Instruction About Casual Leave Rules

The instructions we are sharing here are extracted from the manual of secretariat casual leave rules. These rules are applicable to all civil servants especially for teachers who face many problems while availing the leaves.

Casual Leave Duration

Casual leave should not ordinarily exceed 10 days at a time and 25 days during any one calendar year is a casual leave duration. The sanctioning authority may, however, grant casual leave up to 15 days at a time in special circumstances.

General Casual Leave Rules

 Casual leave is 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.

Read More:- Leave Rules 1981

Who will sanction the casual leave?

Subject to the delegation of powers which has been or may be made by the Government from time to time on this behalf, casual leave may be sanctioned to a Government servant by his immediate superior of grade 16 and above.

Is Causal leave is right of Servant?

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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Casual Leave Definition

RULE 8.61 OF CSR (PUNJAB) VOLUME I, PART-I is about casual leave reasons. As defined by causal leave a government servant on casual leave or on quarantine leave is not treated as absent from duty. During leave pay and allowances are not discontinuous.

Rules for the Grant of Casual Leave 

Casual leave may be granted to Government servants for short periods subject to the  following conditions:

• Casual leave should not 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.
• 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.
• No Government servant may leave his headquarters during casual leave or holidays except with the permission of the sanctioning authority.
• Subject to the delegation of powers which has been or may be made by Government from time to time on this behalf, casual leave may be sanctioned to a Government servant by his immediate officer.

Casual Leave Record

• Casual Leave Account of each Government servant should be maintained properly on the prescribed form.
• Leave record should always remain in the custody of the sanctioning authority. Casual leave should not be granted unless the Casual Leave  Account is seen by the sanctioning authority to ensure leave account is remaining.
• 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.