(1) An employee who is absent from duty without any authority, shall not be entitled to the pay and allowances during the period of such absence. The unauthorised absence of this kind, apart from resulting in loss of pay and allowances for the period of such absence, shall also constitute a break in service entailing forfeiture of past service unless the break is condoned and treated as 'dies-non' by the Competent Authority.
(2) The consequences of unauthorised absence from duty which is not condoned in any manner shall be as follows, namely:-
(a) No pay and allowances are admissible during the period of unauthorised absence;
(b) No increment or earned leave shall be counted for the period of such unauthorised absence;
(c) No gratuity shall be given for the period of interruption in service caused by such unauthorised absence; and
(d) Such period can be treated as dies-non.