Andhra Pradesh Leave Rules : Earned Leave

All Temporary and Permanent Government Employees are eligible for Earned Leave (EL). It is 30 days for Permanent Government Employees and 16 days for Temporary Government Employees. The following rules are applicable for availing Earned Leave.

• Leave will be credited, in advance, in two spells on 1st Jan and on 1st July every calendar year. The credit for all temporary employees is 8 days for calendar half year. The credit for all permanent employees is 15 days for calendar half year.
• If appointed in the middle of the half year, credit for first two months will be one day each, third month two days and so on.
• For those who are retiring in the middle of the spell, All the permanent employees will earn leave at 2 ½ days for each completed month of service.
• The credit afforded is reduced by 1/10 of the period of dies-non or EOL if any in the previous half year. (As per G.O.Ms.No.384 Fin Dept, Dt.5.11.77)
• Completed months are to be considered and fraction of a month is to be ignored.
• The maximum accumulation of E.L is 300 days.

Surrender of Earned Leave

• The Government Employee can surrender a maximum of 30 ELs for cash value in lieu of the leave so surrendered.
• There should be an interval of 24 months gap between one surrender to another surrender of 30 days.
• There should be an interval of 12 months gap between one surrender to another surrender of 15 days.
• There should be an interval of 24 months gap between one surrender to another surrender of 15 days.
• Government permits employees who have balance more than 285 days of EL as on 30th June, can surrender EL without waiting for completion of 12 months.
• The total of E.L. availed and E.L. surrendered should not exceed 120 days at any time.
• Retired employees are permitted to encash 240 days of E.L.
• Temporary and emergency employees are eligible to surrender 15 days of earned leave after completing 24 months of service in the first instance and thereafter 15 days during the alternate financial year.

Recasting of Leave

• Leave has to be recast from the date of regularization after the declaration of the probation period – When a Government servant is appointed temporarily in the first instance and placed on probation at a subsequent date with retrospective effect his leave account should be recast with effect from the date of regularisation of his service
• The leave availed during the period remains the same, only leave balance will increase – The leave availed between the date from which his services are regularised and the date of issue of orders shall not be altered as a result of the additional leave that becomes due after recasting the leave account.
• The additional credit consequent of the recasting of leave shall be availed later date – The additional leave that becomes due as a result of recasting of the leave account shall be availed of only after later date.