Half Pay Leave & Commuted Leave Kerala Service Rules

3. Half pay leave R. 82 & 83

This leave is earned at 20 days for each completed year of service.  HPL is granted either on private affairs or on Medical Certificate.

Completed year of service includes periods spent on duty, periods of leave including LWA, periods of suspension treated as duty / leave and dies-non.  (LWA availed for other employment under APP. XII A, LWA for joining spouse under APP.XII C, LWA for study purpose under APP. XII B and LWA specially ordered not to count for service benefits, are not earning HPL).

HPL is not earned for fraction of a year.  It is granted without any limit.

Half Pay Leave Salary. R.93

Leave salary will be equal to half of the pay, the officer would get, had he been on duty during the period of leave.  It includes an increment that falls due during the period of HPL.  When an officer is promoted during the HPL, the monetary benefit of promotion shall be granted only from the date on which he assumes charge of the post, if there is change of duties.

Dearness Allowances during HPL will be based on leave salary actually drawn.  But, in the case of NGOs whose pay before proceeding on leave does not exceed Rs. 10,990 w.e.f. 01-07-2004 in the revised scale of pay, the DA will be what would have been admissible to him had he performed duty; ie, full DA.  In such cases leave salary and DA shall not be less than 65% of the amount of pay and DA while on duty.

4. Commuted Leave. R.84 & 86 A

This is a conversion of HPL into full pay leave.  Twice the amount of HPL will be debited for each commuted leave.  All permanent employees and those who have completed three years of continuous service are eligible for this leave.  No MC is necessary for the grant of this leave from 23-12-1982.

Leave Salary will be twice the amount of pay admissible on HPL and DA to that amount.R.94.