(1) If, after such examination, the Government servant is found to be suffering from tuberculosis and the case is an active one, the Government servant should be granted such leave as is recommended in his case by the authorised medical attendant, until he has exhausted all the leave due to him under the leave rules applicable to him.
Before the expiry of the period of leave, the Government servant shall appear before the authorised Medical Attendant for report whether he is fit to resume duty. If the authorised medical attendant reports that the Government servant is not fit to resume duty and that further treatment is necessary, the Government servant shall be granted extra-ordinary leave, as is admissible in the Karnataka Civil Service Rules for the period recommended by him, subject to a maximum of two years. If the authorised medical attendant reports that there is no likelihood of his returning to duty, the Government servant shall be retired on grounds of invalidity.
(2) At places where there are no authorised medical attendants, the Civil Surgeon can with the sanction of the Director of 1[Health and Family Welfare Services]1 arrange to examine Government servants suffering from Tuberculosis with the help of two Medical Officers of the Institution where the patient is receiving treatment.
1 Substituted in Notification No. DPAR 1 SMR 78 dated 21st September 1983