Officials from All India Services such as IAS and IPS, who fail to report to duty more than a month after the sanctioned period of leave, study leave or foreign assignment is over, stand to lose their jobs under new rules finalised by the government.

Government sources said 10 IAS officers are currently on unauthorised leave and action is being taken against them.

“A Member of Service (MoS), if remains unauthorisedly absent after the sanctioned period of leave / study leave / tenure of Foreign Assignment, there shall be a one month waiting period after the end of leave period/ tenure of foreign assignment etc,” the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has stated.

If the official concerned remains absent even after the one-month waiting period, his cadre state will issue a showcause notice, asking him to “explain his case”. If the the official does not return to duty after that, the state government “shall initiate proceedings of deemed resignation under rule 7(2) of AIS (Leave) Rules 1955 and forward a complete proposal to the Central Government for effecting deemed resignation within next two months”.

If the state fails to comply with these instructions and adhere to the timeline, the central government will “initiate proceedings of deemed resignation under rule 7(2) of AIS(Leave) Rules 1955 on its own”. Under current rules, an officer is deemed to have resigned if he is absent without authorisation for more than a year after expiry of sanctioned leave, or continues on foreign assignments beyond the period approved by the Centre.

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