Sanction of study leave.—
(1) A report regarding the admissibility of the study leave shall be obtained from the Accounts Officer: Provided that the study leave, if any, already availed of by the Railway servant shall be included in the report.
(2) Where a Railway servant borne permanently on the cadre of one Railway is serving temporarily in another department or establishment , the grant of study leave to him shall be subject to the condition that the concurrence of the Railway to which he is permanently attached is obtained before leave is granted.
(3) Where the study leave is granted for prosecution of studies abroad, the Head of the Mission concerned shall be informed of the fact by the authority granting leave.
Note. —The Head of the Mission shall be contacted by the Railway servant for issue of any letters of introduction or for other similar facilities that may be required.
(4) (a) Every Railway servant in permanent employ who has been granted study leave or extension of such study leave shall be required to execute a bond in Form A or Form B as the case may be, before the study leave or extension of such study leave granted to him commences.
(b) Every Railway servant not in permanent employ who has been granted study leave or extension of such study leave shall be required to executed a bond in Form C or Form D as the case may be, before the study leave or extension of such study leave granted to him commences.
(c ) The authority competent to grant leave shall send to the Accounts Officer a certificate to the effect that the Railway Servant referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) has executed the requisite bond.
(5) (a) On completion of the course of study the Railway servant shall submit to the authority which granted him the study leave, certificates of examinations passed a special course of study undertaken, indicating the date of commencement and termination of the course with the works if any, of the authority in charge of the course of study .
(b) If the study is undertaken in a country outside India where there is an Indian Mission, the certificates shall be submitted through the Head of the Mission concerned.
Maximum amount of study leave: -
(1) The maximum amount of study leave, which may be granted to a Railway servant, other than Railway Medical Service Officers, shall be -
(a) ordinarily twelve months at any one time, and
(b) during his entire service, twenty-four months in all (inclusive of similar kind of leave for study or training granted under any other rules).
(2) In respect of Railway Medical Service Officers, study leave may be granted for thirty-six months for acquiring post graduate qualification, subject to the condition that a Railway Medical Service Officer who has been granted such study leave shall execute a bond under sub-rule
(4) of rule 4 to serve the Railways for a period of eight years after completion of the study course.
(Authority: Ministry of Railway's letter No. F (E) III/2007/LE-I/l dated 06-12-2007) –ACS No.105
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