IREC Rule No.520: Grant Of Leave On Medical Certificate To Group ‘A’ And Group ‘B’ Officers
520. (1) Grant of leave on Medical certificate to Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ Officers:-
Before a railway servant in Group A or Group B is granted leave or an extension of leave, on medical certificate, he shall obtain a certificate in the following form;
‘Medical Certificate For Railway Servants (Group ‘A’ & ‘B’) Recommended Leave Or Extension Of Leave Or Commutation Of Leave
Signature of the Railway Servant: ………………………………………………
I ……………………………………….after careful personal examination of the case hereby certify that Shri/ Smt/ Kumari……………………………………whose signature is given above, is suffering from ………………………………..and I consider that a period of absence from duty of…………… with effect from……………………………is absolutely necessary for the restoration of his/her health.
Date……………………………..
Medical Superintendent/Divisional Medical Officer/Authorized Medical Attendant
Note:
(i) A certificate given by an Assistant Divisional Medical Officer will be acceptable only if countersigned by Divisional Medical Officer concerned.
(ii) This form should be adhered to as closely as possible and should be filled in after the signature of the applicant has been taken. The certifying officer is not at liberty to certify that the applicant requires a change from or to a particular locality, or that he is not fit to proceed to a particular locality. Such certificate should only be given at the explicit desire of the administrative authority concerned, to whom it is open to decide, when an application on such grounds has been made to him whether the applicant should go before a Medical Board to decide the question of his fitness for service.
(iii) No recommendation contained in these certificates shall be evidence of a claim to any leave not admissible to the railway servant under the terms of his contract or of the rules to which he is subject.
(2) Where, however, the authority competent to grant leave is not satisfied about the genuineness of a particular case, it will be open to such authority to secure a second medical opinion by requesting a Government Medical Officer/Railway Medical Officer not below the rank of Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent or Staff Surgeon/Divisional Medical Officer to have the applicant medically examined on the earliest possible date.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Divisional Medical Officer to express an opinion both as regards the facts of the illness and regards the necessity for the amount of leave recommended and for that purpose he may either require the applicant to appear before himself or before a Medical Officer nominated by himself.
(4) The grant of medical certificate under this rule does not in itself confer upon the railway servant concerned any right to leave. The medical certificate shall be forwarded to the authority competent to grant leave and orders of that authority awaited.
(5) The authority competent to grant leave may at its discretion, waive the production of medical certificate in case of application for leave for a period of not exceeding 3 days at a time. Such leave shall not, however, be treated as leave on medical certificate and shall be debited against leave other than on medical grounds.
520 – Rule may be substituted as under:-
520 – Grant of leave on Medical certificate to Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ officers:-
Before a railway servant in Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ is granted leave or an extension of leave, on medical certificate, he shall obtain a certificate in the following form:-
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR RAILWAY SERVANTS (GROUP A & B) RECOMMENDED LEAVE OR EXTENSION OF LEAVE OR COMMUTATION OF LEAVE
Signature of the Railway servant ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
I ………………………………………………after careful personal examination of the case hereby certify that Shri/ Shrimati/ Kumari …………………………………………………………………whose signature is given above is suffering from …………………………and I consider that a period of absence from duty of ……………………………………………..with effect from ………………………………………….is absolutely necessary for the restoration of his/ her health.
Date ………………………….
Medical Superintendent/
Divisional Medical Officer/
Authorised Medical Attendant
Note 1:- (i) A certificate given by an Assistant Divisional Medical Officer will be acceptable only if countersigned by Divisional Medical Officer concerned.
(ii) This form should be adhered to as closely as possible and should be filled in after the signature of the applicant has been taken. The certifying officer is not at liberty to certify that the applicant requires a change from or to a particular locality, or that he is not fit to proceed to a particular locality. Such certificate should only be given at the explicit desire of the administrative authority concerned, to whom it is open to decide, when an application on such grounds has been made to him whether the applicant should go before a Medical Board to decide the question of his fitness for service.
(iii) No recommendation contained in the certificate shall be evidence of a claim to any leave not admissible to the railway servant under the terms of his contract or of the rules to which he is subject.
[Substituted 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)]