Page 5 - Conditions-Service

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

(iii) Minimum one day E.L. can be availed at a time.
(iv) There is no maximum limit for availing available Earned Leave.
(v) Intervening holidays, Saturdays and Sundays will be reckoned as E.L. However, Saturdays,

Sundays and Holidays can be prefixed and / or suffixed to the E.L. and they will not be
reckoned as E.L.
(vi) Unavailed E.L. can be encashed as per guidelines given in 5.7

5.5.3 Medical Leave (M.L)

(i) Medical leave will be sanctioned at the rate of 1 day per completed month of service;
however the Employee is entitled to avail the Medical Leave only on completion of the first
year of service.
(ii) The accumulated ML of 12 days during the first year of service shall be carried forward.

(iii) Subject to the condition that Medical Leave application shall be accompanied by a Medical
Certificate duly certified by the Medical Officer of the University Health Centre.
(iv) The Leave application with Medical Certificate shall be submitted within 7 days from the

date of commencement of such leave only for longer period ML. In case, the treatment
happens outside of VIT Health Centre, the medical certificate obtained from the registered
Medical Practitioner from outside should be duly attested by the Medical Officer of VIT

Health Centre for the purpose of sanction of Leave.
(v) It can be accumulated up to a maximum of 180 days.
(vi) There is no maximum limit to the number of days of M.L. provided if it is within the

accumulated limit and recommended by a Registered Medical Practitioner duly attested by
the VIT University Medical Officer.
(vii) The Management has a right to refer the applicant to a Hospital or Medical

Practitioner of its choice if it has doubts about the genuineness of the application.
(viii) Prior sanction may not be obtained if the sickness is sudden and unforeseen but
intimation or communication is to be given to the leave sanctioning authority as early as

possible.
(ix) Intervening Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays will be reckoned as ML.
(x) Declared Holidays and Saturday, Sundays can be prefixed and / or suffixed to the M.L and

shall not be reckoned as ML.

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