Public Services – Implementation of 11th PRC- Comprehensive leave benefits – Child Adoption leave/ Child Care leave/ Special Causal leave to orthopedically challenged/ Ex-gratia on EOL for certain deceases- Orders -Issued
FINANCE (HR.IV- FR&LR) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.33 Date:08.03.2022
Read the following:-
1. Report of the Committee of Secretaries on 11th Pay Revision Commission.
2. Minutes of the meeting of Ministers Committee and representatives of the Employee Associations, dt.05.02.2022.
3. O.M.No.13018/4/2004-Estt.(L),Govt of India, dt.31.03.2006.
4. G.O.Ms.No.132, Finance (HR.IV FR&LR) Dept.,dt.06.07.2016.
5. G.O.Ms.No.155, Finance (FR.I) Department, dt.04.05.2010.
ORDER:
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has constituted the 11th Pay Revision Commission (PRC) vide G.O.Ms.No.75 GA (SC.A) Department, dt. 28.05.2018.
2. Government after careful examination of the Report of 11th PRC and the Report of the Committee of Secretaries headed by the Chief Secretary, hereby orders the following leave benefits to the State Government employees:
3. Child Adoption Leave:
Government hereby orders to sanction Child Adoption Leave up to 180 days to female Government Servants having less than two surviving children; if she legally adopts a child up to one year of age. Subject to the same conditions, Government hereby sanctions paternity leave up to 15 days to ‘single’ male employees (unmarried/widower/divorcee) within a period of 6 months of child adoption.
3.1 The conditions, in the reference 3rd read above are applicable for availing child adoption leave.
(i) During the period of child adoption leave, he/she shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
(ii) Child adoption leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
3.2 In continuation of the child adoption leave granted the adoptive mothers may also be granted, if applied for, leave of the kind due and admissible (including Leave not due and Commuted leave not exceeding 60 (sixty) days without production of Medical certificate) for a period upto one year reduced by the age of the adopted child on the date of legal adoption, without taking into account the period of child adoption leave.
3.3 This facility shall not be admissible to an adoptive mother already having two surviving children at the time of adoption
3.4 The maximum period of one year leave of the kind due and admissible (including Leave not due and Commuted leave upto 60 days without production of Medical certificate) will be reduced by the age of the child on the date of adoption without taking into account Child Adoption leave as in the following illustrations:
• If the age of the adopted child is less than one month on the date of adoption leave upto one year may be allowed.
• If the age of the child is six months and above but less than seven months, leave upto 6 months may be allowed.
• If the age of the child is 9 months and above but less than ten months, leave upto 3 months may be allowed.
3.5 Child adoption leave shall not be debited against the leave account.
4. Child Care Leave:
4.1 Government hereby orders to enhance the Child Care leave facility from 60 days to 180 days in the entire service in respect of the women employees.
4.2 Further, the same facility is extended to ‘single’ male employees (unmarried/widower/divorcee).
4.3 The conditions mentioned in the reference 4th read above are applicable for availing the Child Care Leave.
5. Special Causal Leave to orthopedically challenged and Nursing Staff:
Government hereby orders to sanction Special Casual Leave upto seven (7) days in a year for Orthopedically Challenged employees needing to change prosthetic aids. Same duration of Special Casual Leave has also been sanctioned for Nursing staff working in high risk ward.
6. Ex-gratia on EOL for certain deceases:
6.1 Government as per the recommendations of the PRC, from time to time, enhancing the limits of ex-gratia allowance in respect of Non-Gazetted Government Servants and Government Servants in Last Grade Service, while on extraordinary leave for treatment for Tuberculosis/Leprosy/ Cancer/Mental illness/Heart diseases and Renal (Kidney) failure, by issuing necessary amendment to Note (4) under Rule 28 and to Note (4) under Rule 29 of A.P. Leave Rules, 1933. The ex-gratia allowance is equal to half of the pay, subject to the minimum and maximum limits specified from time to time.
6.2 Government, after careful examination of report of 11th Pay Revision Commission and the report of Committee of Secretaries headed by the Chief Secretary, hereby orders to revise the limits for grant of ex-gratia allowance in the revised pay scales 2022 as mentioned hereunder. (In Rupees)
