuous fourteen days to females who undergo non-
puerperal sterilization.
12.2.3 One day’s Special Casual Leave to females who have had IUCD insertion subject to
production of necessary certificate from the hospital, etc.
12.2.4 Special Casual Leave up to 7 continuous days to a male employee (other than daily-rated),
whose wife undergoes a non-puerperal tubectomy operation, subject to production of a
medical certificate from the doctor who performed the operation to the effect that the
presence of the employee is essential for the period of leave to look after the wife during
her convalescence after operation.
Note : Sundays and closed holidays intervening in a period of Special Casual Leave shall
not to be ignored for calculating Special Casual Leave.
13.1 Extra-Ordinary Leave will be granted to an employee in the event of injury caused by
accident while on duty as covered under Group Personnel Accident Insurance Scheme,
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The leave will be granted to the employee due to injury caused by accident arising out
of and in the course of duty.
“Accident on duty” for this purpose shall include accident occurring during travel
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between residence and office and any local or outstation journey undertaken for
official purposes.
(ii) In such cases, the entire absence from duty, without debiting any kind of Leave from
employee's Leave account, will be considered with full pay, to the extent certified by
the Company Nominated Doctor/the attending doctor.
(iii) Extra-Ordinary Leave up to 120 days shall be approved by the concerned Director
based on the recommendation of concerned Divisional Head/RCM/Site in charge in
consultation with Company's Medical Consultant / attending doctor [5].
(iv) Extra-Ordinary Leave beyond 120 days shall be approved by the Chairman & Managing
Director, based on the recommendation of concerned Director and Director (HR) in
consultation with Company's Medical Consultant / attending doctor[5].
(v) The total compensation received from the Insurance Company on this account (for the
period of extra-ordinary leave) will be retained by the Company
14.1.1 Employees posted on marine jobs shall be entitled to the grant of Compensatory Off as
mentioned in the chapter “Locational Allowance & Other Related Benefits”.
14.2.1 Employees deployed along pipeline route have the option of availing out of pocket
expenses for working on Sunday/Closed Holiday or Compensatory Off in lieu of having
worked on Sunday/Company Holidays as per the provisions mentioned in the chapter
“Locational Allowance & Other Related Benefits”.
14.3.1 Employees in Levels 1 to 9, who are required to perform overtime on Sunday/weekly offs,
may opt for Compensatory Off in lieu of overtime, as per the provisions mentioned in the
chapter “Overtime Rules”.
15.1 An employee, who is granted leave on the basis of a medical certificate (of unfitness) will
be required to produce a medical certificate of fitness from a registered and treating
medical practitioner or Company doctor, before he/she is permitted to resume duty. Any
fee payable for the medical certificate shall be borne by the employee concerned.
15.2 The Company may, at its discretion, require an employee, who applies for leave on medical
grounds or who reports for resuming duty after such leave, with a medical certificate in
support of sickness or fitness, as the case may be, to appear before a medical practitioner
nominated by it, for the following purposes :
(i) to have the employee medically examined and obtain medical opinion -
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(a) both as regards the facts of the illness and as regards the amount of leave
applied for;
(b) as regards the employee's fitness for resuming duty;
(ii) to have the medical certificate reviewed and commented upon.
16.1 For the period of any leave other than leave without pay granted to an employee, the leave
salary payable will be the salary which he would have drawn from time to time while on
duty, subject to the conditions governing the admissibility of pay and allowances.
16.2 For the period of leave without pay granted to an employee, no pay or allowances will be
payable except as indicated below:
16.2.1 House Rent Allowance at the rates applicable immediately before commencement of leave
without pay may be paid for the first 30 days of such leave on any one occasion, subject to
the conditions governing payment of the allowances:
Provided that in exceptional cases, the Chairman & Managing Director may, at his
discretion, allow payment of these allowances for a longer period on compassionate
grounds.
16.2.2 Field Allowance for CDA employees, if any, at the rate applicable to the employee while he
is on duty may be paid for a period not exceeding 15 days of leave without pay granted on
any one occasion.
17.1 For undertaking, in India or abroad, higher studies and/or specialized training in a
professional or technical subject, employees may be granted study leave, which will be
without pay, provided:
(i) the subject has relevance to the sphere of duties of the employee concerned;
(ii) the proposed course of study/training would be of distinct advantage from the
point of view of the Company's interest and would enhance significantly the
efficiency of the employee; and
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(iii) the exigencies of the Company’s work permit release of the employee for the
period involved.
17.2 Study Leave will be granted to those employees who have completed at least 2 years
service in the Company; however, it will not be granted to an employee (a) who has joined
the Company on deputation or lien basis or (b) against whom disciplinary proceedings are
in progress or intended to be initiated.
17.3 The period of leave will depend upon the course of study to be undertaken but will not
exceed 3 years in the entire service of an employee.
17.4 The employee shall make an application for the study leave in the prescribed format
through EIL portal (as per Annexure-III) and when the leave has been granted, shall give an
undertaking through EIL Portal (as per Annexure IV) to serve the Company for a period of 3
years from the date of rejoining duty after the completion of study.
17.5 The employee shall be required to execute an Indemnity Bond (Annexure V). Following
non-compliance of any of the commitments like not serving the company for 3 years after
completion of study leave, resigning or in the event of name being struck off from the rolls
of the company the employee shall owe the bond liability of Rs 3,00,000/-(Rupees three
lakhs only) besides salary on account of notice period in case of resignation.
17.6 The Company will not have any financial liability in connection with the study/training for
which study leave is granted.
17.7 The period of study leave will not be considered for promotion or merit award. However,
the employee may be considered for these purposes after he rejoins the Company in
accordance with the policy then in force. The existing policy is as follows:[13]
(i) In case of M.Tech or equivalent, a study leave leading to a loss of two appraisal
reports, benefit of one appraisal report will be given;
(ii) In case of Ph.D or equivalent, a study leave leading to a loss of three or more
appraisal reports, benefit of two appraisal reports will be given;
(iii) In all other cases where the acquisition of a higher qualification leads to a loss of
only one appraisal year, no benefit is to be accorded.
Such period of study leave will however, count for seniority in the employee's existing
grade.
17.8 Normal increment falling due within the period of study leave may be granted solely at the
discretion of the Company and benefit of payment of such increment may be allowed from
the date from which the employee rejoins the Company after the completion of study
leave, provided he has satisfactorily completed the course of study undertaken.
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17.9 During the period of study leave the employee may be allowed to retain the amount of
scholarship/stipend that may be awarded by any other organization including a
Government agency.
17.10 These provisions will not apply to cases in which employees are deputed/sponsored by the
Company for a course of study/training.
17.11 Study leave will be granted by the Chairman & Managing Director and/or any other officer
specifically authorized by him in this behalf. Sanctioning of the leave shall, however, be at
the sole discretion of the Company.
18.1 Employees proceeding abroad for personal reasons shall apply for permission to travel
abroad and furnish declaration before proceeding on leave through EIL Portal. Failure to
furnish declaration before proceeding abroad shall be viewed seriously.
19.0 GENERAL
19.1 For the purpose of applying of leave, Leave Blank applications shall be made through EIL
Portal by all employees as per Annexure-VI and any combination of leave applied shall be
according to the Leave Combination Matrix at Annexure-VII.
19.2 An employee desirous of spending a period of leave granted in a station other than the last
duty station shall indicate the leave address on the leave application and also notify the
Company of any change in the leave address thereafter as soon as the change occurs.
19.3 Employee desirous of availing any kind of leave shall apply for the same through the On-
line Time Sheet System. The competent authority shall approve the leave applied for and
shall also ensure/certify that the leave for such period has been properly booked in the
Time Sheet.
20.0 RELAXATIONS
20.1 The Chairman & Managing Director may, at his discretion, allow relaxation of any of these
rules which is not of a major nature.
21.0 REFERENCES
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ANNEXURE –I
Name Emp. No
On _____________ Earned leave due are ______ days. Earned leave to be encashed ____ days.
On ______________ Earned leave due are ________ days. Earned leave to be encashed ______
days.
Remarks:-
To,
ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
Mr/Mrs _______________________ Emp. No. _________ has been allowed from __________ to
encash _______________days earned leave. His/Her leave ledger has been accordingly updated.
ANNEXURE-II
SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN RESPECT OF CDA EMPLOYEES
2. For the benefit of encashment, a total of 300 days towards both EL & HPL (combined) can
be accumulated in respect of:
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(i) An employee on CDA, who resigns or quits service, shall be entitled to leave salary
in respect of 50 percent of EL at credit on the date of cessation of service, subject to
a maximum of 150 days.
(ii) An employee may encash 10 days EL at the time of availing of LTC subject to the
conditions that:
(a) The total leave so encashed during the entire career does not exceed 60
days in the aggregate;
(d) The period of leave so encashed shall not be deducted from the quantum of
leave that can be normally encashed by him at the time of superannuation;
and
..........
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ANNEXURE –III
Signature _______________________
Name _______________________
Emp. No. _______________________
Designation _______________________
DOJ _______________________
Deptt. _______________________
Location _______________________
I. Com. No. _______________________
APPROVAL
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
__________________________
(Signature of HOD)
Concerned Director
Director (HR)
C&MD
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ANNEXURE –IV
UNDERTAKING
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ANNEXURE –V
Whereas the employee joined EIL on _______________ and is presently serving as …………….. in
the Company at payscale of Rs. ______________________.
AND WHEREAS the employee has been granted study leave to pursue higher studies for a period
starting from …………to………….._________________________________, upon the condition, inter
alia, of his/her executing bond in terms hereof which the employee has agreed to.
NOW THE CONDITIONS OF THE ABOVE BOND ARE THAT THE EMPLOYEE
(A) shall timely inform in writing (through/and his/her Departmental head), to the HR
Department of the Company regarding the date of departure for study leave and also
the date of return therefrom;
(B) shall timely inform the Company regarding the date of joining the Institute/University
alongwith joining report and half-yearly progress reports, or such equivalent document
issued by the Supervisor/University from time to time;
(C) shall avail himself/herself the passage to and fro the country where he/she is to
undertake study;
(D) shall abide to all instructions regarding the study leave applicable to him/her in
accordance with rules/policy of the Company;
(E) shall timely intimate the Company about the amount and other particulars in respect of
any honorarium or other monies earned or received by him/ her during the period of
his/her study leave;
(F) shall hand over and surrender to the Company the whole or part of such honorarium or
any other monies received as aforesaid as per CDA Rules of the Company;
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(G) in the event of contracting any infectious disease or requiring prolonged hospitalization
during the study leave, the employee shall communicate the nature and condition of
the disease to the Company;
(H) shall successfully complete his/her studies and in the event of non-completion or
discontinuation of studies, the same shall be immediately on occurring of any such
event inform to the HR Department of the Company;
(I) shall join back his/her duties on completion of his/her studies or on non-
completion/discontinuation of studies or on expiry of study leave whichever is earlier;
(J) unless advised otherwise, shall report for duty in the Dept. from where he/she
proceeded on study leave under intimation to the HR Department of the company
immediately ;
(K) shall on completion of his/her studies will duly and faithfully serve the Company
minimum for a period of 3 years on the same post in which he/she was serving
immediately prior to his/her departure from the Company for study leave and/or such
other post(s) as may be decided by the Company from time to time at a salary and level
not less favorable than those attached to the said previously held post (reduction in
rank and the attendant consequences as a result of disciplinary proceedings shall not
be deemed to be terms & conditions less favorable than those attached to the said
previously held post).
(L) shall not resign from the service of the Company during the period of his/her study
leave.
(M) In case the employee does not comply/abide by the abovementioned terms and
conditions of the said bond, the company shall in its discretion be at liberty to invoke
the present Bond by giving written notice and in addition to the invocation of the
present Bond may initiate disciplinary proceedings as per applicable rules/policy of the
Company.
(N) In case of breach of any of the terms and conditions contained herein, the employee
agrees that the Company shall be at liberty to recover the amount of the present Bond
through any legal action, including but not limited to recovery from any dues/amounts
payable to the Employee.
PROVIDED THAT THE prior termination of the employee’s employment by the Company shall not
absolve the employee of his/her obligation hereunder
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The expenses of the stamp duty on the bond, if any, shall be borne by the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the employee has put his/her hand hereto the day and the year herein
above written.
Name
1. _______________________ Designation
Employee No.
2. _________________________
Location
Address
Place __________
Date ___________
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ANNEXURE-VI
LEAVE BLANK
I.COM EMP.NO
__________________
LOCATION
DESIGNATION
NAME
DEPARTMENT
FROM TO
LEAVE FROM F/A TO F/A DAYS
CODE DATE DATE
SIGNATURE_________________
RECOMMENDING AUTHORITY
SANCTIONING AUTHORITY PROCESSED
Signature ___________________ Signature
Name ________________ HR DEPARTMENT
_________________________ Name
Designation _____________________
__________________________ Designation
______________________
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ANNEXURE-VII
LEAVE COMBINATION MATRIX
Leave S E C O N D
Type CL EL
R HPL MATL ABL QRL SPL STDL CMPL
H
CL Y N Y N N N N Y N Y
EL N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
RH Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
F HPL [3] N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
I MATL N Y N Y Y Y Y N N N
R ABL N Y N Y N Y Y N N N
S QRL N Y N Y Y Y Y N N N
T SPL Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
STDL N N N N N N N N Y N
CMPL Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
RH in between leaves except CL / SPL is not allowed.
CL (201) Casual Leave EL (202) Earned Leave RH (102) Restricted
Holiday
HPL (219) Half Pay MATL (204) Maternity ABL (205) Abortion
Leave Leave
(commuted)
HPL (229) Half Pay SPL (207) Special Leave STDL (208) Study Leave
Leave(half
pay salary
deduction)
QRL (206) Quarantine LWP (209) LWP CMPL(301) Compensatory
Off
OAB (500) Other UNAUTH(5 Unauthorized SUSP(502) Suspended
Absence 01) Absence
EOL(503) Extraordinary PENDING DECSN(504) Pending Decision-
Leave Unauthorized Absence
Half Day Allowed:
Casual Leave Y Earned Leave N Restricted Holiday N
Half Pay Leave N Maternity Leave N Abortion N
Special Leave Y Study Leave N Quarantine N
LWP N Compensatory N Un Authorized Absence N
Closed Holiday & Weekly Off (In Between) Counted:
Casual Leave N Earned Leave Y Restricted Holiday N
Half Pay Leave Y Maternity Leave Y Abortion Y
Special Leave N Study Leave Y Quarantine Y
LWP Y Compensatory N
Abbreviations:
i) Y-Yes
ii) N-No
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