GOVERNMENT
OF ANDHRA PRADESH
FINANCE
(FR-I) DEPARTMENT
Cir.Memo.No.4338-A/95
/FR-1/13 Dated:18-02-2013
Sub: Earned Leave -
Surrender of Earned Leave – Instructions regarding encashment of Earned Leave
Clarification - Issued.
Ref: 1. Cir. Memo No. 15744-C/324/FR-I/2010, Fin.
Dept., dt. 15-6-2010.
2. Cir. Memo No.
14781-/278/FR-l/2011, Finance (FR-I) Department dated 22-6-2011.
3. Cir. Memo. No. 34005-A/870/FR-l/12, Finance
(FR-I) Department dated 14-12-2012.
A number
of files / enquiries are being received from the Departments of Secretariat,
whether employees who have surrendered Earned Leave in a financial year can
again surrender leave if they have 286
days and more EL in their credit without following the gap of one year, as per clause (b) in para 3 of the
Cir.Memo.No. 34005-A/870/FRI/ 12, Finance (FR-I) Department dated
14-12-2012.
2. The instructions
issued for the financial year 2010-11 vide Circular Memo. No.
15744-C/324/FR-1/2010, dated 15-6-2010 were continued in the reference 2nd
cited for the financial year 2011-12 and also said orders are made applicable
for every year until further orders in respect of encashment of Earned leave.
In the reference 3rd cited, orders were issued for surrender of 30
days of Earned Leave by the employees who are having 286 days and above Earned
leave to their credit as on 30th June of a year and have not availed
surrender of Earned leave for two financial years, as the same was not
mentioned in the reference 2nd cited. In the circumstances, the
orders issued in para 3 in the reference 3rd cited cannot be read in
isolation but should be read in continuation of paras 1-2- of the same in Para
4 of the said Circular Memo. i.e, reference 3rd cited it is specifically
mentioned that Earned Leave can be surrendered only under one clause in a
financial year. Despite this, a number of queries are being received in this
department on the same subject.
3. Hence, to avoid any
misinterpretation, it is hereby clarified that
encashment of Earned Leave is permissible only once in a financial
year, either under clause (a) of para 3
of the reference 3rd cited, or under clause
(b) of the same para, i.e. in case of employees who are having 286
days and above Earned Leave to their
credit as on 30th June of a year, 15 days / 30 days (if they surrender in the previous
year) of Earned Leave can be surrendered
without following the gap of 12/24 months respectively. Surrender of Earned Leave more than once in a
financial year exceeding the above limits of 15/30 days, and under both
clauses, is not permissible under any circumstances.
4. The Departments of
Secretariat / Heads of departments shall keep these instructions in view while
sanctioning the surrender of earned lease for the purpose of encashment.
5. All the Treasury
officers/ State Audit authorities/ Pay and Accounts officer, Hyderabad and
APAOs/ PAOs of works Accounts shall follow these instructions scrupulously
while dealing with the bills for encashment of earned leave.
Dr.
D. Sambasiva Rao,
Principal
Secretary to Govt.
