IREC Rule No.544: Leave Salary

544.  Leave Salary:-

(1)   Except as provided in sub-rules (5) and (6) a railway servant who proceeds on leave on average pay is entitled to leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave on average pay.

Note: In respect of any period spent on Foreign Service out of India, the pay which the railway servant would have drawn if on duty in India but for Foreign Service out of India be substituted for the pay actually drawn in calculating average pay.

(2)   A railway servant half average pay leave or leave not due is entitled to leave salary equal to half the amount specified in the sub-rule (1).

(3)   A railway servant on commuted leave is entitled to leave salary equal to the amount admissible under sub-rule (1).

(4)   A railway servant on extraordinary leave is not entitled to any leave salary.

(5)   A railway servant who is permitted during leave preparatory to retirement, to take up any other service or employment under an employer other than the Central Government, his leave salary shall be restricted to the amount of leave salary admissible while on leave on half average pay.

(6)   Where a railway servant is re-employed and if on such re-employment he is granted leave earned by him during the period of re-employment the leave salary is based on the pay drawn by him exclusive of the pension and pension equivalent of other retirement benefits.

(7)   If, in the case of a railway servant who retires or resigns from service, the leave already availed of is more than the credit so due to him necessary adjustment shall be made in respect of leave salary, if any, over-drawn.

(8)   Where the quantum of leave on average pay already availed of by a railway servant who is dismissed or removed from service or who dies while in service is in excess of leave credited in the half year, the overpayment of leave salary shall be recovered.