Rule 56 — CCS

56. Leave Salary during study leave (DOPT Notification. No. 13026/1/2002-Estt. (L), dated 15/16.01.2004) (1) Except as provided in sub-rule (6), during Study Leave availed of outside India, a Government servant shall draw Leave Salary equal to the pay that the Government servant drew while on duty with Government immediately before proceeding on such leave and in addition the Dearness Allowance and House Rent Allowance.

(2) Except as provided in sub-rule (6), during Study Leave availed of in India, a Government servant shall draw Leave Salary equal to the pay that the Government servant drew while on duty with Government immediately before proceeding on such leave and in addition the Dearness Allowance and House Rent Allowance as admissible in accordance with the provisions of Rule 60.

(3) Payment of leave salary at full rate under sub-rule-(2) shall be subject to furnishing of a certificate by the Government servant to the effect that he, is not in receipt of any scholarship, stipend or remuneration in respect of any part-time employment.

(4) The amount, if any, received by a Government servant during the period of Study Leave as scholarship or stipend or remuneration in respect of any part-time employment, shall be adjusted against the Leave Salary payable under this sub-rule subject to the condition that the Leave Salary shall not be reduced to an amount less than that payable as Leave Salary during half-pay leave.

(6) During the currency of Study Leave within or outside India on or after 1st day of January, 1996, a Central Government servant shall draw benefits of Revised Pay from the date such revision took place.