MATERNITY

FR 101 (a) ]

LEAVE[

Instructions

under

The married women

Government Servants

who are Permanent or

Approved probationers or Non-Permanent from the date of their option.

but completed one year of

service are eligible for the grant of Maternity Leave on full pay either confinement or for the period which spreads over from the pre-confinement rest to the post confinement recuperation at The Non-Permanent Government Servants ( Temporary or Probationers) who have not completed one year of service are not eligible for the grant of Maternity Leave Those who are having two surviving children are not eligible for the while availing of any other grant of Maternity Leave for confinement. If the Government Servant is confined leave, Maternity of entering confinement. Leave for confinement and is admissible for a period not exceeding 180 days. But Earned Leave available at credit on the day on leave Maternity Leave for the remaining period to Non-Permanent that falls short of Government Servants 180 days shall be granted Maternity Leave will be admissible only from the date of

who have completed one year of service. If

Earned Leave is not available at the credit of such Government Servants, Maternity Leave shall be granted for 180 days. Any other leave upto a maximum period of one year may be availed in continuation of Maternity Leave by producing a Medical Certificate. Any other leave may be availed in continuation of Maternity Leave in case of illness of a newly born baby by producing a certificate from

the authorized Medical Attendant to the effect that the condition of the ailing baby needs mothers special attention and her presence by the babys side is absolutely necessary. Maternity Leave for Miscarriage / Abortion or Medical Termination of Pregnancy is admissible for a period not exceeding 42 days, But Earned Leave irrespective of number of surviving children.

available at credit and Maternity Leave for the remaining period that falls short of 42 days shall be granted to Non-Permanent Government Servants who have completed one year of service. If Earned Leave is not available at credit of such Government Servants, Maternity Leave shall be granted for 42 days. The leave for Miscarriage or Abortion shall be a Registered granted only on production of the certificate from Medical Practitioner

authorized under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The leave for Medical Termination of Pregnancy shall be granted only if the termination of pregnancy was or any other institution of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Government Servant is performed at a Government under on to the Medical of the and production have Hospital approved

Termination When a

certificate from the concerned Medical Officer-in-charge. declared satisfactorily completed her probation with retrospective effect and had the Earned Leave at credit and Maternity Leave for the remaining period that falls short of 180 days or 42 days, as the case may be, been sanctioned between the due date for the completion of probation and the date of issue of orders for completion of probation, the Government Servant to alter the entire Maternity may request, as per the Ruling 5 under TNLR 27, period as Maternity Leave. If any other leave had been sanctioned in continuation of who was Leave for 90 days to a Government Servant on Maternity

Leave prior to 16.05.2011 and continuing that Maternity Leave on or

after 16.05.2011 can be revised even now to that of Maternity Leave, restricting it to 180 days as per G.O.(Ms.) No.61, P & AR (FR III) Department, Dated : 16.06.2011.