അനുബന്ധം VIII

 APPENDIX VIII  

RULES FOR THE GRANT OF LEAVE TO OFFICERS  

APPOINTED FOR LIMITED PERIODS  

(Referred to in Appendix I and Note I below Rule 63 of Part I)  

1. Where the appointment is for one year or less, earned leave on full pay  

calculated at 1/11th of the period spent on duty may be granted subject to  

a maximum of 15 days on production of medical certificate. If earned  

leave has been exhausted, leave on medical certificate, on *half pay upto  

15 days may be granted subject to the condition that the total period of  

the two kinds of leave does not exceed one month in the officer’s term of  

service.  

If the officer serves in a vacation department, earned leave will not be  

admissible; but he may be granted, if absolutely necessary leave on  

medical certificate on *half pay not exceeding 1/11th of the time spent on  

duty, subject to a maximum of 15 days during the officer’s term of service.  

*This amendment shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from  

1st April 1973.  

2. Where the appointment is for more than one year but not more than five  

years, earned leave will be admissible at 1/11th of the period spent on  

duty, subject to the limit of 15 days in a year. Such leave may be  

accumulated upto a maximum period of two months. Leave on medical  

certificate on † half pay may also be granted in addition to earned leave  

subject to a maximum of two months in all during the period of service. In  

addition, leave without allowances may be granted in special  

circumstances, when no other leave is admissible, subject to a total  

maximum limit of three months.  

If the officer serves in a vacation department earned leave will not be admissible.  

*[G O(P) No. 491/1975/Fin., Dated 24/10/1975]

†[G O(P) No. 825/1980/Fin., Dated 31/10/1980]

 Note.-Maternity leave under Rules 100 and 101 will be admissible to female  

officers appointed on contract basis continuing in service beyond one  

year provided they would continue in service but for proceeding on  

such leave.  

†This amendment shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from  

26th August 1971.  

3. Where the appointment is for a longer period than five years, but not for  

an indefinite period, or an original appointment for five years or less is  

extended so as to make the total period of appointment longer than five  

years but not for an indefinite period, leave admissible to a permanent  

officer under the ordinary rules, may be allowed subject to the condition  

that leave on medical certificate on *half pay will be limited to six months  

in all. In the case of extension of the original term of appointment to more  

than five years, the officer will be credited with the earned leave that  

would have been admissible had the appointment been initially one of  

more than 5 years diminished by the earned leave already taken and  

leave on medical certificate on *half pay, if any, already taken, will count  

against the six months limit prescribed.  

4. In the case of an officer falling under Rules 2 and 3 above, earned leave due  

may be granted after the expiry of the period of appointment, only if the leave  

has been applied for during the period of appointment and refused owing to  

the exigencies of the public service. An officer whose services are dispensed  

with on grounds of ill-health may be permitted to take all the earned leave due  

to him before his service is terminated.  

5. The terms “earned leave” and “leave on medical certificate on half pay” used  

in these rules have the same meanings as they have in the other rules of  

the Kerala Service Rules and the leave salary during leave taken under  

†[G O(P) No. 825/1980/Fin., Dated 31/10/1980]  

*[G O(P) No. 491/1975/Fin., Dated 24/10/1975]  

 these rules shall be regulated under Rules 92 and 93 of Part I, Kerala  

Service Rules *.  

*This amendment shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from  

1st April 1973.  

6. An officer initially engaged for a limited period becomes subject to the  

ordinary leave rules in their entirety, on his being taken into permanent  

employment. In such a case, the officer will be credited with all the leave  

that would have been admissible, had his appointment been one for an  

indefinite period from the start diminished by the leave already taken.  

Leave on medical certificate, if any, already taken will count against the  

maximum limit prescribed.  

7. In the case of an officer who has been appointed for a limited period to a  

temporary post or to a permanent post in an officiating capacity, leave will be  

granted only on the further condition that his leave vacancy is not filled up  

and that the leave or any portion thereof will not go beyond the sanctioned  

period of his service.  

Note.-The above rules will not apply to officers who were appointed before  

the coming into effect of these rules or to officers in whose case the  

terms of their appointment specifically provide for the grant of leave  

otherwise than in accordance with these rules.  

Government Decision No. 1  

† Rules in Appendix VIII will apply to provisional recruits in the matter of  

leave.  

Government Decision No. 2  

**The leave earned by provisional recruits during provisional service  

diminished by the leave, if any, already taken will be carried forward on  

regularisation of their provisional appointment without any interruption.  

*[G O(P) No. 491/1975/Fin., Dated 24/10/1975]

† [G O(P) No. 103/1961/Fin., Dated 04/03/1961]

**[G O(P) No. 388/1970/Fin., Dated 03/06/1970]

 **The provisional recruits will be eligible for the leave admissible to regular  

employees only from the date of regularisation of appointment.  

Government Decision No. 3  

†An officer on contract appointment will be credited with the leave earned  

by him in his previous contract appointment (s) diminished by the leave, if  

any, already taken even if the appointments are not in the same post provided  

there is no break between the appointments.  

Government Decision No. 4  

# Officers appointed on a fixed monthly honorarium against regular sanctioned  

post will be governed by the leave rules in this Appendix. The benefit of surrender  

of earned leave will be allowed to them as in the case of provisional employees.  

*8. (i) An officer appointed under rule 9(a) (i) of the General Rules of Part II of the Kerala  

State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 through Employment Exchange for  

a period of 180 days shall be eligible for casual leave at the rate of one day for a  

month subject to a maximum of six days. Casual leave may be allowed to combine  

with Sundays and other authorised holidays provided that the resulting period  

of absence from duty shall not exceed four days at a strech.  

(ii) Contract employees referred to in rule 8, and re-employed pensioners  

referred to in rule 63 of Part I of these rules may be granted casual leave  

at the rate of one day for a month subject to a maximum of twelve days  

in a year. The leave may be allowed to combine with Sundays and other  

authorised holidays provided that the resulting period of absence from  

duty shall not exceed seven days at a stretch.  

(iii) All other conditions in rules relating to casual leave under Appendix VII,  

Part I of these rules shall mutatis mutandis apply”.  

**[G O(P) No. 322/1993/Fin., Dated 12/05/1993]

†[G O(P) No. 499/1971/Fin., Dated 23/08/1971]

# [G O(P) No. 55/1974/Fin., Dated 07/03/1974]

*[G O(P) No. 333/2014/Fin., Dated 13/08/2014. (with effect from 01/12/2010)]