Half Pay Leave- Rule 75.3-SS Code

Half Pay Leave

 

75.3. (1) (a) Half pay leave to the extent of 20 days may be granted for each completed year of service to permanent employees of a school, on private affairs or on medical certificate. Every application for leave on medical certificate made by an employee shall be accompanied by a medical certificate given by a registered medical practitioner, stating as clearly as possible, the nature and probably duration of the illness.

 

(b) The authority competent to sanction leave may, at its discretion, secure a second medical opinion by requesting the Presidency or Civil Surgeon or District Medical Officer to have the applicant medically examined. Should it decide to do so, it must arrange for the second examinations to be made, on the earliest possible date after the date on which the first medical opinion was given. It should forward the original medical certificate produced by the applicant to the Medical Officer by whom he is to be re-examined.

 

(c)  This re-examination, if necessary, be arranged by the management at their own cost, if any and that, any expenditure on this account, will not held admissible for grant.

 

(d) The maximum period of half pay leave should be limited to four months at a time.