Half Day Casual Leave for Govt Employees

Rules of half day’s CL for Central Govt. employees
2.10 Grant of half a day’s casual leave to a Government servant is permissible. The lunch interval will be the dividing line for the grant of half a day’s casual leave. The balance at credit in the casual leave account of Government servants can, therefore, be in terms of full day or full days and half a day.
(Ministry of Home Affairs Office Memorandum No.60/17/64-Estt.(A), dated 4th August, 1965)
2.11 If a Government servant having only half a day’s casual leave at his credit avails it in the afternoon of a day and is unable to resume duty on the next working day due to sickness or other compelling grounds, he may be permitted to combine half-a-day’s casual leave with regular leave by way of exception in the principle laid down in paragraph 2.1 above. However, a Government servant having only half a day’s casual leave at his credit who has applied for regular leave shall not be permitted to avail of the half a day’s casual leave on the afternoon on the day preceding the commencement of his leave.
(MHA OM No.60/45/65-Estt.(A), dated 4.2.66)
2.12 Half-d-day’s causal leave should be debited to the casual leave account of a Government servant for each late attendance but late attendance up to an hour, on not more than two occasions in a month may be condoned by the competent authority, if it is satisfied that the late attendance is due to unavoidable reasons. Similarly a Government servant, leaves office early before the time for closing of office without permission, half-a-day’s casual leave should be debited to his casual leave account for each such early departure from office.
(DP&AR OM No.28034/3/82-Estt.(A), dated 5th March, 1982)