Railway Leave Rules – Multiple Choice Questions Answers with explanation

Maximum LAP per year: 30 days.
Maximum accumulation of LAP: 300 days.
Maximum LAP that can be availed at a time: 180 days.

Gazetted officers may be granted Leave on Average Pay (LAP) exceeding 180 days but not exceeding 240 days if leave is granted outside India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, or Pakistan.

Paternity leave is granted for 15 days for male government employees in India. This leave is available within six months of the birth or adoption of a child, provided the employee has less than two surviving children

Physically Challenged employees are eligible for additional 4 days CL in a year.

Special casual leave up to a maximum of 30 days in a calendar year may be granted to Railway employees and also apprentices and trainees who are scouts or Rover scouts for attending camps or rallies or when engaged on scouting duties on instructions from Scouting authorities.

PL – Paternity Leave
● PL is sanctioned to male employees.
● Employees should have less than 2 surviving children.
● Period of this leave is 15 days.
● PL is sanctioned during confinement of the wife (i.e. 15 days
before or within 6 months from delivery date).
● If PL is not availed within the above period, it will lapse.
● PL is sanctioned even for adoption of a child of less than one year age.
● PL is not debited to any leave account.
● Full salary is paid during PL.
● PL can be combined with any other kind of leave.

The maximum limit for accumulation of leave on average pay (LAP) at 300 days was made effective from July 1, 1997. This means that before this date, the maximum limit was 240 days.

Maternity leave is granted to female Railway servants with less than 2 surviving children.It is granted up to 180 days per occasion during the period of confinement and up to 45 days for miscarriage/abortion in the entire service.Maternity leave can be combined with other leave up to one year without production of medical certificate and on production of medical certificate beyond one year.Normal salary is allowed during the period of Maternity Leave.

LHAP, or Leave on Half Average Pay, can be granted for 24 months at a time. This is the maximum period for one spell of LHAP.

Paternity leave in Indian Railways was introduced w.e.f. October 7, 1997. It is granted to male railway employees with less than two surviving children for 15 days during the confinement of their wife. This leave can be availed before 15 days or up to six months from the date of delivery

A permanent or temporary Railway servant is entitled to 30 days of Leave on Average Pay (LAP) in a calendar year. This leave is credited in two installments of 15 days each, on January 1st and July 1st. The maximum accumulated LAP is 300 days.

Distance between the old and the new headquarters,Joining time admissible.
1000 Kms. or less  – 10 days
More than 1000 Kms.  – 12 days
More than 2000 Kms.  – 15 days (In case to travel by air the maximum will be 12 days)

Maternity leave is granted to female Railway servants with less than 2 surviving children.It is granted up to 135 days per occasion during the period of confinement and up to 45 days for miscarriage/abortion in the entire service

Upto 12 months at a time and 24 months in entire carrier.The period spent on study leave shall be counted for earning both LAP & LHAP.

Gazetted officers may be granted Leave on Average Pay (LAP) exceeding 180 days but not exceeding 240 days if leave is granted outside India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, or Pakistan.

Railway servants are eligible for 20 days of LHAP in ayear.It will be credited in two installments of 10 days each on 1^st of January and July every year. There is no maximum limit specified for accumulation of LHAP.

Maternity leave can be combined with other leave up to one year without production of medical certificate and on production of medical certificate beyond one year.

CCL – Child Care Leave
→ Eligibility – Female employees as well as Single Male Employees.
→ Maximum 730 days during the entire service.
→ CCL is sanctioned to take care of 2 eldest surviving children.
→ CCL is not admissible if the child is 18 years of age or older.
→ For disabled children there is no age limit.
→ CCL is not debited to any leave account.
→ For the first 365 days full salary will be paid.
→ For the next 365 days 80% of the salary will be paid.
→ CCL can be combined with any other kind of leave, maximum of
one year.
→ Holidays falling during CCL are counted as CCL.
→ In a year only 3 times CCL is sanctioned.
→ Every time it should not be less than 5 days CCL.
→ CCL cannot be demanded as a right.
→ Without sanction one cannot proceed on CCL