Notification No. FD.SR.II-9-107/2012 is issued by Government of the Punjab Finance Department dated 30-10-2012.
Maternity and Paternity Leave Rule Amendment for Punjab Govt. Employees Finance Department
In exercise of the powers conferred under section 23 of the Punjab civil servants Act 1974(VIII of 1974), Government of the Punjab is pleased to direct that in the revised leave rules 1981, the following amendments shall be made.Amendments:
In said rules, in rule 13:
I) for sub-rule(1), the following shall be substituted:
"(1)A female civil servant may, for the maximum period of ninety days, be granted maternity leave with full pay outside her leave account at any time, immediately before or after the birth of a child and she shall not be required to provide fitness certificate purposes of joining duties after such leave."
and
(2) After sub-rule(7), the following sub-rule(8) shall be inserted:
"(8) A male Staff servant may, for the maximum period of seven days, be granted paternity leave on full pay outside his leave account on or immediately before the birth of his child:
Provided that such leave shall be admissible only for two time during the entire service."
Rule 13 in Detail:
Maternity Leave: (1)Maternity Leave may be granted on full pay outside the leave account to a female civil servant to the extent of ninety daysin all from the date of commencement (as specified in the application for leave) or forty five days from the date of her confinement, whichever be earlier.(2)Such leave may not be granted for more than three times in the entire service of a female civil servant except in the case of a female civil servant employed in a vocation department who may be granted maternity leave without this restriction.
(3)For confinements beyond the third one, the female civil servant(in a non-vocation department) would have to take leave from her normal leave account.
(4) The spells of maternity leave availed of prior to the coming into force of these rules shall be deemed to have been taken under these rules.
(5) Maternity leave may be granted in continuation of or in combination with any other kind of leave including extra ordinary leave as may be due and admissible to a female civil servant.
(6) Leave salary to be paid during maternity leave shall be regulated as for other leave, in accordance with existing instructions of the government.
(7) The leave salary to be paid during maternity leave will therefore remain unaffected even if an increment accrues during such leave and the effect of such an increment will be given after the expiry of maternity leave, in the event of resumption of duty by such female civil servant.
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