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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Leave Rules - Multiple choice Questions with Answers

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Leave Rules - Chapter V of Establishment Code

LEAVE RULES – MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

1. How many days of LAP in a calendar year, a permanent/ Temporary Railway servant shall be entitled to get?

a) 20 days
b) 15 days
c) 30 days
d) 45 days

2. How many days of HLAP in a year, can be credited to an employee?.

a) 30 days
b) 10 days
c) 20 days
d) 12 days

3. A female Railway employee shall be entitled to maternity leave for

a) 180 days
b) 120 days
c) 90 days
d) 130 days

4. For miscarriage, including abortion, what period of Maternity leave may be granted?.

a) 6 weeks
b) 45 days
c) 7 weeks
d) 43 days.

5. Paternity leave is admissible with less than two surviving children for a period of

a) 10 days
b) 20 days
c) 15 days
d) 25 days

6. Maximum days of leave on average pay that can be accumulated is

a) 120
b) 180
c) 190
d) 300

7. LAP shall be credited to a Railway servant at the rate of

a) 2 ½ days per month
b) 3 days per month
c) 2 days per month
d) 1 ½ days per month

8. How many days of LAP per year can be credited to a school staff ?

a) 10 days
b) 5 days
c) 7days
d) 8 days

9. How many days of LHAP can be accumulated to an employeet in his service life?

a) 300 days
b) 450 days
c) 600 days
d) Un limited

10. A male railway servant may be granted Paternity leave having surviving children

a) Less than two
b) One
c) Four
d) Three

11. Up to what limit, maternity leave may be combined with any kind of leave?

a) One year
b) Two years
c) Unlimited
d) Six months

12. A Trade Apprentices may be granted leave on full stipend for a period not exceeding----------- days per year.

a) 15 days
b) 13 days
c) 10 days
d) 12 days

13. Apprentice Mechanics in Railways Workshops may be granted leave on full stipend for period not exceeding…...

a) 16 days
b) 20 days
c) 25 days
d) 30 days

14. Gazetted officers may be granted LAP for the period exceeding 180 days but not exceeding ………, if leave granted out side India.

a) 200 days
b) 240 days
c) 230 days
d) 250 days

15. Study leave shall count for :-

a) Reckoning seniority
b) Reckoning increment
c) Earning LAP
d) Earning LHAP.

16. Which of the following category is entitled for hospital leave?

a) Group ‘A’
b) Group ‘B’
c) Group ‘C’
d) Group ‘D’

17. When no leave is admissible under any other rule, the leave granted is known as

a) LAP
b) LHAP
c) SPL Leave
d) Extra ordinary leave.

18. Maximum encashment of leave on average pay is…….

a) 200 days
b) 60 days
c) 360 days
d) 300 days

19. Who is the authority to sanction Special Disability Leave?.

a) Senior Scale Officer
b) J A Grade Officer
c) DRM
d) ADRM

20. Leave of any kind can be combined with vacation in the case of

a) Officers
b) Office Staff
c) Running Staff
d) Rly. School Teacher

21. What is the maximum period of leave on Average pay at time that a Railway servant may be granted?

a) 120 days
b) 160 days
c) 180 days
d) 300 days

22. What is the maximum limit of Leave not due that may be granted to a permanent Rly.Servant during his entire service period?

a) 360 days
b) 380 days
c) Unlimited
d) 300 days

23. Within which period, Paternity Leave can be granted?

a) Six months
b) Three months
c) Four months
d) 15days

24. Special Disability Leave on average pay granted for accident on duty shall not exceed………

a) 120 days
b) 125 days
c) 360 days
d) 280 days

25. Paternity leave is also admissible to

a) Casual Labour
b) Casual labour with temporary status
c) After completion of 180 days of service
d) After regular absorption

26. Staff of which Railway are entitled to avail extra Casual leave?

a) SER
b) ECOR
c) NFR
d) ECR

27. Whom does the Compensatory Casual leave is admissible?

a) Supervisory staff
b) Group ‘D’ staff
c) Group ‘C’ & Group ‘D’ staff but not supervisor
d) Stenographer & Confidential Assistant

28. Quarantine Leave

a) Withdrawn
b) Admissible in critical diseases
c) For Eye disease
d) Wife’s Sickness

29. Commuted leave is admissible on

a) Medical Certificate
b) Request of an employee
c) Discretion of competent authority
d) None

30. If a Railway employee applies for a kind of leave say LAP, in advance, the competent authority may……..

a) Sanction as CL
b) sanction as LWP
c) refuse to sanction it
d) convert it as commuted leave

31. A Railway shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period of not exceeding……

a) 3 Years
b) 4 years
c) 5 years
d) 6 years

32. Which of the following leave can be combined with vacation in case of a school teacher?
a) Only LAP
b) Only LHAP
c) Any kind of leave
d) Special disability leave

33. How many occasions does a workshop staff be granted half a day’s LAP?

a) 6 occasions
b) 10 occasions
c) 6 occasions
d) 12 occasions

34. Hospital leave granted to a non-Gazetted Rly. Servant should not exceed a total of ……..when combined with other leave

a) 24 months
b) 26 months
c) 28 months
d) 18 months

35. What is the maximum limitation of Leave Not Due granted on medical certificate during the entire period of service?

a) 360 days
b) 365 days
c) 370 days
d) 390 days

36. Maximum of study leave that can be granted to an employee during his entire service period is ……..
a) 36 months
b) 28 months
c) 24 months
d) 30 months

37. In case of ‘Cut in pension’, for compulsory retirement as a measure of punishment, leave encashment is admissible for…
a) 360 days
b) 150 days
c) un utilized days
d) not eligilble

38. Which of the following leave may be granted to a Rly. Servant, Volunteered to donate blood in Govt./Rly. Hospitals for railway employees.

a) Special Casual leave
b) casual leave
c) LAP
d) LHAP

39. If a railway servant resigns from service during study leave, and it is converted into regular leave as LAP/LHAP leaving balance, such a balance shall be treated as….

A) unauthorized absence
b) Extra ordinary leave
c) Study leave
d) Leave not due

40. Who is the Authority to grant study leave abroad?
A) Rly. Board
b) GM
c) DRM
d) CPO

41. Who is the Competent Authority to grant study leave within India?
A) Rly. Board
b) GM
c) DRM/CWM
d) CPO

ANSWERS WITH THE RELEVANT RULE

1. (c) 30 days in a calendar year; (Para-523 of IREC,Vol-I,1995 edition)

2. (c ) 20 days in a year; (Para-526 of IREC,Vol.-I,1995 edition)

3. (a) 180 days; (Estt. Srl. No. 162/97 & Para-551 of IREC-Vol.I,1995 edition)

4. (b) 45 days; (Estt. Srl. No. 72/97 )

5. (c ) 15 days; (Estt. Srl. No. 162/97 & 154/97)

6. (d) 300 days; (Estt. Srl. No. 172/97 )

7. (a) 2 ½ days per month; (Para-524 of IREC,Vol-I,1995 edition)

8. (a) 10 days; (Para-525 of IREC,Vol-I,1995 edition)

9. (d) Unlimited; (Para-526 of IREC,Vol-I,1995 edition)

10. (a) Less than two surviving children; (Para-551(A) R-I)

11. (a) One year; (Para-551, R-I)

12. (d) 12 days; (Para-534, R-I)

13. (a) 16 days; (Para-533, R-I)

14. (b) 240 days; (RBE No. 42/92)

15. (c ) Earning LAP (R-I, 556)

16. (d) Group ‘D’ only. (Para-554 of IREC, Vol.-I)

17. (d ) Extra ordinary leave (Para 530, R-I)

18. (b) 60 days;

19. (d) ADRM (Rule 552, 553, R-I).

20. (d) Rly. School Teacher (Para 525, R-I).

21. (c) 180 days; (Para 523, R-I)

22. (a) 360 days; (E. S. No. 31/89 & Para 528,R-I, 1995 edition)

23. (a) 6 months; (E. S. No. 05/2000)

24. (d) 280 days; (Para 553 (iii), R-I)

25. (b) Casual labour with temporary status; (E. S. No. 143/99)

26. (c) NFR;

27. (c) Group ‘C’ & Group ‘D’ staff but not supervisor; (E. S. No. 27/61)

28. (a) Withdrawn; (Para, 555, R-I)

29. (a) On Medical Certificate; (Para, 527, R-I)

30. (c) Refuse to sanction it; (Para, 503, R-I)

31. (c) 5 years; (Para, 510, R-I)

32. (c) Any kind of leave; (Para, 525 (d) , R-I)

33. (a ) 6 occasions ( Para539/2, R-I)

34. (c ) 28 months (554/4, R-I

35. (a) 360 days; (E .S.No.30/89)

36. (a ) 36 months (170/98 )

37. (d) not eligilble; (E.S.No.334/87)

38. (a) Special Casual leave.

39. (b) Extra ordinary leave (R-I, Appv./ul/2/w)

40. (a) Rly. Board (E.S.No.77/02)

41. (b) Rly. Board (E.S.No.77/02)

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HBA - House Building Advance

HBA – House Building Advance

· Significant changes were made in the HBA for Govt employees due to acceptance of 7^th Pay Commission.

· Here are some important changes compared to previous rules

SN	Item	6^th PC	7^th PC
1	Maxmimum HBA Amt	7.5 Lakhs	25 Lakhs
2	Interest Rate	8.5%	6% to 9.5% for different slabs
3	Expansion of House	1.8 lakhs	10 lakhs
4	Cost ceiling limit of the House	30 Lakhs	100 Lakhs ( with a proviso of upward revision of 25% in deserving cases i.e., up to 125 Lakhs)
5	If both spouses are Govt employees	Only one spouse is eligible	Both spouses are eligible either jointly or separately
6	Provision of 2.5% higher interest rate above the prescribed rate	Existed	Withdrawn

Salient features of HBA (after 7^th PC)

· HBA amount: Least of Rs. 25 Lakhs or 34 months basic pay or cost of House/Flat or Repaying capacity.

· Expansion of House: Least of Rs.10 Lakhs or 34 months Basic pay or cost of expansion or repaying capacity.

· Cost ceiling limit of the House - Rs.1 Crore ( with a proviso of upward revision of 25% in deserving cases i.e., Rs.1.25 Crores)

· Both spouses, if they are Govt employees are now eligible for HBA either jointly or separately.

· Migration: Provision of migration of existing Housing loan from financial institutions/Banks to HBA is existed.

· Second Charge: Availing Second Charge on the house for taking loans to fund balance amount from Banks/financial institutions has been simplified. No Objection certificate will be issued along with the sanction letter of HBA, if employee applied.

· Simple interest rate 8.5%

· HBA is admissible to an employee once in a life time.

· Penalty provision (for not complying the conditions) of 2.5% (higher rate of interest) is withdrawn

· Recovery of HBA: Principle in 180 months (15 years) and Interest in 60 months (5 years)

· The House/flat can be insured with the private insurance companies which are approved by IRDA – Insurance Regulatory Development Authority.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

CEA - Children Education Allowance

CEA - Children Education Allowance

Clickfor Board's letter 114/2018

· The Children Education allowance was introduced w.e.f. 1-9-2008 on the basis of the recommendation of 6th CPC.

· 7th Pay Commission revised the rates of CEA w.e.f 01.07.2017

	Normal children	Differently abled children
CEA	Rs. 2,250 per month (Rs. 27,000 per year)	Rs. 4,500 per month (Rs.54,000 per year)
Hostel Subsidy	Rs. 6,750 per month ( Rs.81,000 per year)	Rs. 13,500 per month (Rs.1,62,000 per year)

· The CEA and Hostel Subsidy can be claimed concurrently.

· The rates will be double for differently abled children

· The above rates would be automatically raised by 25 % - If the DA- Dearness Allowance goes up by 50 %

· Reimbursement - allowed once a year (not like every quarter in 6th PC)

· The period year means Academic Year i.e., 12 months of complete academic session.

· Upper Age limit : Normal children – 20 years and Divyaang children - 22 years

· To be claimed - only after completion of the financial year.

· Biggest relief for claiming CEA is dispensing of producing fee receipts. A certificate from the Head of Institution will be sufficient for this purpose.

· In case, both the spouses are Government servants, only one of them can avail the above allowances.

· Admissible for classes from nursery to class XII only. (two years before class one).

· 2 years diploma (polytechnic college /ITI/ Engineering college - eligible. Provided the child pursues the course after passing 10^th standard and CEA and Hostel Susbsidy has not been granted to the child in respect of 11^th class and 12^th class.

· Reimbursement is allowed to only the two eldest surviving children of the Government servant (exceptions: 1. When the 2nd child birth is results in multiple births 2. The 3rd child is born due to failure of sterilization operation. )

· No nexus /connection between performance of the child in his class and reimbursement of CEA /Hostel Subsidy. In other words, even if a child fails in a particular class, he is eligible for both i.e., CEA and Hostel Subsidy.

· However, if child is admitted in the same class in another school, though the child has passed out of the same class in previous school or in mid session - CEA shall not be reimbursable.

· Retirement, Death, dismissal, removal cases: CEA & Hostel Subsidy shall be eligible till the end of the academic year in which the servant ceases to be in service.

Hostel Subsidy:

1. Applicable only – minimum of 50 kms distance from the residence of the employee.

2. In addition to the Certificate for Institution, a certificate should mention the amount of expenditure towards lodging and boarding in the Hostel is required. The amount of actual expenditure mentioned or Rs.6750 per month (Rs.81000 per year) whichever is lower shall be paid.

3. Hostel subsidy is 3 times more than CEA.

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Saturday, March 17, 2018