Regulation 35 - Casual leave - Securities And Exchange Board Of India (Employees' Service) Regulations, 2001

Casual leave 35. (1) An employee shall be eligible for casual leave upto a maximum of 12 working days in each calendar year provided that no employee may take casual leave for less than day or more than 5 days at a time. Provided that public holidays may not be combined with such leave in such a way as to increase the absence at any one time beyond twelve days. Any casual leave which is extended beyond these limits will be treated as Ordinary Leave in respect of the entire period. Casual leave cannot be suffixed or prefixed with any other kind of leave except with special casual leave. (2) No casual leave may be availed of, except with prior sanction of the competent authority. Provided that if for any genuine reason, it is not possible for an employee to obtain such permission in advance, he shall intimate his absence to such authority within 24 hours. Provided further that such authority may condone the delay, if any, in this behalf if he is satisfied that an employee was not in a position to intimate his absence for reasons beyond his control. (3) When an employee joins the service of the Board at any time during the year, his entitlement to casual leave shall be at the rate of one day per month during that calendar year. (4) The casual leave, which has not been availed of at the end of the calendar year, shall be credited to the extent of 50% of such leave not availed of, to the ordinary leave account of the concerned employee. Fraction, if any, in such cases shall be ignored.