LEAVE RULES APPLICABLE TO A AND B GROUP GOVERNMENT SERVANTS :

The authority empowered to grant leave has no power to interfere with the option admissible to a Government Servant to take any kind of leave as he may apply [Ruling 2 under FR 67] Any kind of leave may be granted in combination of any other kind of leave or in continuation of leave already taken whether of the same or of any other kind [TNLR 6] Government Servant (permanent or approved probationer) who has not completed 5 years of service shall not be granted leave other than on Medical Certificate or Study Leave for a continuous period exceeding 6 months at any one time[FR 18 (1) ] Government Servant (permanent or approved probationer) who has completed 5 years of service shall not be granted leave other than on Medical Certificate or Study Leave for a continuous period exceeding 1 year at any one time [FR 18 (2) ] Government Servant who does not return to duty after remaining on leave under FR 18 (1) and FR (2) or remains absent from duty after the expiry of his leave shall be liable for disciplinary action under Tamil Nadu Civil Services (Disciplinary & Appeal) Rules [ FR 18 (3) ] A non Permanent Government Servant who has completed 2 years of regular service may be granted leave on Medical Certificate for not exceeding 180 days subject to the restriction of 90 days for first 5 years [TNLR 23 (a) (i) ] A non Permanent Government Servant may be granted Extra ordinary Leave not exceeding 6 months at any one time. The period exceeding 6 months shall be treated as non duty in cases where exceptional circumstances exist which rule out the possibility of relaxation of this rule or removal from service. Such absence without leave shall constitute an interruption of service and the past service shall not count for the purpose of leave. The leave earned prior to such absence shall lapse [TNLR 23 (a) (ii) ] There shall be an interval of a period of 3 years between two spells of the maximum leave granted [ FR 18 (4) and TNLR 23 (a) (iii) ] 15 days of Earned Leave shall be credited to the leave account of permanent Government Servant in advance in two installments each on the first day of January and July of eery calendar year [ TNLR 8 ]

Pernmanent Government Servant may at any time granted a maximum of 180 days of Earned Leave [ TNLR 11 ] Earned Leave shall be credited to the leave account of non permanent Government Servant (probationer or temporary) at the rate of 2 days for every 2 completed calendar months of service, subject to a maximum of 30 days [ TNLR 20 ] When a Government Servant is declared to have satisfactorily completed his probation with retrospective effect, his leave account should be recast with effect from the date of completion of probation and the leave already availed of between that date and the date of issue of orders for completion of probation may be altered to the advantage of the Government Servant at his option [ Ruling 5 under TNLR 27 ]. Extra ordinary Leave granted during probation cannot be commuted retrospectively into Earned Leave [ Ruling 2 under TNLR 27 ] Medical Certificate should be obtained in the form prescribed in Ruling 10 under FR 74 [ Annexure II] from official medical attendant The recommendation of Medial Committee shall be compulsory when Unearned Leave on Medical Certificate exceeds 60 days [ Ruling 9 A Under FR 74 (Annexure - II ] i.e. for 61 days and more. Extra ordinary Leave taken on Medical Certificate counts for increament [ FR 26 (bb) ] and as qualifying service for retirement benefits [ TNPR 18 ] Unearned leave on Private Affairs may be granted to a permanent Government Servant for 6 months in all and upto a maximum of 3 months at a time for the first 10 years of service and 6 months after 10 years of service [ TNLR 13 ] and the combination of Unearned leave on Private Affairs and Earned Leave shall be limited to 6 months [ TNLR (4) ] Government Servant who seeks employment abroad may be sanctioned Extra ordinary Leave for a maximum period of 5 years {Ruling 1 under TNLR Section II A ] The Period spent in foreign service counts as duty, if contribution towards leave salary is paid for such period [ FR 60 ].