Types of Leave applicable for Defence Personnel

Leave for Defence Personnel after implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations – Procedure for availing Annual Leave, Casual Leave, and Sick Leave

LEAVE CAUSALITIES

(i) GENERAL RULE POSITION:

Sl	Types of Leave	JCOs/OR	Recruits/ Boys
1.	Annual Leave (AL)	60 days	30 days
2.	Casual Leave (CL)	30 days	30 days
3.	Sick Leave	(a) Entire period spent in a military or a recognized civil hospital is treated as duty subject to individual falling sick whilst on duty.(b) After discharge from hospital, further sick leave may be granted, if advised by medical auth.(c) There is no limit of sick leave	Admissible as per JCOs/OR

• Normally CL is granted for 10 days at a time. In exceptional cases, this period may be extended to 20 days.
• A unit commander may, at his discretion, permit an individual to avail accumulated AL up to 90 days provided individual had no leave other than CL in the preceding calendar year.
• Note : This concession up to 90 days will be granted to only those who have put in at least 6 months service in the preceding calendar year.
• On Deputation to UN MISSION, Annual Leave may be availed in next year.

Sanctioning Authority : Leave JCOs/OR

Sl	Nature of Leave	Sanctioning Authority
1.	Casual Leave, Annual Leave and Sick Leave	Officer Commanding Unit
2.	Leave Pending Retirement/discharge	Officer Commanding Unit in consultation with Officer I/c Record Office
3.	Annual / Accumulated Annual leave and Sick Leave ex-India
(i)	Personal Serving in lower formation	Officer having power of not lower than Brigade/ Sub Area or equivalent Commander
(ii)	Personal serving at IHQ of MoD (Army)	Directors
4.	Recruits & Boys
	Casual Leave, Annual Leave and Sick Leave	Commandant Training Centre/Officer Commanding Boys company

 

OVERSTAYAL OF LEAVE

All cases of CL beyond the normal entitlement at a time will be regularised by an officer having powers of not less than an Area/Divisional or equivalent commander:

Category of Personnel	Period of Overstay	Competent Authority
JCO/OR(other than Gorkhas)	Overstay up to 30 days of AL	Officer Commanding
JCO/OR (Other than Gorkhas)	Overstay up to 30 days of accumulated AL	An officer having powers of not less than an Area/Divisional or equivalent Commander
Gorkhas JCO and OR	Overstay up to 30 days of annual or accumulated annual leave	Officer Commanding

 

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Grant of SCCIA/HAUCL/HAUCH/HAUCS/SIACHN/CHAFAA etc on rejoining from leave wherever applicable will be notified separately.

2. Date of rejoining from any type of leave will be mentioned in Column 4.

3. Description of leave from which rejoined will be mentioned in Column 7(a).

4. Reference Part II Order of leave/extended leave viz AL, PAL, ADVAL, BAL, RL, CL, SL, ACCMAL,CAL and EXTNLV, from which rejoined will be mentioned in Column 8.

(ii) CASUAL LEAVE (CL)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Field allowances (CFAA and CMFAA) will not be ceased during leave period [w.e.f 01/01/1996, on rationalisation of these allowances].

2. Cessation of SCCIA/HAUCL/HAUCH/HAUCS/SIACHN/CHAFAA etc while proceeding on leave, wherever applicable, will be notified separately.

3. Leave period including prefix and suffix will be mentioned in Column 4. Portion of casual leave falling in next calendar year will be debited against that year’s entitlement of casual leave.

4. Column 6 is for recording the number of days involved in journey under SRA heading and that of stay at home under NRA heading.

5. Prefix and suffix will be added to the days shown under SRA Column and their No of days will be mentioned in Column 9 (a) and (b) respectively.

(iii) ANNUAL LEAVE (AL)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Field allowances (CFAA and CMFAA) will not be ceased during leave period [w.e.f 01/01/1996, on rationalisation of these allowances].

2. Cessation of SCCIA/HAUCL/HAUCH/HAUCS/SIACHN/CHAFAA etc while proceeding on leave, wherever applicable, will be published.

3. Leave period including prefixes and suffixes will be mentioned in Column 4.

4. Column 6 is for recording the number of days involved in journey under SRA heading and that of stay at Home under NRA heading.

5. For Prefix and Suffix ref Rule 33 (b) of Leave Rules for the Services Volume I Army (Revised Edition).

6. Prefix and suffix will be added to the days shown under SRA Column and their No of days will be mentioned in Column 9 (a) and (b) respectively.

REASON FOR REJECTION

• Over Lapping with NRA

(iv) ADVANCE OF ANNUAL LEAVE (ADVAL)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Leave for next year may be availed in advance in current year provided leave in current year is not available.

1. Field allowances (CFAA and CMFAA) will not be ceased during leave period [w.e.f 01/01/1996, on rationalisation of these allowances].

2. Cessation of SCCIA/HAUCL/HAUCH/HAUCS/SIACHN/CHAFAA etc while proceeding on leave, where ever applicable, will be notified.

3. Leave period will be mentioned in Column 4. Column 6 is for recording the number of days involved in journey under SRA heading and that of stay at Home under NRA heading.

REASON FOR REJECTION

• Over Lapping with PAL
• Over Lapping with EXTNAL
• Over Lapping with CL
• Reference Do2 Marked As Cancelled with Reference To Cancel Do2.

(v) BALANCE OF ANNUAL LEAVE (BAL)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Field allowances (CFAA and CMFAA) will not be ceased during leave period [w.e.f 01/01/1996, on rationalisation of these allowances].

2. Cessation of SCCIA/HAUCL/HAUCH/HAUCS/SIACHN/CHAFAA etc while proceeding on leave, where ever applicable, will be notified.

3. Leave period including prefix and suffix will be mentioned in Column 4.

4. Column 6 is for recording the number of days involved in journey under SRA heading and that of stay at home under NRA heading.

5. Reference of previous grant of PAL will be mentioned in Column 8.

6. For Prefix and Suffix refer Rule 33 (b) of Leave Rules for the Services Volume I Army (Revised Edition).

7. Prefix and suffix will be added to the days shown under SRA Column and their No of days will be mentioned in Column 9 (a) and (b) respectively.

REASON FOR REJECTION :

• Time Bar Publication.
• Over Lapping with BAL/PAL/CL
• Reference DoII Marked As Cancelled with Reference To Cancel DoII.

(vi) REJOIN FROM LEAVE (REJLVE):

RULE POSITION:

Whenever a Jawan proceeds on leave viz. AL (PAL, BAL), CL, AWL, OSL , on return from leave rejoining DOII with description REJAL, REJCL, REJAWL, REJOSL to be published with the reference of concerned Leave Part II Order, to restore the Pay and entitled allowances.

For rejoining from PAL and BAL, rejoining DOII to be published with description REJAL.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Grant of SCCIA/HAUCL/HAUCH/HAUCS/SIACHN/CHAFAA etc on rejoining from leave wherever applicable will be notified separately.

2. Date of rejoining from any type of leave will be mentioned in Column 4.

3. Description of leave from which rejoined, will be mentioned in Column 7(a).

4. Reference Part II Order of leave/extended leave viz AL, PAL, ADVAL, BAL, RL, CL, SL, ACCMAL,CAL and EXTNLV, from which rejoined, will be mentioned in Column 8 of DOII.

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