Accumulation of Earned Leave/Leave on Average Pay (LAP) beyound 300 days

Accumulation of Leave on Average Pay (LAP) by the employees – Advance Correction Slip No. 78 of IREC Vol.I. (1985 Edition) reprint Edition of 1995.

NFIR
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110055

Affiliated to:
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)

No. II/10

Dated: 22/02/2016

The Secretary(E),
Railway Board,
New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Sub: Accumulation of Leave on Average Pay (LAP) by the employees – Advance Correction Slip No. 78 of IREC Vol.I. (1985 Edition) reprint Edition of 1995.

Ref: (i) NFIR’s PNM item No.5/2010.
(ii) Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)I-2010/FE-4/2 dated 05/07/2013 addressed to GS/NFIR.

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With reference to above, the Federation encloses herewith a copy of its letter of even number dated 22/02/2016 addressed to the DOP&T seeking review of the case as the situations in the Railways are different.

NFIR requests the Railway Board to pursue the matter again with the Ministry of Personnel (DoP&T) at appropriate higher level for obtaining special dispensation so that leave can be got accumulated beyound 300 days by the Railway employees. A copy of the proposal being sent to the DoP&T may be endorsed to the Federation for taking follow up action.

DA/As above

Yours faithfully,
(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)
General Secretary

Copy to the General Secretaries of affiliated Unions of NFIR.
Media Centre/NFIR.
File No.05/2010 (PNM).

Accumulation of Earned Leave/Leave on Average Pay (LAP) beyound 300 days.

No. 13012/I/2010-Est (L)

Department of Personnel and Training
Establishment(Leave) Section
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New Delhi, the 24th September, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Accumulation of Earned Leave/Leave on Average Pay (LAP) beyound 300 days.

The Undersigned is directed to refer to Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) O.M.No. E(P&A)I-2010/FE-4/2 dated 10.9.2012 on the above subject and to say that proposal therein is not agreed to as the justification given for the same is not satisfactory. When due leave is not even being availed and accumulations are lapsing there does not seem to be any case for further compounding such unavailed accumulations.

Further the Govt. Policy under lying the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 is to encourage Government servant to break the monotony of routine work through periodical savvaticals and balancing the same against the demand of public interest & exigencies. Ministry of Railways is requested to revisit their policy of grant of leave, so that the workforce is not denied leave in cases of acute personal needs and also be encouraged for periodic time off.

(Rishi Pal)
Section Officer

Ministry of Railways
(Shri K.Shankar, Dir.Estt.(P&A)
Railway Board
Room No.337-A, Pragati Madan
New Delhi

Source: NFIR

7th CPC Recommendations on Encashment and Accumulation of Earned Leave

7th CPC Recommendations on Encashment and Accumulation of Earned Leave

“The recommendations in relation to pay of both the civilian and defence forces personnel will also lead to a significant increase in the pay drawn and therefore in the total amount of leave encashment available for an employee. Therefore raising the present ceiling of 300 days is not recommended by the Commission”.

Earned Leave : Presently 30 days EL per annum is granted to Civilian employees and 60 days to Defence personnel.

EL can be accumulated up to 300 days in addition to the number of days for which encashment has been allowed along with LTC.

Suggestions have been made to increase the accumulation to 450 days, allow encashment of 50 percent of the accumulated EL after 20 years of service and delink encashment of leave from LTC. A novel concept of “gifting” has been put forward, wherein employee should be allowed to ‘gift’ certain number of days of leave to one’s spouse or one’s colleague. “Vacational” staff like teachers, principals, etc. have demanded restoration of 10 days EL, which was changed to 20 days Half Pay Leave by VI CPC.

Leave Encashment permitted at the time of retirement:

CPC	Earned Leave
IV CPC	240 days
V CPC	300 days
VI CPC	300 days
# # excludes 60 days EL encashment during LTC

Half Pay Leave (HPL) : Presently, government employees are entitled to 20 days of Half Pay Leave for each completed year of service, credited @10 days on the 1st of January and 1st of July every year. There are representations that encashment of HPL should be allowed at the time of superannuation.

Analysis and Recommendations : The demands lack merit. Elsewhere in the report it has been recommended that 20 days HPL granted to “Vacational” staff be converted into 10 days EL. Hence, HPL will henceforth not be available to them. No change other than this is recommended

Analysis and Recommendations : In many organizations, employees are encouraged to take leave on the premise that it revitalizes them and is beneficial for the organization in the long run. Such a system is not prevalent in the government sector in India, but substituting leave with cash is also not desirable. Hence, no change in encashment guidelines is recommended.

The Commission recognizes that Earned Leave is, as the name suggests, earned by an employee through the services rendered. Hence, it is personal to the employee and the concept of “gifting” cannot be considered.
The demand of “Vacational” staff can, however, be agreed to. Hence, it is recommended that “Vacational” staff be granted 10 days EL in place of 20 days Half Pay Leave. Other than this no other change is recommended.