Leave Types: Practical Guide for Central Government Employees

Earned Leave, Half Pay Leave, Casual Leave, Extraordinary Leave and the rest of the CCS (Leave) Rules 1972 family — explained with application formats, decision trees, and what to do when leave is refused.

The Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules 1972 govern every category of leave a Central Government employee can take. The headline numbers are familiar (300 days of Earned Leave at credit, 730 days of Child Care Leave over a career, 180 days of Maternity Leave), but the rules that decide whether a particular application is sanctioned are buried in DoPT Office Memoranda issued over the last five decades.

Each article in this section takes one leave type, sets out the entitlement in the words of the rule, and then walks through the practical questions that come up in the office: the format of the application, the supporting documents the manager will ask for, the timeline within which sanction is supposed to be issued, the consequences of EOL or HPL on increment and pension, and what to do when an application is refused. Where the position has been settled by a Central Administrative Tribunal or High Court ruling, we cite the case.

Articles in this section