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❖ Maternity Leave, Abortion Leave to Female State Govt Employees-Full Guide || GO.152 Dt 4.5.2010

Maternity Leave, Abortion Leave to Female State Govt Employees-Full Guide || GO.152 Dt 4.5.2010

Complete Guide on Maternity Leave, Abortion Leave, Miscaarriage Leave to Female State AP Govt Employees. GO.152 Dated 4.5.2010. As per the Present rules, The ML can be granted to the married women employees of the AP State up to 180 days on par with the employees of Government of India subject to the condition that the same would be available up to 2 surviving children only. Maternity Leave to Female State Government Employees. Abortion Leave to AP State Govt Employees. Miscarriage Leave to State Government Employees. Maternity Leave Period Salary.
ML (henceforth ML means Maternity Leave) may be combined with leave of any other kind, but any leave applied for in continuation of the former may be granted only if the request be supported by a medical certificate. Regular Leave in continuation of ML may also be granted in case of a illness of newly born baby, subject to the female Government servant producing a medical certificate to the effect that the condition of the ailing baby warrants mother's personal attention and her presence by the baby's side is absolutely necessary (GO.2391 Finance, Dated 3-9-1960)

Maternity Leave to State Government Employees - The Complete Guide

  • A regular superior and inferior female Govt. servant is entitled to Maternity leave on full pay for 180 days for maternity purposes. This may granted outside the earned leave account and not to be accounted for in earned leave account. This shall be for a period of 180 days from the date of its commencement in all cases. (SR 1 under FR 101, G.O.Ms.No.384, Fin. & Plg. (FW.FR.I) Dept., Dt.05.11.1977, GO.152 Dated 4.5.2010.)
  • Maternity leave may be granted in continuation of other kinds of leave (Ruling 2 under FR 101). Hence Maternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind, but any leave applied for in continuation of the former may be granted only if the request be supported by a medical certificate. 
  • Regular leave in continuation of maternity leave may also be granted in case of illness of a newly born baby, subject to the female Govt. servant producing a medical certificate to the effect that the condition of the ailing baby warrants mother’s personal attention and her presence by the baby’s side is absolutely necessary. (G.O.Ms.No.2391, Fin., Dt.03.10.1960). 
  • All HODs and other competent authorities may grant maternity leave to women Govt. servants under their control subject to the restrictions laid down in SR under FR 66.
Date of commencement the Maternity Leave period being regulated as follows:
  • i. If it falls during the working period of the school year, 180 days may be sanctioned as maternity leave 
  • ii. If it falls during the vacation period 180 days leave may be granted subject to the condition that after enjoying the vacation the residuary period if any, shall be treated as maternity leave subject to a maximum of 3 months. (G.O.Ms.No.463, P&SE (H) Dept., Dt.04.05.1979).
  • The maternity leave in cases of confinement shall be granted to female Govt. Servants with less than two surviving children w.e.f. 18.03.92 (G.O.Ms.No.38, Fin. & Plg. (FW.FR.I) Dept., Dt.18.03.1992). This means that maternity leave should not be granted if a Govt. servant is having two living children. 
  • Govt. permitted the Managing Director, AP Women’s Cooperative Finance Corporation Limited and the Director, Women Development and Child Welfare to make a special provision in the contract agreement in respect of women employees providing for 45 days maternity leave and payment of consolidated amount equal to 45 days of salary during the maternity leave period. (G.O.Rt.No.197, WDCW &DW (Estt.) Dept., dt.14.05.03). 
  • The competent authorities may sanction of 120 days maternity leave without remuneration to the married female Panchayat Secretaries appointed on contract basis. (G.O.Ms.No.254, PR&RD (Mdl.II) Dept., Dt.31.05.2007) 

Detailed References on Maternity Leave

Maternity Leave Related Orders in Brief

Maternity Leave Related orders here are discussed in brief. All the supported references are also made available for downloading.
Lr.No.853/FR-2/2012 Finance Dated 22.1.2013 Increments during ML
As per the Letter the Director of School Education has clarified that the clarification given in the Memo.49463-A/2111/FR.III/74-1, Dated 6.10.1974 of Finance Department should be followed in terms of awarding Increments while in Maternity Leave also.
  • An Employee during leave, draws leave salary and not duty pay. An increment accruing during the leave cannot, therefore, be drawn during leave. The increment in such cases will be drawn from the date of resumption of duty on return from leave.As the Maternity leave is on par with E.L. the clarification shall apply in case of ML also.
Download the Lr.No.853 Increments during maternity Leave Click Here

GO.84 Dated 17.9.2012: MEO/Gz HM can sanction ML  for 180 Days
Govt has amended the GO.70 Dated 6-7-2009 and ordered that
  • The Mandal Educational Officer (Gz. Head Master of High School) shall have the authority to grant Casual leave/Special Casual Leave (Special Casual Leave when permitted by the Government) and also other types of leave upto 4 months to the Head Misters and other teachers of Primary and Upper Primary Schools (High Schools) in the Mandal, and in respect of ML to lady teachers upto 180 days, in terms of G.O.Ms.No.152, Finance (FR.I) Dept, dt:04-05-2010, subject to the condition that the Head Masters and teachers report back to the same school from where they went on leave and continue to work there.
Download GO.84 Dated 17.0.2012 Maternity Leave Sanction Powers
GO.152 Dt 4.5.10-Maternity Leave 180 Days to State Govt Women Employees
  • Government accepted the recommendations of the PRC 2010 and ordered that the Maternity leave on full pay to married women employees of State Government is enhanced from 120 days to 180 days on par with the employees of the Govt. of India subject to the condition that it shall be granted to those with less than two surviving children only.
Download the GO.152 Dt 4.5.10 Maternity Leave 180 Days to Women Employees
L.Dis.No.1941/G2/90, Dt.11.06.1990 Maternity Leave - Dead Baby
  • All the District Development Officers in the State are informed that Government in their Govt. Memo.No.2665/Ser.IV-2 Edn., Dt. 29.12.1988  has issued orders in one instance case that ML of 90 Days may be given even if a dead baby is delivered.
  • In view of the above, all the District Development Officers in the State are requested to sanction 90 days of ML to Women Candidates who delivered a dead baby. Hence Women Employees who delivered a Dead Baby are eligible for ML.
Download the Lr.Dis.No.1941 Dt 11.6.1990 Maternity Leave-Dead Baby
Rc.No.29/C3-4/2003 Dated:25-01-2003-Promotion while in Maternity Leave
  • All the District Educational Officers in the state are instructed to permit the teachers who are on ML and get promotion at the time of availing ML  to join in the promotion posts after expiry of ML
Download Rc.No.29/C3-4/2003 Dated:25-01-2003 Promotion while on Maternity Leave
G.O.Ms.No.463 Dated:4-5-1979-Maternity Leave during Summer Vacation
The government after careful consideration direct that the female teachers working in educational institutions under local bodies i.e., Zilla parishads, Panchayat Samithis and Municipal Councils and Aided Managements, shall also be granted ML for a period of 90days from the date of its commencement the period being regulated as follows;
  • If it falls during the working period of the school year, 90 days may be sanctioned as ML.
  • If it falls during the vacation period 90 days leave may be granted subject to the condition that after enjoying the vacation the residuary period if any , shall be treated as ML subject to a maximum of 3 months.
Download GO.463 Maternity Leave during Summer Vacation
GO.38 Dated. 18-3-1992 and GO.37 Dated 26-2-1996 ML-upto Two Children -irrespective of the No. of Children born in the 2nd confinement.
  • As per GO.38 Govt has ordered that the ML in cases of confinement shall be granted to female government servant with less than two children.
  • As per GO.37 Govt has clarified that "If only one child born out of earlier deliveries, is alive the female Government servant is eligible for the grant of ML for subsequent confinement. It is, therefore clarified that irrespective of the facts that whether a single child was born or Twins were born on the second or subsequent confinements a female Government servant shall be eligible for the grant of ML, if only one child born earlier - is alive.
Download GO.37 and GO.38 ML up to Two Children-Irrespective of 2nd confinement

Abortion Leave to State Govt Women Employees- Miscarriage Leave

The provisions of the above rules shall apply to the grant of maternity leave in cases of confinement and shall apply to such leave in cases of miscarriage subject to the following modifications, namely:
  1. that the leave does not exceed Six weeks, and
  2. that the application for the leave is supported by a certificate from the registered Medical Practitioner.
Important Orders in support of Abortion Leave:
  • Cir.Memo.No.2415/401/FR.I/2006 Dated 1.7.2006-The Miscarriage including Abortion Leave also has to be granted by the Competent authority to the married female Govt Servants to those with less than two Surviving Children. This Leave should not exceed Six Weeks-Click Here
  • GO.Ms.No.762 Dt. 11-8-1976 Abortion Leave to Female Govt Employees-Click Here
  • G.O.Ms.No.254 Dated:10-11-1995-Continuation of Abortion Leave (Miscarriage Leave)-Click Here
  • G.O.Ms.No.219 Dated: 25-6-1984-Abortion Leave up to Two Surviving children-Click Here
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