(1) An officer shall be eligible for Casual Leave on full emoluments upto a maximum of twelve working days in each calendar year. This leave may be taken not more than four working days at a time and public holidays and Sundays may be prefixed or suffixed to such leave. If casual leave is extended beyond 4 days, it shall be treated as privilege leave, sick leave or extra-ordinary leave as the case may be for the entire period, at the discretion of the authority empowered to grant the leave. Casual leave shall not be granted in combination with any other kind of leave.
(2) Ordinarily the previous permission of the authority empowered to grant leave shall be obtained before taking casual leave. When this is not possible, the said authority shall be informed as soon as practicable in writing or orally if writing is not possible or through any person, of the officer’s absence from work, reason thereof and of the probable duration of such absence. In any event the written appl ication shall be submitted to such authority latest on the day the officer resumes duty.
Casual leave is intended to meet special or unforeseen circumstances.
Casual leave may be taken on grounds of illness without production of a medical certif icate.
(3) For an officer who has joined Bank’s services at any time during the calendar year, the casual leave entit lement would be at one day per month for the first calendar year. Fraction of a month will also be treated as full month to calculate entit lement of the leave.
(4) Casual leave shall be non-cumulative.
22 PRIVILEGE LEAVE: