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HR Manual 2019_ Ver-005 Chapter – 5 CONDITIONS OF SERVICE ET. al.

5.1 Stoppage of work, Lay-off :
(a) VIT may, at any time in the event of fire, catastrophe breakdown of machinery or stoppage

of power supply, epidemic, civil commotion or other cause beyond control, stop working or
close any department or departments wholly or partially for any period or periods.
(b) In the event or any such stoppage or closure during working hours the Employees affected

shall be notified by notices put on the Notice Board as soon as practicable when work will
be resumed and whether they are to remain or to leave the University during the period of
detention or stoppage or closure, the Employees so detained shall be entitled to receive

wages/salary for the whole of the time during which they are detained in the premises, as a
result of the stoppage or closure.
(c) Any Employee laid off under such circumstances shall not be considered as dismissed from

services but as temporarily unemployed. Whenever practicable, reasonable notice shall be
given of resumption of normal work and all Employees so laid off who present themselves
within a notified time for work when the normal work is resumed except in exceptional

cause for reason to be recorded shall have prior right of reinstatement, provided that any
Employee who for any bona fide reason is unable to resume work on the day of resumption
of normal work, may be permitted to resume the work subsequently, if he presents himself

within a reasonable time to the satisfaction of the employer.
5.2 Holidays :

Holidays mean all the holidays which VIT under any law or statue is bound to give and any other
holiday which is declared by VIT.
The holidays for important Festivals / National Holidays etc., will be notified in advance by the
Registrar. Only such days notified as holidays by the Registrar shall be availed by an Employee.

5.3 Leave Rules :

These rules shall be called as “VIT Employee Leave Rules”.
These rules are applicable to all the Employees on the pay rolls of “VIT”. These rules do not apply
to the staff under the Category of Casual / Project / Contract & Apprentice or Trainee. In these

rules, unless otherwise stated in the context.
Leave sanctioning authority means:
(i) In respect of the Schools – Deans in respect of Teaching / Head of Departments in respect of

Administrative Staffs and Laboratory Incharge in respect of Technical Supporting staff of
the schools concerned.

(ii) Centre - Directors concerned.
(iii) Administrative / Other Service Departments – Deans/ Directors/ Section Heads concerned.

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