Government
have received representations from various service Associations for
liberalising the provisions of the state leave rules. The representations have
been fully considered, in the light of the measures introduced by Government of
India through their office Memorandum cited.
i) The limit of
180 days of commuted leave, during the entire service, according to the existing
rules, shall be raised to 240 days. The other terms and conditions for the
grant of this leave shall remain in force as at present.
ii) In case a Government servant dies while in
service, the cash equivalent of the leave salary that the deceased employee
would have got, had he gone on P.L. / Earned Leave, but for death, due and
admissible on the date immediately following the date of death, subject to a
maximum of leave salary
for 120 days shall be paid to his family subject to reduction from the leave
salary of pension and pension equivalent of to their retirement benefits.
iii) A Government
servant who proceeds on P.L. / Earned leave from a post, the maximum of which
in the revised D.A. merged pay scale, does not exceed Rs.600 = 00 p.m. shall be
entitled to leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding
on leave.
(By
Order and in the Name of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh)
