PUNJAB CIVIL SERVICES VOLUME I, PART I (HARYANA AMENDMENT) RULES, 2007

PREAMBLE

In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Haryana hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I, in their application to the State of Haryana, namely:-

Rule - 1.

 These rules may be called the Punjab Civil Services Volume I, Part I (Haryana Amendment) Rules, 2007.

Rule - 2.

In the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I, after rule 8.127, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-

"8.127A(1) The competent authority may grant child adoption leave for a period of six months to a female Government employee who adopts a child not exceeding one year of age on the lines of maternity leave admissible to natural mothers.

(2) Child adoption leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.

(3) During the period of child adoption leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.

(4) This facility shall not be admissible to an adoptive mother already having two surviving children at the time of adoption except in the case of adoption of a girl child.

(5) In continuation of child adoption leave, the adoptive mother 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 not exceeding 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 subject to the following conditions, namely:-

(i)       This facility shall not be admissible to an adoptive mother already having two surviving children at the time of adoption except in the case of adoption of a girl child.

(ii)      The maximum period of one year leave of the kind due and admissible (including leave not due and commuted leave not exceeding 60 (sixty) days without production of medical certificate) shall be reduced by the age of a child on the date of adoption without taking into account child adoption leave as in following illustrations, namely :

(a)      if the age of the adopted child is less than one month on the date of adoption, leave not exceeding one year may be allowed;

(b)      if the age of the child is six months and above but less than seven months, leave not exceeding six months may be allowed;

(c)      if the age of the child is nine months and above but less than ten months, leave not exceeding three months may be allowed.

(6) Child adoption leave shall not be debited against the leave account.

(7) In case it is found at any stage that the adoption was not genuine, or the adopted child is given back, then the salary paid for the period shall be recovered with prevailing rate of interest from the employee's salary, or the leave availed shall be deducted from the currently due earned leave".