Joining Time Leave

Joining Time
An employee may be granted joining time to enable: –
a. To join a new post to which he is appointed while on duty in his old post, or directly on relinquishing charge of that post either at the same or new station.
b. To join a new post:
(i) on return from privilege leave, or
(ii) when he has not sufficient notice of his appointment to the new post on return from leave other than that specified in sub-clause (i) above.
43. (a) Time reasonably required for the journeys between the places of training and the stations to which an employee is posted immediately before and after the period of training is treated as part of joining time.
(b) An employee who is appointed while on leave to a post other than that from which he took leave, may be granted full joining time.
(c) Where an order of appointment to join a new post does not involve a change of residence from one station to another station, not more than one day shall be allowed to join such new post. A holiday counts as a day for the purpose of this sub-rule.
44. Period of joining time admissible
(a) In cases involving transfer from one station to another and also involving change of residence, the employee shall be allowed joining time with reference to the distance between old headquarters and the new headquarters by direct route and ordinary mode of travel indicated below. When holiday (s) follow (s) joining time, the normal joining time may be deemed to have been extended to cover such holiday (s).
Distance between old & new headquarters # Joining time by rail # Joining time for road journey
1000 Kms. or less #10 days #12 days
More than 1000 Km. # 15 days # 12 days
More than 2000 Km. # 15 days # 15 days

Note : 1. Distance means actual distance charged by the railways.
2. Where journey by road does not exceed 200 kms. joining time will be as admissible for rail journey.
(b) Travel by road not exceeding 8 Kms. to and from railway or bus station at the beginning or end of the journey will not count for calculating joining time. The period of un availed joining time shall be credited to privilege leave account.
(c) Joining time shall be calculated by the route which is ordinarily used for travel unless competent authority for special reasons otherwise orders.
(d) Joining time shall also be calculated from the place other than the employee’s headquarters, if he is authorized to take over charge of the post at such other place.
(e) If an employee is directed to proceed to a place different from that indicated in the initial transfer orders, he shall be entitled to joining time already availed of up to the date of receipt of revised orders plus fresh spell of full joining time from the date following the date of receipt of orders. Fresh joining time will be calculated from the place at which he received orders.
(f) If an employee takes leave while in transit from one post to another, the period, which he has elapsed after handing over the charge of old post, shall be included in his leave.
(g) An employee while on leave other than casual leave will be entitled to joining time when appointed to a new post provided that the joining time will be calculated from his old station or from the place in which he received order of appointment whichever calculation will entitle him to less joining time.
(h) No joining time will be admissible in case of temporary transfer for a period not exceeding 180 days.
45. Extent of joining time Joining time may be extended by a competent authority up to the maximum limit of 30 days on such conditions as he may think fit in the following circumstances: –
(i) When an employee falls sick on the journey on transfer;
(ii) When an employee has been unable to use the ordinary mode of traveling under

Rule No. 44, for the reasons beyond his control or notwithstanding due deligence on his part, has spent more time on the journey than is allowed under the rule.
46. Payment during joining time
An employee during joining time shall be treated as on duty and shall draw his pay
under :-
(a) During joining time under clause (a) of rule 42, he will draw the following time pay equal to the pay, which he would have drawn had he not been transferred. He will be entitled to dearness allowance, compensatory allowance like city compensatory allowance, house rent allowance as applicable to old station from which was transferred. He will not be allowed conveyance allowance or
permanent traveling allowance, if any.
(b) During joining time under clause (b) of Rule 42, he will draw leave salary at the rate at which he last drew it on leave other than extraordinary leave. However, no payment will be made if he is on joining time after returning from extraordinary leave.
(c) If the transfer to the new posts is not made in the interest of the Corporation but at the request of the employee himself, no joining time pay will be allowed to him.
The competent authority may grant leave admissible to him to cover the period between the dates of handing over charge at another station, if he applies for such leave.
(d) An employee transferred to a post on return from leave shall during the period of taking over charge draw the presumptive pay of the post held by him substantively before proceeding on leave and if he was holding the post in the officiating capacity, he will draw the officiating pay of that post, the pay which will be admissible to him after taking over charge, whichever is less.
(e) No pay or leave salary will be admissible if an employee who does not join his new post after the expiry of joining time and willful absence from duty after the expiry of joining time will be treated as disobedience and misbehavior.
(f) An employee who as result of selection by open recruitment is appointed to another post in the Corporation and posted at a place other than his present headquarters will be entitled to joining time and joining time pay.
Note : A competent authority being satisfied with the reasons furnished by the employee may commute this period into extraordinary leave to avoid interruption in service.