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Total Half Pay Leaves (HPL) in a year:
1.The half pay leave (HPL) account of every government servant (other than a military officer and a government servant serving in a vacation department) shall be credited with half pay leave in advance in two installments of ten days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year. So, Total 20 HPL in a year.
2. The leave shall be credited to the said leave account at the rate of 5/3 days for each completed calendar month of service, which he is likely to render in the half year of the calendar year in which he is appointed.
3. The credit for the half year in which a government servant is due to retire or resigns from the service shall be allowed at the rate of 5/3 days per completed calendar month up to the date of retirement or resignation.
4. When a government servant is removed or dismissed from service, credit of half pay leave shall be allowed at the rate of 5/3 days per completed calendar month up to the end of calendar month preceding the calendar month in which he is removed or dismissed from service.
5. When a government servant dies while in service, credit of half pay leave shall be allowed at the rate of 5/3 days per completed month of service up to the date of death of the government servant.
6. Where a period of absence or suspension of a government servant has been treated as dies non in half year, the credit to be afforded to his half pay leave account at the commencement of next half year shall be reduced by 1/18 of the period of dies non, subject to a maximum of ten days.
7. The government servant who is eligible for departmental leave under Rule 49 shall be entitled to half pay leave of 20 days on completion of 12 months of actual duty. The leave under this rule may be granted on medical certificate or on private affairs.
8. While affording credit of half pay leave, a fraction of a day shall be rounded off to the nearest day.
Note : For a detailed explanation of Earned Leave (EL) rules, including the applicable rules and conditions, go to Earned Leave (EL) rules for Central Government Employees, 2026
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