SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE FOR REGULARISING ABSENCE ON ACCOUNT OF BANDH ETC.
While the Government may issue specific instructions regarding treatment
of the period of absence of employees during any particular bandh,
ordinary a Government servant may be granted special casual leave as
explained below, if the competent authority is satisfied that the
absence of the individual concerned was entirely due to reasons beyond
his control, e.g. due to failure to transport, or disturbances or
picketing or imposition of curfew etc. If the absence was due to failure
of transport facilities, the special casual leave may be granted if the
Government servants had to come from a distance or more 3 miles (5
kms.) to their places of duty.
If the absence was due to picketing or disturbances or curfew, the
special casual leave may be granted without insisting on the condition
that the distance between the place of duty and residence of the
Government servant should be more than 3 miles (5 Kms).
Special casual leave in these cases may be granted by the Head of the Department.
(DP&T OM No. 27/6/71-Estt(B), dated the 1st Nov. 1971
DP&T OM No. 28016/1/79-Estt(A), dated the 28th May,1979
DP&T OM No. 3011/(S)/87-Estt(B), dated the 16th Feb., 1987)
