Surrender of Earned Leave

Surrender of Earned Leave

Introduced in 13.8.1969.

The Govt. Employee can surrender EL (30) days maximum and can received cash value in lieu of the leave so surrendered.

Leave sanctioning authority is the competent authority to sanction SL.

Validity for SL proceedings is (90) days from the date of sanction.(Govt.Memo.No.27/423/A2/FR-I/97-1, Dt18.8.97.)

There should an interval of 24 months gap between one surrender to another to surrender (30) days and 12 months for 15 days. For Temp. Employees 24 months for surrender (15) days EL.

Govt. 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 above instruction continued from 2011-12 onwards. (Govt.Memo.No.14787-C/278/FR-1/2011, Dt. 22.6.2011.

In the cases where date of sanction of SL is on 1st Jan and 1st July, debit has to be made 1st and credit entry later.