IREC Rule No.531: Leave To Probationers

531.  Leave To Probationers And A Railway Servant On Probation:-

(1)   (a)   A railway servant on probation including a probationer under training for a post in Railway service Group A shall be entitled to leave under these rules as if he had held his post substantively otherwise than on probation.

(b)   If, for any reason, it is proposed to terminate the services of a probationer, any leave which may be granted to him shall not extend;

(i)    Beyond the date on which the probationary period as already sanctioned or extended expires; or

(ii)   Beyond any earlier date on which his services are terminated by the orders of an authority competent to appoint him.

(2)   A person appointed to a post on probation shall be entitled to leave under these rules as a temporary or permanent railway servant according as his appointment is against a temporary or a permanent post.

Provided that where such person already holds a lien on a permanent post before such appointment, he shall be entitled to leave under these rules as a permanent railway servant.