IREC Rule No.518: Absence After The Expiry Of Leave

518.  Absence After The Expiry Of Leave:-

(1)   Unless the authority competent to grant leave extends the leave, a railway servant who remains absent after the end of leave is entitled to no leave salary for the period of such absence and the period shall be debited against his leave account as though it were leave on half average pay, to the extent such leave is due, the period in excess of such leave due being treated as extraordinary leave.

(2)   Willful absence from duty after the expiry of leave renders a railway servant liable to disciplinary action.