Joining Time & Other Leaves

JOINING TIME ON TRANSFER: Sastry Award – Para 550, 551 & 552

1. Joining time shall be granted o an employee to enable him/her

a. To join a new post to which he/she is appointed while on duty in his/her old post, or

b. To join a new post on return from leave.

2. An employee in respect of joining time shall be entitle to the pay and allowances of the old or the new post, whichever is less.

3. Joining time which shall be allowed o an employee, shall not exceed six days, exclusive of the number of days spent on travelling.

4. In calculating joining time admissible to an employee, the day on which he/she is relieved from his/her old post shall be excluded but public holidays following the day of his/relieve shall be included in the joining time.

5. An employee who does not join his post within the joining time allowed to him/her shall be deemed to have committed a breach of discipline.

6. No joining time shall be admissible when he transfer does not involve a change in the situation of his/her office and a joining time of not more than one day (inclusive of a holiday or Sunday) is permissible when the new appointment takes place in the same town or station.

EXTRAORDINARY LEAVE:–

1. May be granted to an employee when no ordinary leave is due to him. Except in exceptional circumstances the duration of extraordinary leave shall not exceed 3 months on any one occasion and 12 months during the entire period of an employee’s service.

2. A competent authority may grant extraordinary leave in combination with or in continuation of leave of any other kind admissible to the employee.

3. No pay and allowances are admissible during the period of extraordinary leave and the period spent on such leave shall not count for increments; provided that in cases where the sanctioning authority is satisfied that the leave was taken on account of illness or for any other cause beyond the employee’s control it may direct the period of extraordinary leave may count for increments; provided that in the case of employees who are office bearers of registered trade unions increments may be deferred only to the extent that extraordinary leave exceeds 2 months in any increment year.

SPECIAL LEAVE – may be granted to office bearers of AIBEA, NCBE, and INBEF as follows:

a. Principal office bearer - up to 21 days in a calendar year

b. Central Committee member – up to 17 days in a calendar year

c. Office bearer of EC of state – up to 7 days in a calendar year at all India level

Where an employee falls under more than one category, only the highest quantum under any of the categories which he/she falls is reckoned.

SPECIAL DUTY LEAVE is available in addition to the foregoing for the purpose such as:

a. FOR BLOOD DONATION – The Banks grant one day special casual leave to the employees who donate blood on a working day at a blood bank of a hospital only on production of a certificate from the medical officer of the concerned hospital to that effect. The blood may also be donated at any blood collection drive sponsored by such hospital – If the employee donates he blood after office hours, he/she may be granted 1 day special casual leave the next day, provided the next day does not happen to be a holiday or weekly off. Ref. IBA PRS(ii)No.2371/65(i)-74.76 dt.29.04.1976 PPD No.961/R(ii)85.86 dt.17.04.1986.

b. FOR ADOPTING SMALL FAMILY NORMS – 6 days special casual leave to mal employees for undergoing sterilization/vasectomy operation, 14 days special casual leave for female employees who undergo non-puperal tubectomy operation, 1 days special casual leave to female employees who had IDU insertions, 7 days special casual leave for male employees whose wife undergoes non-puperal tubectomy operation, subject to production of necessary medical certificate. An employee is not entitled to special casual leave after maternity leave, if the sterilization was done during the maternity leave. Ref: HO: IP: I: CM: 1-1652B04 dated 04.02.2003.

C. IN CASE OF INJURIES ON DUTY –special leave while recouping from injuries and shall be fully reimbursed with medical cost and treatment over and above his normal entitlement.

d. FOR EXERCISING FRANCHISE – ELECTION – One day special casual leave will be sanctioned to employee for exercising the franchise for elections to Lok Sabha/Legislature/State Assembly/Panchayat/Corporation/ Municipality or local bodies when the election is at the place of residence of an employee and his/her office is located elsewhere.

e. FOR NON ATTENDANCE OF OFFICE DUE O CURFEW –

i. Where an employee was not able o attend the office on account o imposition of curfew either at the place of residence or at the place o work, the absence should be treated as special casual leave.

ii. If the curfew was imposed only for a part of the working hours either at the place of residence or at the place of work, the employees who attended office during the non-curfew part of working hours should be treated as having attended for the full day and the absence of those employees who did not attend during the non curfew hours should be adjusted against their usual leaves.

iii. This special casual leave is provided only where it is physically impossible to attend office. This leave is also granted when it is impossible to reach office from curfew bound area which falls between the route from residence and office o the employees and I is also not possible to reach office even avoiding such roué and the government authorities have not permitted employees to travel through curfew bound areas.

f. FOR MOUNTAINEERING, TREKKING EXPEDITION ORGANISED BY YOUTH HOSTELS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA, REPRESENTING THE BANK/STATE IN SPORTS – shall not exceed 30 days on any one occasion and not more than 3 occasions in the entire service of the employee with a gap of at least 2 years subject to production of certificate. The expedition shall be approved by Indian mountaineering foundation – Refer Branch Circular No.84/51 dated 31.05.1990 and 85/140 dated 02.09.1991

GRANT OF SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE TO THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
(AS DEFINED IN PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995 FOR PARTICIPATING IN CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/TRAININGS RELATED TO DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZED BY THE CENTRAL, STATE AND UNION TERRITORIES GOVERNMENT  - NOT MORE THAN 10 DAYS IN A CALENDAR YEAR

10. UNAVAILED CASUAL LEAVE – Can be availed without production of medical certificate for leave not exceeding a day on grounds of sickness.

11. LEAVE PREPARATORY TO RETIREMENT, where PL was withheld for an employee he shall be paid pay and allowances upon retirement.

12. FOR ATTENDING COURTS OR ENQUIRIES: Special leave should be granted to employee who is summoned to attend courts or departmental enquiries outside the Bank for giving evidence on behalf of the Bank.

SABBATICAL LEAVE SCHEME DISCONTINUED W.E.F. 29.04.2008 - REF HO BR.CIR.NO.102/31 DT.09.05.2008