F.R. & S.R.

– PART III - Leave Rules

New Delhi, dated the 29th March, 2012.

Notification

GSR. ........ (E) In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 read with clause (5) of article 148
of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India in relation to persons
serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department the President hereby makes the following rules further to
amend the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 namely: -

(1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2012.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 for rule 12, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

"12. (1) No Government Servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years.

(2) Unless the President, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case. otherwise determines, a
Government servant who remains absent from duty for a continuous period exceeding five years other than on
foreign service, with or without leave, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Government service:

Provided that a reasonable opportunity to explain the reasons for such absence shall be given to that
Government servant before provisions of sub-rule (2) are invoked".

F.No. 13026/2/2010-Estt.(L)

Sd/-
(Mamta Kundra)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal rules were published vide Notification No. S.O. 940 dated 8th April, 1972 and were last
amended vide Notification number G.S.R. …… dated 28th March, 2012.