Rule 23 - Recall to Duty

23. Recall to duty before expiry of leave (1) Deleted. (2) Deleted. (MOF Notification No. 11012/1/77-E.IV(A) dated 21.11.1979) (3) In case a Government servant is recalled to duty before the expiry of his leave, such recall to duty shall be treated as compulsory in all cases and the Government servant shall be entitled-

(a) if the leave from which he is recalled is in India, to be treated as on duty from the date on which he starts for the station to which he is ordered, and to draw -

(i) travelling allowance under rules made in this behalf for the journey; and

(ii) leave salary, until he joins his post, at the same rate at which he would have drawn it but for recall to duty;

(b) if the leave from which he is recalled is out of India, to count the time spent on the voyage to India as duty for purposes of calculating leave, and to receive-

(i) leave salary, during the voyage to India and for the period from the date of landing in India to the date of joining his post, at the same rate at which he would have drawn it but for recall to duty;

(ii) a free passage to India;

(iii) refund of his passage from India if he has not completed half the period of his leave by the date of leaving for India on recall or three months, whichever is shorter;

(iv) travelling allowance, under the rules for the time being in force, for travel from the place of landing in India to the place of duty. 24. Return from leave (1) A Government servant on leave shall not return to duty before the expiry of the period of leave granted to him unless he is permitted to do so by the authority which granted him leave. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), a Government servant on leave preparatory to retirement shall be precluded from returning to duty, save with the consent of the authority competent to appoint him to the post from which he proceeded on leave preparatory to retirement.

(3)

(a) A Government servant who has taken leave on medical certificate may not return to duty until he has produced a medical certificate of fitness in Form 5.

(b) If the Government servant is a gazetted officer the certificate under clause

(a) shall be obtained from a Medical Board, except in the following cases:-

(i) Cases in which the leave is for not more than three months;

(ii) Cases in which leave is for more than three months or leave for three months or less is extended beyond three months, and the medical Board states, at the time of granting the original certificate or the certificate for extension, that the Government servant need not appear before another Medical Board for obtaining the certificate of fitness.

(c) In cases falling under clause

(b) the certificate may be obtained from the Chief Medical Officer, the District Medical Officer, a Civil Surgeon, a Staff Surgeon or a Medical Officer of equivalent status including a Medical Officer of the Central Government Health Scheme or in a case covered by sub-rule (6) of 18, from the Authorised Medical Attendant or the Medical Superintendent of the hospital concerned.

(d) In the case of a non-Gazetted Government servant, the authority under which the Government servant is employed on return from leave may, in its discretion, accept a certificate signed by a Registered Medical Practitioner.

(4)

(a) A Government servant returning from leave is not entitled, in the absence of specific orders to that effect, to resume as a matter of course the post which he held before going on leave.

(b) Such Government servant shall report his return to duty to the authority which granted him leave or to the authority, if any, specified in the order granting him the leave and await orders.

NOTE.- A Government servant who had been suffering from Tuberculosis may be allowed to resume duty on the basis of fitness certificate which recommends light work for him.

What This Means

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Key Points

• 1Recall to duty is considered compulsory.
• 2Employee is treated as on duty from the date they start their journey back to their station.
• 3Entitled to travelling allowance for the return journey.
• 4Continues to receive leave salary at the same rate until joining the post.
• 5Specific provisions for employees recalled from leave outside India, including free passage and refund of passage costs under certain conditions.

Practical Example

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