(1) The Chairperson and a Member shall be entitled to a leave as follows :— (?) Earned Leave of Thirty days for every completed year of service or a part thereof:
Provided that, the leave account shall be credited with Earned Leave, in advance, in two instalments of Fifteen days each on the first day of January and July, of every calendar year:
Provided further that, the leave account at the credit of the close of previous half-year shall be carried forward to the next half-year subject to the condition that the leave so accrued including the leave credited in accordance with the first proviso shall not exceed three hundred days.
(it) Half Pay Leave on medical certificate of Twenty days in respect - of each completed year of service. The leave salary for Half Pay Leave shall be equivalent to half of the leave salary admissible during the Earned Leave : :
Provided that, the leave accrued shall be credited with Half Pay Leave in advance in two instalments of ten days each on the first day of January and July, of every calendar year :
Provided also that, such Half Pay Leave may be commuted to Full Pay Leave (twice of Half Pay Leave) at the discretion of the Government, provided it is taken on Medical Ground and is supported by a Medical Certificate by a registered Medical Practitioner.
(iii) Casual Leave and other leave as admissible to a member of the Indian Administrative Service of the corresponding grade in the State.
(2) Any leave at the credit of the Chairperson or a Member shall lapse on the date on which such Chairperson or Member vacates his office :
Provided that, the leave shall not lapse if such Chairperson or Member has,—
(i) applied for leave and the same has been refused; or
(ii) ascertained, in writing, from the sanctioning authority that the leave, if applied for, will be refused on the ground of the necessity of public services.
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(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Maharashtra Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1981, a Chairperson and a Member shall be entitled to an allowance equivalent to the Earned Leave to his credit, on the date on which he vacates his office, subject to the condition that, the payment of allowance equivalent to the leave salary shall be limited to Earned Leave for a maximum of One hundred and fifty days. The leave salary shall be paid in full in lump sum, as one time settlement, upon vacating office.
Explanation.—For the purpose of computation of such allowance, the compensatory local allowance or the house rent allowance shall not be counted. .