IREC Rule No.510: Maximum Amount Of Continuous Leave

510.  Maximum Amount Of Continuous Leave:-

(1)  No Railway Servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding 05 years.

(2) Unless the President, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case otherwise determines, no Railway servant who remains absent from duty for a continuous period exceeding 05 years other than on Foreign Service, with or without leave, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Railway Service.

Provided that a reasonable opportunity to explain the reasons for such absence shall be given to that Railway Servant before provisions of sub-rule (2) are invoked.

“Provided further that is this rule shall not apply to a case where leave is applied on medical certificate, in connection with a disability.”

Note:- Here and hereafter “disability” means “specified disability”, “benchmark disability”, and “disability having high support needs” as referred to in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016).

(Inserted vide Railway Board’s letter No.E(P&A)I-2017/CPC/LE-5, dated 01.11.2019 (RBE No. 186/2019) (ACS No.138)]

Railway Ministry’s Decision:

1.   In the case of all Group ‘C’ including erstwhile Group ‘D’ railway employees, the power to grant the leave beyond maximum period of 05 years is delegated to concerned GMs. However, the leave should be sanctioned only with finance concurrence of FA&CAO and personal recommendation of CPO with the rider this power shall not be delegated further down below.

2.   The powers be exercised in rare and exceptional cases only, for which a speaking order clearly bringing out the circumstances as to why it is being proposed are brought out.

3.   In case of other Groups, the existing provisions will continue.

[Authority: RBE No.14/2016, No.E(P&A)I-2013/CPC/LE-2, 05.02.2016, ACS No.129]