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Notifications: Specification of Degrees and other matters

(iii) Extraordinary. leave may be combined with any other leave except casual leave and
special casual leave, provided that the total period of continuous absence from duty on
leave (including periods of vacation when such vacation is taken in conjunction with
leave) shall not exceed three years except in cases where leave is taken on medical
certificate. The total period of absence from duty shall in no case exceed five years in
the full working life of the individual.
(iv) The authority empowered to grant leave may commute retrospectively periods of
absence without leave into extraordinary leave.
9. Leave Not Due

(i) Leave not due, may, at the discretion of the Vice Chancellor/ Principal, be granted
to a permanent teacher for a period not exceeding 360 days during the entire period
of service, out of which not more than 90 days at a time and 180 days in all may be
otherwise than on medical certificate. Such leave shall be debited against the half-pay
leave earned by him/her subsequently.
(ii) ‘Leave not due’ shall not be granted unless the Vice Chancellor/Principal is satisfied
that as far as can reasonably be foreseen, the teacher will return to duty on the expiry of
the leave and earn the leave granted.
(iii) A teacher to whom ‘leave not due’ is granted shall not be permitted to tender his/he
resignation from service so long as the debit balance in his/her leave account is not
wiped off by active service, or he/she refunds the amount paid to him/her as pay and
allowances for the’ period not so earned. In a case where retirement is unavoidable on
account of reason of ill health, incapacitating the teacher for further service, refund of
leave salary for the period of leave still to be earned may be waived by the Executive
Council.
Provided further that the Executive Council may, in any other exceptional case waive,
for reasons to be recorded, the refund of leave salary for the period of leave still to be
earned.
10. Study Leave

(i) Study leave may be granted after a minimum of 8 years of continuous service, to pursue a
special line of study or research directly related to his/her work in the university or to make
a special study of the various aspects of university organisation and methods of education.

The period of study leave should be for 3 years, but 2 years may be given in me first
instance, extendable by one more years, if mere is adequate progress as reported by the
Research Guide. Care should be taken that the number of teachers given study ‘eave,
does not exceed the stipulated percentage of teachers in any department. Provided that.
the Executive Council/Syndicate may, in the special circumstances of a case, waive the
condition of three years service being continuous.
Explanation: In computing the length of service, the time during which a person was on
probation or engaged as a research assistant may be reckoned provided -
(a) the person is a teacher on the date of the application; and
(b) there is no break in service.

(ii) Study leave shall be granted by the Executive Council/Syndicate on the recommendation
of the concerned Head of the Department. The leave shall not be granted for more
than three years in one spell, save in very exceptional cases in which the Executive
Council/Syndicate is satisfied that such extension is unavoidable on academic grounds

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