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HALF PAY LEAVE (HPL)

HPL Account

(i) Credit to the HPL account is made in advance, as under:

(a) On entering the service 5/3 days per month for each completed calendar month from the date of joining to the immediately following 1^st January/1^st July, rounding up to the nearest full days;

(b) Thereafter 10 days HPL on each 1^st July and 1^st January every year (i.e,20 days HPL for each completed year of service).

(c) On the date of retirement/resignation at the rate of 5/3 days per month for each completed calendar month in the relevant half year, rounding up to the nearest full day;

(d) On the date of removal/dismissal from service, 5/3 days per completed calendar month up to the end of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which he is removed or dismissed;

(e) When a Govt. servant dies while in service,5/3 days per completed month of service up to the date of death.

(ii) Debit to the HPL account is made-

(a) When half pay leave is availed: to the extent it is availed;

(b) When the commuted leave is availed: double the number of days so availed.

(d) 1/18^th of the period of dies non in a half-year, subject to a maximum of 10 days, shall be reduced from the half pay leave to be credited for the next half-year,

(e) When the employee overstays after leave without prior sanction, number of days he so overstays.

(iii) HPL can be-

(a) Availed with or without medical certificate,

(b) Converted into full pay leave as ‘commuted leave’ if leave applied for is on medical ground; or

(c) Converted into full pay leave as ‘commuted leave’ up to a maximum of 180 days during the entire service, to be utilized for an approved study course.

COMMUTED LEAVE

(i) Commuted leave cab be taken-

(a) With medical certificate up to a maximum of ½ the amount of HPL due to an employee,

(b) CGHS beneficiaries should get the medical certificate from CGHS,

- Up to a maximum of 180 days during the entire service for an approved course of study certified to be in public interest,