PO Rule Lookup
Paraphrased common post office rules: leave, pay, conduct, SB orders, PLI, delivery and GDS.
Earned Leave is credited in advance at 15 days each on 1 January and 1 July. It can be accumulated up to a maximum of 300 days.
Ref: CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, Rule 26
20 days Half Pay Leave is credited per completed year of service (10 days each on 1 Jan and 1 Jul). HPL can be taken on medical certificate or for private affairs.
Ref: CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, Rule 29
Half Pay Leave may be commuted on medical certificate up to the full HPL due; twice the days commuted are debited from the HPL account.
Ref: CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, Rule 30
Paid maternity leave of 180 days is admissible to a female government servant with fewer than two surviving children, on production of a medical certificate.
Ref: CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, Rule 43
15 days of paternity leave is admissible to a male government servant with fewer than two surviving children, to be taken within six months of the delivery.
Ref: CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, Rule 43-A
When no HPL is at credit, Leave Not Due up to 360 days in the whole career may be granted on medical certificate; it is debited against HPL earned later.
Ref: CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, Rule 31
EL standing at credit is encashed on retirement or resignation, subject to an overall ceiling of 300 days including any EL encashed earlier during LTC.
Ref: CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, Rule 39