Ref: From the G.A. (Ser-F) Dept., U.O.No.340/65-1, dt.4-3-1965.
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The
Government Memo.No.1925-Poll-B/59-33, G.A. (Poll-B) Department, Dt.7-1-1960
orders have been issued directing the privilege / earned leave should be
granted to all Govt. servants if applied for sufficiently in advance and that
such leave should not normally be refused unless leave arrangements are
impracticable. It has been represented that there are several cases where leave
applied for is either not granted or granted belatedly and that although there are
instructions of Government to the effect that the employees should be
encouraged to proceed on leave periodically, experience has shown that this
sound principle is not being observed in practice.
Government
have considered the matter carefully and direct that although leave cannot be
claimed as a matter of right and it is open to the competent authority either
to grant or refuse the leave applied for in the exigencies of public service,
yet as refusal of leave will be hardship to the emp1oyees who require leave
either for relaxation or passing domestic affairs or in cases where leave to
the maximum extent permissible is accumulated to the exclusion of further accumulation
under the rules. Leave should not normally be refused unless such refusal is
absolutely necessary in the exigencies of service which should be recorded.
