REVISED LEAVE RULES-1980

Leave is earned during duty period , joining

time , casual leave etc.
No leave is earned during any kind of leave
granted under Leave Rules -1980 except
Quarantine Leave
Leave is earned 4 days for duty period of each
Calendar Month and there is no maximum limit
on accumulation of such leave
Duty period of sixteen days or more being treated
as full calendar month for earning of leave
Leave will be earned on full pay (LFP) only
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EARNINING AND ACCOMULATION

If duty period in both the months (starting and
ending of a duty spell ) is sixteen days or more
than leave to be credited to both the incomplete
months shall be restricted to four days (one
month) only
A civil servant in a vacation Department earns
leave one day for a calendar month
When a civil servant in a vacation Department is
prevented from availing vacations/part of
vacations then he will earn leave for four days
per calendar year / proportionately for the
period
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General Conditions
Leave shall be applied for , expressed and
sanctioned in terms of days
It is not necessary to specify the reasons for which
leave has been applied
Leave applied for on medical certificate shall not
be refused provided that the authority may, at its
discretion , secure a second medical opinion by
requesting the Civil Surgeon / Medical board to
have the applicant medical examined

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General Conditions..
Leave commences from the day following that on
which a civil servant hands over charge of his post
and ends on the day preceding that on which he
resumes duty
Weekly and gazetted holidays which fall at the start
and end of sanctioned/availed leave period are
prefixed / suffixed and not taken into account of
leave availed subject to applicant applies specifically
for this purpose
Civil servants in PS-16 (gazetted) and above
proceeding on leave shall hand over the charge of the
post
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General Conditions..
A civil servant can be recalled to duty
compulsorily with the personal approval of the
head of his office from leave of any kind
He may be granted fare and DA as admissible
on tour
If return from leave is optional , no such
concession is admissible
A civil servant on leave may not return to duty
before the expiry of the leave granted unless
permitted by the leave sanctioning authority
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General Conditions..
Overstayal after sanctioned leave
Unless the leave is extended by the authority
a civil servant who remains absent after the
end of his leave shall not be entitled to any
remuneration for the period of such absence
Double the debit of such absence shall be
debited against his leave account
In addition to above authority may initiate
disciplinary case against the civil servant
who over stayed after sanctioned leave
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General Conditions..
One type of leave may be combined with
Joining Time or any other kind of leave except
LPR & Casual Leave
A civil servant may apply for the type of leave
which is due to him and it shall not be refused
on the ground that another type of leave should
be taken
Leave account of non-gazetted employees is
maintained as part of Service Book and leave
account of employees in BS-16 & above is
maintained by the Accounts Office
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General Conditions..
A civil servant is entitled to the revised rate of
pay if a general revision in pay of civil servant
takes place or an annual increment occurs
All leave shall lapse when he quits service
An audit report shall not be necessary before
the leave is sanctioned
No civil servant who has been granted leave on
medical certificate may return to duty without
first producing a medical certificate of fitness

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RELAXATION OF GENERAL RULES

The Federal Government may in case of
hardship , relax all or any provision of these
rules
Such relaxation shall not be less favorable to
any benefit available to a civil servant under
the Leaves Rules -1980

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KINDS OF LEAVE
KIND OF
LEAVE

AMOUNT (Days)

REMARKS

LFP

120

LHP

No limit so long it is One LFP will be debited

for 2 days LHP
available

EOL

i) Up to 2 years when
service is less than 10
years
ii) Up to 5 years when
service is 10 years or
more

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120+180+364=665

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i) Extra ordinary leave

is granted without pay
& Allowances
ii) No effect on seniority
iii) Such period is not
counted towards pension

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KINDS OF LEAVE.
Recreation
Leave

15 days once a calendar Leave account is

year
debited by 10 days
and
conveyance
allow.
Is
also
deducted for 10
days

Leave
due

90 days up to 5
years service
ii) 365
days
when
service is more than
5 years

not i)

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-Off set against the

leave to be earned
in future
-365 days in entire
service

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KINDS OF LEAVE..
Special
leave

130 days to female civil -Out side leave

servant on death of her account
husband

Maternity
leave

- Up to 90 days
- Out side leave
- 45 days before and 45 days account up to 3
times in non
form date of confinement
vocational
Departments

Disability
leave

Up to 720 day to the civil

servant who injured in
performance of
official
duties

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-out side leave

account
-first 180 day on
full pay +LHP
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KINDS OF LEAVE
Leave
- Pakistan

Ex Extra title to avail the The conditions

leave in a foreign of the leave e.g.
country
LFP, LHP or
EOL
would
apply

LPR
(Leave -365 days
-25 year service
preparatory to -no limit for BS-21 & or 59 years age
Retirement)
22 Officers
Quarantine
leave

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-nature of extra CL
-21 days to 30 days
-leave is earned during
this kind of leave
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-in consequence
of
infectious
disease
-forced leave
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KINDS OF LEAVE..
-on Half pay
Study -up to two years in entire service
leave -a period of 12 month of study leave -service counts for
at one time be regarded a suitable
maximum in entire service
-within or outside Pakistan
-should not ordinarily be granted if
service is less than 5 years
-A study allowance shall be granted
-ordinarily civil servant shall bear
the expenses of traveling & fees etc

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pension
&
promotion
-on
applying
retirement without
returning the study
leave
will
be
debited to leave
account. If there is
no balance , period
treated as EOL

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