Public Services- Regularization of hospitalization/quarantine period during COVID-19
Pandemic – Sanction w.e.f. 25-03-2020 – Orders – Issued.
FINANCE (HR.IV- FR&LR) DEPARTMENT
G.O.MS.No. 45 Dated: 05-07-2021.
Read the Following:-
1. O.M. No.13020/1/2019, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India, dt.
07.06.2021.
ORDER:
The Government has been receiving several references/queries requesting for
clarification relating to treatment of the hospitalization/quarantine period during the
COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of India have issued guidelines regarding
regularization of hospitalization/quarantine period during COVID-19 Pandemic, vide
reference read above.
2. After careful examination of the matter and keeping in view the hardships faced
by the Government servants, it has been decided to treat the period of absence, in
relaxation of A.P. Leave Rules,1933 as under, duly adopting the O.M. of Government of
India in the reference read above
Situation: When the Government
servant himself is COVID
Positive and is in home
isolation/quarantine :
Clarification:
(i) Shall be granted Commuted Leave up to
20 days, if due and admissible, without
Medical Certificate, on mere production
of his COVID positive report.
(ii) If Commuted Leave is not available,
he/she shall be granted Special Casual
Leave (SCL) for 15 days, followed by
Earned Leave (EL) or Half Pay Leave
(HPL) of 5 days and, in case of EL/HPL
is also not available, he/she shall be given
Extra Ordinary Leave (EOL) without
insisting on production of Medical
Certificate, and the period shall also be
counted for qualifying service.
Situation: When the Government
servant himself is COVID
positive, and is in home
isolation and has also been
hospitalized.
Clarification:
(i) Shall be granted Commuted Leave/ SCL/
EL for a period up to 20 days starting
from the time having tested COVID
positive, if the period of home quarantine
/discharge from hospital falls within 20
days, as per Sl.No.1 above.
(ii) In case of hospitalization beyond the 20th
day from his/her testing COVID positive,
he/she shall be granted Commuted leave,
on production of documentary proof of
hospitalization.
(iii) If, however, after discharge from the
hospital, the Government servant is
required to remain at home for post
COVlD recovery, he/she may be granted
leave of any kind due and admissible to
him/her, with the approval of the
concerned Competent Authority, as per
the A.P. Leave Rules, 1933. It is only
when the Commuted Leave is not
available to the credit of the Government
servant that SCL of 15 days or EL or
EOL shall be considered.
Situation: When a dependent family
member of Government
servant is COVID positive or
parents, whether dependent or
not, living with him are
COVID positive.
Clarification:
(i) Shall be granted SCL of 15 days on
production of COVID positive report of
dependent family member/parents.
(ii) In case of active hospitalization of any of
the family member/parents even after 15
days of the expiry of SCL, the
Government Servant may be granted
leave of any kind due and admissible
beyond 15 days of SCL till their discharge
from hospital. After discharge from the
hospital of dependent family member/
parents, if the Government servant wishes
to avail further leave, he shall be
considered for the leave due and
admissible as per the A.P. Leave Rules,
1933, subject to functional requirements
and sanction of leave by the Competent
Authority. The Competent Authority is
advised to take a liberal view in such
cases and its decision in the matter shall
be final.
Situation : When the Government
Servant comes into direct
contact with a COVID
positive person and remains in
Home Quarantine
Clarification:
He/she shall be treated as on duty/Work from
Home for a period of seven days. For any
period beyond that, his/her attendance shall
be regulated as per the instructions given by
the office concerned, where he/she is working.
Situation : The period of Quarantine
spent by Government servant,
as a precautionary measure,
residing in the Containment
Zone.
Clarification:
He/she shall be treated as on duty/Work from
home till the Containment Zone is de-notified.
3. These orders shall be applicable w.e.f. 25.03.2020. The past cases, wherever
settled, shall be re-opened if the same is beneficial to the Government servant, and where
he/she makes a request in writing for review.
4. All the Secretariat departments and the Heads of departments shall take necessary
action accordingly.
5. The G.O. is available online and can be accessed at the address
http://www.ap.gov.in/goir and http://www.apfinance.gov.in.
