Chapter 8 Allowances, Special Allowance and other Benefits
PART 3
OTHER BENEFITS
8.3.1
Encashment of Earned Leave (i) Maximum limit of Earned Leave: The existing Rules (Rule 113(5) of KCSR's) provide for accumulation of not exceeding 240 days of Earned Leave. The Committee recommends that the maximum limit on accumulation of Earned Leave may be enhanced from 240 days to 300 days. The Committee also recommends that the maximum limit of Earned Leave that can be surrendered for encashment at the time of retirement may be enhanced from the existing 240 days to 300 days. (ii) Currently there is a provision to surrender not more than 30 days of Earned Leave in a block period of 2 years for encashment purposes. Some employees' associations have requested for allowing encashment every year. This request has been examined. The Committee recommends that upto 15 days Earned Leave may be allowed to be surrendered every year for encashment purpose. 8.3.2 Leave Travel Concession (LTC): At present this concession can be availed only once in the entire service by a Government servant. The Employees' Associations have urged that this concession may be granted once in a block period of four years. The Committee has examined this demand. The Committee recommends that LTC may be extended to Government servants twice in their service. The first block may consist of the period from the first year to the 15th year of service of a Government servant and the second block may consist of the period from the 16th year of service to the date of superannuation or the date of cessation of service. 8.3.3 Maternity Leave: A female Government servant is eligible for Maternity leave of 135 days. The Employees Associations have requested for enhancing the period of leave to 180 days. The Committee has examined this demand. As the existing period of 135 days is found to be insufficient for taking adequate care of the children, the Committee recommends that the period of Maternity Leave may be increased from the existing 135 days to 180 days. 8.3.4 Second Additional Increment (25 years): Government servants continuing in the same post without promotion for ten years are eligible to get time bound advancement (TBA) to selection time scale of pay under Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement) Rules 1983. Those Government servants who continue in the same post without promotion for a period of 15 years are eligible for special promotion to senior scale of pay under Karnataka Civil Services (Automatic grant of special promotion to senior scale of pay) Rules 1991. Those who continue in the same post without promotion for 20 years are eligible to get one additional increment in the same pay scale as per the G.O. No. FD 13 SRP 2002 dated: 09.05.2002. The Committee recommends that if a Government Servant stagnates in the same post without promotion for 25 years, he may be granted one more increment - the Second Additional Increment in the same pay scale and if he stagnates in the same post without promotion for 30 years, he may be given another increment - the Third Additional Increment in the same pay scale. 8.3.5 The Committee noted that the benefit of Time Bound Advancement to selection time scale of pay under the Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement) Rules 1983, the special promotion to senior scale of pay under the Karnataka Civil Services (Automatic grant of 71