Half Pay Leave HPL

Half Pay Leave (HPL):

1. The Half Pay Leave admissible to a member of the staff in respect of each completed year of service shall be 20 days. Service includes periods of duty and leave including extraordinary leave with or without Medical certificate, but does not include  periods  of suspension  treated  as dies non, overstayal of leave/joining time unless otherwise regularized.

1. HPL is credited in advance at the rate of 10 days on the 1st January and 1st  July every year.

iii.      The advance credit for the half-year in which a staff is appointed will be at the rate of 5/3 days for each completed calendar month of service.

1. The advance  credit  will  be  reduced  by  1/18th  of  the  period  of  dies- non/suspension   treated  as  dies-non  during  the  preceding  half-year, subject to a maximum of 10 days.

1. HPL  credit for the half-year in which the staff retires/resigns/removed/dismissed  or dies in service will be afforded at the rate of 5/3 days per completed calendar month up to the end of the calendar month preceding  the last calendar month of service.  While affording credit, fraction shall be rounded off to the nearest day.

1. HPL may be availed of either on medical certificate or on private affairs.