This Office Memorandum details the Government’s decisions regarding the encashment of leave for Central Government civilian employees, following recommendations from the Sixth Central Pay Commission. It supersedes previous orders, allowing for the encashment of both Earned Leave and Half Pay Leave, up to a combined limit of 300 days. The calculation for the cash equivalent of Half Pay Leave is specified, and the orders will take effect from September 1st, 2008. Amendments to the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, will be issued separately. The memorandum also lists the various departments and individuals to whom copies have been forwarded.
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No.14028/3/2008-Estt.(L)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
[Department of Personnel & Training]
New Delhi, the 25^{th } September, 2008.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission relating to encashment of leave in respect of Central Government civilian employees.
Consequent upon the decisions 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
=\frac{\begin{array}{c}
Half pay leave salary \
admissible on the date of \
retirement plus Dearness \
Allowance admissible on
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Number of days of half pay leave at credit subject to the total of earned leave and HPL at credit not exceeding 300 days.
- These orders shall take effect from 1^{st } September, 2008.
- Formal amendments to the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 are being issued separately.
- 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.
- Hindi version will follow.
To
All Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India, etc.(As per standard mailing list).
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New Delhi, the 25th September, 2008.
Copy also forwarded to:
(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 JCM (Staff Side), 13-C, Feroz Shah Road, New Delhi.
(6) All Members of Staff Side of the National Council of JCM/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 – www.persmin.nic.in
(12) 100 spare copies.
(Simmi R. Nakra)
Director(P&A)