IREC Rule No.529: Leave Not Due To Temporary Railway Employees

529.  Leave Not Due To Temporary Railway Employees:-

Subject to the provisions of clause (i) and clause (iii), to rule 528(1), leave not due may be granted to temporary railway servants who are suffering from TB, Leprosy, cancer or mental illness, for a period not exceeding 360 days during the entire service on medical certificate if the railway servant concerned has put in at least one year’s railway service:

Provided that the post from which the railway servant proceeds on leave is likely to last till his return to duty; and the request for leave is supported by a medical certificate.

Note: Leave not due, under Rules 528 and Rule 529, is leave admissible under the Rules and where it can be granted, the grant of Extraordinary Leave under Rule 530 will be irregular unless specifically applied for by the Railway servant in writing.