Special Leave for Covid-19 (Stopped w.e.f 18/06/2023)

Details

1. Introduction and Discontinuation
   Introduced vide GO(Rt) No.1247/2020/GAD dated 20/03/2020 and discontinued with effect from 18/06/2023 vide GO(Rt) No.388/2023/GAD dated 18/06/2023.

2. Leave Duration and Eligibility
   Special Leave for Covid-19 is granted for 5 days (including intervening holidays) upon producing a certificate from the Health Department or Local Body [GO(Rt) No.634/2021/DMD dated 15/09/2021 & GO(Rt) No.264/2022/DMD dated 16/03/2022].

3. Work from Home Provision
   If work-from-home facilities are available, employees are not eligible for Special Leave for Covid-19. Instead, a seven-day work-from-home period is sanctioned [GO(Rt) No.264/2022/DMD dated 16/03/2022].

4. Cancellation of Quarantine Leave for Primary Contacts
   Special Casual Leave for the quarantine period of primary contacts was cancelled with effect from 22/01/2022 [GO(Rt) No.70/2022/DMD dated 22/01/2022].

5. Renaming of Leave
   Special Casual Leave sanctioned for Covid-19 has been renamed as 'Special Leave for Covid-19'.

6. Combination with Other Leaves
   The leave can be combined with Casual Leave and/or any other admissible leave type.

7. Public Holidays and Vacation
   Public holidays or vacations may intervene between two types of leave and can be prefixed, suffixed, or both.

8. Ineligibility During Leave Without Allowance
   Employees on Leave Without Allowance under X11-A, XII-B, XII-C, Part I, Kerala Service Rules are not eligible for this leave during or in continuation of such leave.

9. Treatment as Duty
   The period of Special Leave for Covid-19 is treated as duty for probation purposes as a special case.

10. Leave Salary
    The leave salary is governed by Rule 92, Part I, Kerala Service Rules.