IREC Rule No.530: Extraordinary Leave

530.  Extraordinary Leave:-

(1) Extraordinary leave may be granted to a railway servant in special circumstances;

(a)   When no other leave is admissible, and

(b)   When other leave is admissible, but the railway servant applies in writing for the grant of extraordinary leave.

(2) Unless the President in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case otherwise determines, no temporary railway servant shall be granted extraordinary leave on any one occasion in excess of the following limits:–

(a)   Three months, without a medical certificate.

(b)   Six months where the railway servant has completed one year’s continuous service on the date of expiry of leave of the kind due and admissible under these rules including three months extraordinary leave under clause (a) and his request for such leave is supported by a medical certificate as required by these rules.

(c)   Eighteen months where the railway servant has completed one year’s continuous service and is undergoing treatment for;

(i)    Pulmonary tuberculosis or pleurisy of tubercular origin, in a recognized sanatorium, Railway Hospital and Railway Chest Clinics.

(ii)    Tuberculosis of any other part of the body by a qualified TB Specialist / Civil Medical Officer.

(iii)   Leprosy in a recognized leprosy institution or hospital recognized by the State Administrative Medical Officer concerned.

(iv)  Cancer or for mental illness in an institution recognized for the treatment of such disease or by a Medical officer or Specialist of railway or government.

(d)   Twenty four months where the leave is required for the purpose of prosecuting studies certified to be in public interest provided the railway servant concerned has completed three years continuous service on the date of expiry of leave of the kind due and admissible under these rules, including three months extraordinary leave under clause (a).

(3)   (a)   Where a railway servant is granted extraordinary leave in relaxation of the provisions contained in clause (d) of sub-rule (2), he shall be required to execute a bond (Annexure II) undertaking to refund to the railway during such leave plus that incurred by other agency with interest thereon in the event of his not returning to duty on the expiry of such leave or quitting the service before a period of 3 years after return to duty.

(b)   The bond shall be supported by sureties from two permanent railway servants having a status comparable to or higher than that of the railway servant.

(4)   Two spells of extraordinary leave, if intervened by any other kind of leave, shall be treated as one continuous spell of extraordinary leave for the purpose of sub-rule (2).

(5)   The authority competent to grant leave may commute retrospectively periods of absence without leave into extraordinary leave.

Note:

1. The concession of extraordinary leave upto 18 months will be admissible also to a railway servant suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, who receives, treatment at his residence under a tuberculosis specialist recognized as such by the State Administrative Medical Officer concerned and produces a certificate signed by that specialist to the effect that he is under his treatment and that he has reasonable chances of recovery on the expiry of the leave recommended.
2. Institutions recognized by the Government of India for the purpose of treatment of Central Government servants and their families will be deemed as recognized for the purpose of grant of extraordinary leave.

[Authority: No.F(E)52/LE-2/3, 16.06.1960]

3. No limit in case of permanent Railway servants, but all kinds of leave together shall not exceed 5 years in one spell.

Where a temporary railway servant fails to resume duty on the expiry of the maximum period of extraordinary leave granted to him / her or where he / she is granted a lesser amount of extraordinary leave than the maximum amount admissible, and remains absent from duty for period which, together with the period of extraordinary leave granted, exceeds the limit up to which he/she could have been granted such leave under sub Rule – 1 above, he / she shall unless the President in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case otherwise determines be removed from service after following the procedure laid down in the discipline and Appeal Rules for railway servants.