IREC Rule No.512: Grant Of Leave
512. Grant Of Leave:-
Priority of claims to leave – In case where all applications for leave cannot, in the interest of the public service, be granted, an authority competent to grant should, in deciding which applications should be granted, take into account the following considerations;
(a) The railway servants who can, for the time being best be spared.
(b) The amount of leave due to the various applicants.
(c) The amount and character of the service rendered by each applicant since he last returned from leave.
(d) The fact that any such applicant was compulsorily recalled from his last leave.
(e) The fact that any such applicant has been refused leave in the public interest.
Railway Ministry’s Decision:-
(1) The order sanctioning leave on average pay/half average pay to Railway servant shall indicate the balances of such leave at his credit.
[Authority: No.E(P&A)176 LE 3/1, 11.03.1977]
(2) In order to save time, effort and expense, it has been decided that instead of issuing individual leave orders, these orders should, as far as possible, be issued in a consolidated form for each category of staff separately, if not already being done. The consolidated leave orders may be issued once in a fortnight, say, on 20th of the month in respect of persons who proceeded on leave between 1st and 15th, and on 5th of the next month in respect of those who proceeded on leave between 16th and the last working day of the previous month. These dates may, if necessary, be varied to suit local convenience. Exception may be made, if necessary, in the types of cases mentioned below.
(i) Where the Railway servant and his leave sanctioning authority are located at different stations, and
(ii) Where officiating arrangement is to be made in the leave vacancy.
Where a Railway servant is proceeding on leave before the date of issue of the consolidate leave order, the fact whether the leave applied for by him has been sanctioned or not may informally be ascertained from administration section by the individual concerned. The general principle should, however, be that after the leave has been recommended by the Railway servant’s immediate controlling authority, the leave may be deemed to have been sanctioned unless he is given intimation to the contrary.