IREC Rule No.517: Return To Duty From Leave

517.  Return To Duty From Leave:-

(1)   A railway servant on leave shall not return to duty before the expiry of the period of leave granted to him, unless he is permitted to do so by the authority which granted him leave.

(2)   Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), railway servant on leave preparatory to retirement shall be precluded from returning to duty save with the consent of the authority competent to appoint him to the post from which he proceeded on leave preparatory to retirement.

(3)   A railway servant who has taken leave on medical certificate may not return to duty until he has produced a medical certificate of fitness from the appropriate Medical authority.

(4)   A railway servant returning from leave is not entitled, in the absence of specific orders to that effect, to resume as a matter of course, the post which he held before going on leave.

(5)   Such railway servant shall report his return to duty to the authority which granted him leave or to the authority, if any specified in the order granting him the leave and await orders.