GOVERNMENT
OF ANDHRA PRADESH
Public
Services - Implementation of 11th PRC - Comprehensive Leave benefits
- Child Adoption Leave / Child Care Leave / Special Causal Leave to
orthopedically challenged / Ex-gratia on EOL for certain deceases - Orders –
Issued.
Read the following: -
1. Report of the
Committee of Secretaries on 11th Pay Revision Commission.
2. Minutes of the
meeting of Ministers Committee and representatives of the Employee
Associations, dt.05.02.2022.
3.
O.M.No.13018/4/2004-Estt.(L), Govt of India, dt.31.03.2006.
4. G.O.Ms.No.132,
Finance (HR.IV FR&LR) Dept.,dt.06.07.2016.
5. G.O.Ms.
No.155, Finance (FR.I) Department, dt.04.05.2010.
2. Government after careful examination of the Report of 11th PRC and the Report of the Committee of Secretaries headed by the Chief Secretary, hereby orders the following leave benefits to the State Government employees:
3. Child Adoption Leave:
(i) During the
period of child adoption leave, he/she shall be paid leave salary equal to the
pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
(ii) Child
adoption leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
3.2 In continuation
of the child adoption leave granted the adoptive mothers may also be granted,
if applied for, leave of the kind due and admissible (including Leave not due
and Commuted leave not exceeding 60 (sixty) days without production of Medical
certificate) for a period up to one year reduced by the age of the adopted
child on the date of legal adoption, without taking into account the period of
child adoption leave.
3.3 This facility
shall not be admissible to an adoptive mother already having two surviving
children at the time of adoption.
3.4 The maximum
period of one year leave of the kind due and admissible (including Leave not
due and Commuted leave up to 60 days without production of Medical certificate)
will be reduced by the age of the child on the date of adoption without taking
into account Child Adoption leave as in the following illustrations:
• If the age of
the adopted child is less than one month on the date of adoption leave up to
one year may be allowed.
• If the age of
the child is six months and above but less than seven months, leave up to 6
months may be allowed.
• If the age of
the child is 9 months and above but less than ten months, leave up to 3 months
may be allowed.
3.5 Child adoption leave shall not be debited against the leave account.
4.
Child Care Leave:
4.1 Government
hereby orders to enhance the Child Care leave facility from 60 days to 180 days
in the entire service in respect of the women employees.
4.2 Further, the
same facility is extended to 'single' male employees (unmarried / widower / divorcee).
4.3 The conditions mentioned in the reference 4th read above are applicable for availing the Child Care Leave.
5. Special Causal Leave to orthopedically challenged and Nursing Staff:
Government hereby orders to sanction Special Casual Leave up to seven (7) days in a year for Orthopedically Challenged employees needing to change prosthetic aids. Same duration of Special Casual Leave has also been sanctioned for Nursing staff working in high-risk ward.
6. Ex-gratia on EOL for certain deceases:
6.1 Government as
per the recommendations of the PRC, from time to time, enhancing the limits of
ex-gratia allowance in respect of Non-Gazetted Government Servants and
Government Servants in Last Grade Service, while on extraordinary leave for
treatment for Tuberculosis / Leprosy / Cancer / Mental illness / heart diseases
and Renal (Kidney) failure, by issuing necessary amendment to Note (4) under
Rule 28 and to Note (4) under Rule 29 of A.P. Leave Rules, 1933. The ex-gratia
allowance is equal to half of the pay, subject to the minimum and maximum
limits specified from time to time.
|
Category |
Basic
Pay limit |
Ex-gratia
amount payable per month |
|
|
Minimum |
Maximum |
||
|
Non-Gazetted
Employees |
35,570 |
11.560 |
17,780 |
|
Last
Grade Employee |
- |
10,000 |
15.000 |
6.3 It is further to state that Extra Ordinary Leave for the above purpose may be allowed only after exhausting the Earned Leave and Half Pay Leave at credit.
7. These orders shall come into effect from 01.01.2022.
8. This order Is available on online and can be accessed at http://apeqazette.cqg.gov.in
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE
GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
SHAMSHER SINGH
RAWAT
SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
To
//FORWARDED : : BY ORDER//
SECTION OFFICER
