(1) For the sanction of a leave, the civil employee shall have to submit an application to the official empowered to grant leave through his or her own office, in the format as prescribed in Scheduel-13, indicating the period of leave required for him or her, the reason for the same and other details if required to go abroad; and the official empowered to grant leave shall also have to give a notice of approval or disapproval of leave to such employee.
(1a) The following leave, out of the leave requested for
pursuant to Sub-rule (1), has to be approved or disapproved in the following period:
(a) Within Seven days, in the case of the home leave and the sick leave,
(b) Within Sixty days, in the case of the extra-ordinary eave and the study leave.
(1b) If information of the decision of approval or disapproval of
leave is not given within the period as referred to in Sub-rule (1), the leave shall be deemed to have been approved.
(2) The official empowered to grant leave may sanction the leave from the date preceding the date of application, if the official is satisfied with the following matters:
(a) That it was not possible to obtain prior approval of the official empowered to grant leave,
(b) That the applicant had made every attempt to obtain prior approval,
(3) While applying for the study leave, mainly the following matters shall have to be indicated, in addition to other matters:
(a) Details of the subject intended to be studied by him or her,
(b) Details of acceptance for admission to the university, institution or training centre where he or she intends to study,
(c) Such other necessary details as may be helpful to the Government of Nepal in respect of such leave.