(1) No Armed Police shall be absent from work without obtaining leave pursuant to these Rules.
(2) The competent authority may remove such Armed Police from the service who has remained absent by violating Sub-rule (1). Provided that, it shall not be deemed to have contravened this Rule, in cases where the Armed Police personnel has gone on leave without obtaining approval and submits an application for leave and the
leave has been approved.
(3) The concerned Armed Police may, after the notice to that effect has already been given to the Records Keeping Office, submit a report within Thirty Five days of receipt of the notice of his or her being absent, to the concerned officer who is one level higher than the officer who has recorded him or her absent, indicating that his or her leave
should be approved.
(4) If the contents of the report submitted pursuant to Sub-rule
(3) by the said Armed Police personnel found to be true upon scrutiny,
the concerned officer may approve the leave and send information of
approval of the leave.