Unauthorised absence from duty is opposed to discipline
and a serious view may be taken of it. Such unauthorised absence would include
the following cases :
(i) Absence from duty without leave previously
sanctioned.
(ii) Overstayal of leave already sanctioned without
previous sanaction of leave for the
period in excess of the original period of leave.
(iii) Being away from duty in excess of the limits laid
down in Rule 32(2)(a) of the CCS
(Leave Rules, 1972).
A Government servant who is unauthorisedly absent from
duty will normally be allowed to
rejoin duty at the end of the period of unauthorised
absence. He may be called upon to explain the circumstances in which he was
unauthorisedly absent and the action to be taken in his case will be decided by
the competent authority on the basis of his explanation. Imposition of any of the
penalties prescribed in the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965, may be considered if the
explanation is not considered satisfactory.
In case a Government Servant is absent unauthorisedly and
does not report for duty of his own accord the competent authority may order
him to rejoin duty and if even then he fails to rejoinduty, a serious view will
be taken, which may result in punitive action against him.
In case disciplinary proceedings are instituted against a
Government servant while he is on
unauthorised absence and he is later allowed to join
duty, the question as to how the period of
unauthorised absence should be treated will be decided by
the competent authority on conclusionof disciplinary proceedings.
In this connection reference is also invited to the
proviso to FR. 17(1) under which a
competent authority may deal with periods of absence
without leave properly sanctioned. Such consequences as break in service and
loss of pay and allowances may result from the application of the proviso to FR
17 (I), which leads as follows:
Provided that an officer who is absent from duty without
any authority shall not be entitled to
any
pay and allowance during the period of such absence
SO DO NOT LEAVE YOUR OFFICE WITHOUT ANY LEAVE OR WITHOUT PERMISSION OF YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPERIOR.
LAW IS ALWAYS LAW - YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS SWIM AGAINST FLOWING WATER
