Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972

The appellant institute granted a lecturer three years of study leave to pursue a Ph.D. and paid him full salary and allowances. The lecturer returned to duty but failed to produce a Ph.D. certificate, prompting the institute to recover Rs.12,32,126 paid during the leave. The High Court ordered the institute to refund …

Deepika Singh, a nursing officer at PGIMER, married a man who had two children from a previous marriage. She applied for maternity leave for her first biological child under Rule 43 of the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, but the authorities denied it, arguing that she already had two surviving children for …

Dr. Rohit Kumar, a government doctor in Delhi, cleared the INICET‑2020 exam and was allotted an MD seat at PGI Chandigarh. He applied for study leave, but a policy dated 20 Oct 2020, issued in view of the COVID‑19 pandemic, barred further study leaves for government doctors, leading to the rejection of his application …

The appellant, a woman Central Government employee, applied for uninterrupted child care leave (CCL) of 730 days to care for her minor son, but the competent authority granted only 45 days without explaining the refusal of the remaining period. The Central Administrative Tribunal directed the authority to grant the ful…