Study leave
narayan
(Querist) 25 November 2011
This query is : Resolved
as per central civil service rule 1972.an government employee is eligible for study leave for a period of 24 month... so can i avail 10 month study leave after completion of two years
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 25 November 2011
These two leaves cannot be clubbed and moreover 2 years vacation is available only if employee exhaust his all pending leaves under all heads.
R.Ramachandran
(Expert) 25 November 2011
Dear Narayan,
Study leave under the Central Govt. is available only to Group-A officers not even to Group-B officers. Nurses come under Group-C, therefore you are not even eligible for the study leave (2 years) which you are talking about about. Therefore the question of your availing the same simply cannot arise.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 26 November 2011
My suggestion is based upon the eligibility of such employee.
narayan
(Querist) 26 November 2011
50. Conditions for grant of study leave
(1) Subject to conditions specified in this Chapter, study leave may be
granted to a Government servant with due regard to the exigencies of
public service to enable him to undergo, in or out of India, a special course
of study consisting of higher studies or specialized training in a
professional or a technical subject having a direct and close connection
with the sphere of his duty.
(2) Study leave may also be granted-
(i) for a course of training or study tour in which a Government
servant may not attend a regular academic or semi-academic
course if the course of training or the study tour is certified to
be of definite advantage to Government from the point of view
of public interest and is related to sphere of duties of the
Government servant; and
(ii) for the purpose of studies connected with the framework or
background of public administration subject to the conditions
that-
(a) the particular study or study tour should be approved
by the authority competent to grant leave; and
(b) the Government servant should be required to
submit, on his return, a full report on the work done
by him while on study leave;
(iii) for the studies which may not be closely or directly connected
with the work of a Government servant, but which are capable
of widening his mind in a manner likely to improve his
abilities as a civil servant and to equip him better to
collaborate with those employed in other branches of the
public service.
NOTE.- Application for study leave in cases falling under clause (iii)
shall be considered on merits of each case in consultation with the
Department of Expenditure of the Ministry of Finance.
(3) Study leave shall not be granted unless-
(i) it is certified by the authority competent to grant leave that the
proposed course of study or training shall be of definite
advantage from the point of view of public interests;
(ii) it is for prosecution of studies in subjects other than academic
or literary subject:
Provided that an officer of the Indian Economic Service or Indian
Statistical Service may be granted study leave for prosecuting a course of
study for obtaining Ph.D., on a research thesis, subject to the conditions
that-
(a) the subject of research and the institution at which such
research is to be undertaken are got approved by the Chief
Economic Adviser to the Government of India, in case the
applicant is a member of the Indian Economic Service, or by
the Director, Central Statistical Organization, in case the
applicant is a member of the Indian Statistical Service;
(b) the applicant obtains a certificate from the said authority to the
effect that such study will be valuable in the matter of
increasing the efficiency of the officer in the performance of
his duties as a member of the Indian Economic Service or the
Indian Statistical Service, as the case may be; and
(c) in cases where the study is to be undertaken at a foreign
university, the applicant obtains a further certificate that the
facilities for research on the particular subject chosen for study
are not available at any University or other Institution in India:
Provided further that a Medical Officer may be granted study leave
for prosecuting a course of postgraduate study in Medical Sciences if the
Director-General of Health Services certifies to the effect that such study
shall be valuable in increasing the efficiency of such Medical Officer in the
performance of his duties:
Provided also that a specialist or a technical person may be granted
study leave, on merits of each case for prosecuting a postgraduate course of
study directly related to the sphere of his duty in case the Head of the
Department or the Secretary to the Department or Ministry concerned
certifies that the course of study shall enable the specialist or the technical
person, as the case may be, to keep barest with modern development in the
field of his duty, improve his technical standards and competence and thus
substantially benefit the Department or Ministry.
(iii) the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of
Finance agrees to the release of foreign exchange involved in
the grant of study leave, if such leave is outside India:
Provided that in releasing foreign exchange to Government servants
proceeding on study leave abroad, the Department aforesaid shall satisfy
itself whether such Government servant comply with the minimum
educational criteria as specified in the general orders issued by the said
Department from time to time regulating release of foreign exchange to
persons proceeding abroad for higher studies at their expense.
(4) Study leave out of India shall not be granted for the prosecution
of studies in subjects for which adequate facilities exist in India or under
any of the Schemes administered by the Department of Economic Affairs
of the Ministry of Finance or by the Ministry of Education.
(5) Study leave may be granted to a Government servant-
(i) who has satisfactorily completed period of probation and has
rendered not less than five years’ regular continuous service
including the period of probation under the Government;
(ii) who is not due to reach the age of superannuation from the
Government service within three years from the date on which
he is expected to return to duty after the expiry of the leave;
and
(iii) who executes a Bond as laid down in Rule 53(4) undertaking
to serve the Government for a period of three years after the
expiry of the leave
(6) Study leave shall not be granted to a Government servant with
such frequency as to remove him from contact with his regular
work or to cause cadre difficulties owing to his absence on
leave.
please guide can i avail 10 month study leave after completion of two year probation period. i am a staff nurse grade-B,at Gov hospital(LNJP hospital new delhi).i have finished my Msc Ist year and my second year is pending.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 27 November 2011
As per aforesaid provision there is no legal hurdle to avail leave.
