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West Bengal Government Notification

Different Types of Leaves for State Govt. Employees

There are following different types of leaves which are applicable for the Permanent/ Temporary Govt. employees of West Bengal. The latest revision of leave rules by G.O. are also considered alongwith West Bengal Service Rule Part I, Rule 144 to 207.

Types of Leave Admissibility Period of Leave Pay
Earned Leave Private affairs and medical ground. 30 days per year, maximum credit 300 days. Full Pay.
Half Pay Leave Private affairs and medical ground. 20 days for every year. advance half pay leave is permitted. Half Pay.
Commuted Leave a) Medical ground, not exceeding half the amount of half pay leave due.
b) Study purpose in the interest of public service up to a maximum of 90 days.		 Twice the amount of half pay leave is debited. Full Pay.
Leave not Due Medical ground based on medical certificate. 360 days during entire period of service. Half Pay.
Extraordinary Leave When no other leave is admissible. No limit. Without Pay & Allowances
Special Disability Leave Disability by injury or in consequence of due performance of official duties on production of medical board’s certificate. Maximum 24 months. 120 days Full Pay thereafter Half Pay.
Study Leave Higher study in the interest of public service. 12 months at any one time and 24 months during service period. Outside India, Full Pay + DA, within India Pay is admissible if Scholarship/ Stipend/ Part time salary is not drawn.
Quarantine Leave Specified infectious disease certified by medical officer. Normally 21 days, in exceptional cases 30 days. Full Pay.
Maternity Leave Only female Govt. employee. Also admissible for abortion, miscarriage. Maximum 180 days, 6 weeks for miscarriage and abortion. Full Pay.
Paternity Leave cum Child Care Leave Only Male Govt. employee for taking care of upto two children upto 18 years of their age. 30 days. Full Pay.
Child Care Leave Only Female Govt. employee for taking care of upto two children upto 18 years of their age. Maximum 730 days during entire period of service. Full Pay.
Child Adoption Leave Only female Govt. employee with less than two surviving children, adopts a child of less than 1 (one) year Maximum 135 days. Full Pay.
Hospital Leave Medical ground. 3 months. Full Pay and thereafter Half Pay.
Special Sick Leave Navel staff on medical ground. Maximum 3 months. Full Pay.
Casual Leave & Half Day C.L. Private affairs and medical ground. 14 days in each calender year. Full Pay.

Other pertinent points regarding leave:-

  • Leaves can not be claimed as a matter of right.
  • Except Casual Leave and Half day Casual Leave, all other leaves may be combined.
  • Permission is required from the leave sanctioning authority to join duty before the expiry of granted leave.
  • Increment is admissible during the period of leave except extra ordinary leave.
  • No Govt. employee shall take up employment during leave.
  • Cash equivalent of leave is admissible where a Govt. employee retires on attaining the age of superannuation/ death in service.

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  1. Respected sir/madam,
    I am a surgeon posted in a district hospital.
    I am suffering from kidney disease and will be needing 6 months of leave.
    I am in service for 14 years and till date have 300 days of earned leave as well as 240 days of medical leave in hand.
    How should I apply for the leave in a staged manner?
    Please advise.
    Thanks and regards.

  2. My wife is a GNM staff nurse.She will take Maternity leave from 7th June2017.Can she availv10 days casual leave from1st Jan.2017 to 5th June?Please give G.O if there any.
    Thanking you.
    Arun Manna

  3. I’m a staff nurse of WBNS & joined the service on 3/10/2016.My marriage has been fixed in this November.How many days I can get leave for the marriage without loss of service days? Please let me know.

  4. I want to know the rules for availing Government holidays which are to be availed by the Senior PHN or PHN under WBHS who are posted in different Blocks/Rural Hospitals. Whether all government Holidays or Holidays declared under N.I. Act are applicable to them or not.
    Please furnish replies/comments with relevant Govt. Order.

  5. Respected sir,
    I am serving as an Assistant Teacher in a Higher Secondary School for 8 years. I have not enjoyed any kind of leave till now except CL. I have 7 casual leave remaining. My father has been expired few days ago. I am not able to attend school for 15 days. Now which kind of leave should I draw?

  6. my wife is working as a RBSK Medical Officer (AYUSH) since 4th september of 2015. this is a contractual post with consolidated pay. she is now high risked elderly diabetic pregnant with hypothyroidism and obesity. how many days of maternity leave can she avail ? other than this what kind of leave can she avail ? after delivery is she eligible for child care leave ? please inform me fast. my email id is biswassp2008@gmail.com , my mobile no is 9231650277.

  7. My sister is an AT in a govt aided school. Presently she wants to join her husband who works abroad for a period of 10 months. She has never taken any medical leave nor any other leave since her joining on 17.10.2007.
    Please advice whether she can take a leave of continuous 10 months and if there will be any service break in that case.

    Thank you

  8. Dear sir
    Mai ek nursing staff hu under wb govt aur mera nwly job hai 1 year hua v nhi hai but mujhe tuberclusis ho gaya hai to mujhe kitna din ka leave mil sakta hair with pay or without pay plz reply me

  9. An A.T absent without intimation 280 days in two times, her date of joining 25.08.2010. what action will takn legally. Now she has join the school.

  10. my wife is a high school teacher of gov.school. she want to join me as iam working at abroad. How and what is the procedure to get one year extraordinary leave ? how to approach and whom to approach …. how many days it will take to get the order on N.O.C if i apply today. please give any one the way and possibilities to get leave for one year. most of the people telling we have no idea..even the officers also . what is the G.O number. some body telling only six months you will get . after that come ,join and again apply like that telling…this process is disturbing us a lot…we need one year leave with out pay also . please guide us…

  11. my wife is a highschool teacherof gov h.s.school. she want to join me as iam working at abroad .for how many days she can get leaves with pay full/half ./without pay. whether service will be discotinued or can join after a prolonged absence without pay.let me know everything.

    • I have been doing govt. job as as staff nurse under West-Bengal state Govt. since 1991. My husband is also now working under a p.s.u My mother-in-law is a cancer patient. I wish to avail one year leave for take care of my mother-in-law .Is it possible or not? kindly suggest me. Expecting your advice.

  12. Dear Sir,
    I’m working as a Staff Nurse in Government Hospital. Now I want to say that how ‘many times’ take Abortion Leave. I had already taken abortion leave two times. Now I had ectopic pregnancy, according to Dr. advice I abort this. Can I avail abortion leave? Kindly tell me. Expecting your advice…

    Thanks

    Chaina Pradhan

  13. My wife is an assistant teacher (Eng H/PG) in a Govt. aided jr. high school joined through SSC in July 2011. She wants to do her B Ed (regular basis) from one of the colleges outside West Bengal with her own arrangement.

    Is she eligible for study leave ?

    If not, how can she apply for extra ordinary leave? And whether her service will be broken for taking this leave for doing B Ed, in her own arrangement ?

    Plz reply soon.

    • my daughter,asst teacherof gov sponsered h.s.school want to join her husband abroad.for how many days she can get leaves with pay full/half ./without pay. whether service will be discotinued or can join after a prolonged absence without pay.let me know everything.
      regards
      prosenjit chaudhury

  14. Sir I am serving in Indian Navy and my wife is working in PFIMER Chandigarh as Sister Grade II in central government job. Sir I want to take majors treatment i.e aurtoscopy of my shoulder, infertility treatment and operation of my back bone problem feom PGI as dependent of my wife. What is criteria for this and what type of joint declaration is required and is that possible if I am serving in Indian Navy.

  15. Dear Sir,
    I’m working as a Staff Nurse with Tamilnadu Goverment Hospital. (After 6 years of Consolidated pay service last year got REGULAR posting) Now This REGULAR posting I have completed One year Service.I have 3yrs old kid.I wish to avail 1year leave for my kid care…Whether this is possible with my state? Kindly suggest me.Expecting your advice…

    Thanks

  16. Half pay and half average pay ki same? na ki alada?. Eita kobe pete pare? ar eitar niyam ki achhe ? kono circular thakley keo seita janano sahajyo korte paren ?

  17. Hi,myself Gagandeep kaur,central government employee,working as sister grade-2 for last 12 years.I have one child age of 4 year.who is studying in Bangkok as my husband is on deputation posting in Bangkok for 2years upto nov,2015.so I requested for child care leave for 1 year but all time I am harassed by my employer to avail leave due to take care of my small child.they considered me absent from duty even I have applied for a leave.Can they do me terminate from my 12year job

    • Sir I have already mentioned in my leave letter that my child is 4 years ,my husband is on deputation posting and even I have mentioned the period when I will resume my duty.but all time I am getting harassed that if I will not come they will do a strict action.but as a mother how I can leave my child alone.could you please help me if I will not join for one year.what action institute can do

  18. Respected sir…..
    I have been doing govt job as a staff nurse in civil hospital punjab since July 2013.Before it,i did a govt job as a staff nurse in NRHM department for four years.now I want to continue higher study post basic bsc nursing as a regular candidate with evening and night duty shifts….I want to know the process of higher study after giving the regular attendance on evening and night duty….

  19. Sir, I m working in Govt. ITI Haryana as a COPA trade Instructor. I joined on 13/08/2014 as permanent employee on above said post. Actually I was on Direct contract rate on the same post since last 5 years. On the Chief minister order ,now I joined it permanently. Sir, I need a single casual leave for take care my 2 years old baby. But our Official supdt. tell me that I am not able to take any casual leave before 35 days of joining. Please give me the right information about the all types of leaves of a new joiney female employee.& also tell us that why we are treating as a new employee?

  21. I am a Govt. Enterprise Employee and was absent from duty due to Aadhar Card registration. May i eligible for grant special leave or have to provide CL.

  22. There are 14 Casual Leaves. Already, I availed the 14. Now, If i want to seek Leave,may the D.D.O cut the leave from my Earned Leave?

  23. RESPECTED SIR,
    MY WIFE JOINED AS STAFF NURSE, GRADE II IN WEST BENGAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE MONTH OF MAY 2008. SHE WAS ON STUDY LEAVE FROM 01 AUG 2012 TO 01 AUG 2014 AND JOINED ON DUTY ON 02 AUG 2014. HER NURSING SUPDT. INFORMED HER THAT SHE WILL GET ONLY 06 DAYS CASUAL LEAVE OUT OF 14 DAYS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. HER BATCHMATE INFORMED THAT SHE WILL ENJOY 07 DAYS CASUAL LEAVE IN OTHER HOSPITAL.
    I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT WHAT WILL BE THE ACTUAL ENTITLEMENT OF CASUAL LAVE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
    THANKING YOU,

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