Leave Encashment Rules for Central Govt
Leave Encashment Rules for Central Govt
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Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
[Department of Personnel &Training]
New Delhi, the 25
th
September, 2008.
Subject:- Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission relating to encashment of
leave in respect of Central Government civilian employees.
Consequent upon the decisjons taken by the Government on the recommendations
of the Sixth Central Pay Commission relating to encashment of leave in respect of Central
Government civilian employees, the President is pleased to decide that in supersession of all
earlier orders on the subject, both Earned Leave and Half Pay Leave shall be considered for
encashment of leave subject to overall limit of 300 days. The cash equivalent payable for
Earned Leave shall continue unchanged. However, cash equivalent payable for Half Pay
Leave shall be equal to leave salary as admissible for Half Pay Leave plus Dearness
Allowance admissible on the leave salary without any reduction being made on account of
pension and pension equivalent of other retirement benefits payable. To make up the
shortfall in Earned Leave, no commutation of Half Pay Leave shall be permissible. The Cash
equivalent for half pay leave component shall, henceforth, be calculated in the manner
indicated below:-
Cash payment in lieu of
half pay leave component
Half pay leave salary
admissible on the date of
retirement plus Dearness Number of days of
Allowance admissible on half pay leave at
_t_h_at_d_a_te X credit subject to the
30 total of earned leave
and HPL at credit not
exceeding 300 days.
2. These orders shall take effect from 1
st
September, 2008.
3. Formal amendments to the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 are being
issued separately.
4. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Departments are
concerned, these orders are issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of
India.
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(Simmi R. Nakra)
Director(P&A)
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NewDelhi, the 25
th
September, 2008.
(1) Office of the Comptroller &Auditor General of India.
(1) Office of the Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance.
(2) Secretaries to Union Public Service Commission/Supreme Court of India/ Election
Commission/Lok Sabha Sectt./Rajya Sabha Sectt./Cabinet Sectt./Central Vigilance
Commission/President's Sectt./ Vice-President's Sectt./ Prime Minister's Office/
Planning Commission. _
(3) All State Governments and Union Territories.
(4) Governors of all States/Lt. Governors of all Union Territories.
(5) Secretary, National Council of J CM (Staff Side), 13-C, Feroz Shah Road, New
Delhi.
(6) All Members of Staff Side of the National Council of J CM/Departmental Council.
(7) All Officers/Sections of DOPT/Deptt. of Administrative Reforms & Public
Grievances/Department of Pensions & Pensioners Welfare/PESB.
(8) Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure
(9) Official Language Wing (Legislative Deptt.), Bhagwan Dass Road, New Delhi.
(10) Railway Board, New Delhi.
(11) NIC, DOPT - With the request to upload the contents of this O.M. on the Website
of this Department - [Link]
(12) 100 spare copies.
(Sime-
Director(P&A)
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