10 Mar, 2022 06:56 AM

MoD clarification on regularisation of absence during COVID 19 lockdown

Government of India
(Department of Defence)
Ministry of Defence
D(Civ-II)

Subject: Clarification on regularization of absence during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period – regarding

Department of Personnel and Training OM No. 13020/1/2019-Estt(L) dated 01.03.2021 on the above-mentioned subject is being circulated to all Admin Divn/Line Dtes concerned for information and compliance.

2. In view of the ibid DoP&T OM dated 01.03.2021, all the administrative divisions in MoD are requested to examine cases relating to regularization of absence during COVID-19 lockdown period in the light of DOP&T OM dated 28.07.2020 on the above-mentioned subject and the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Home Affairs from time to time.

Encl.: As above

(Vimala Vikram)
Under Secretary to the Govt of India

.No	Situation	Clarification
1	Government Servants who were on official tour and were unable to return to their Headquarters (HQs) due to non-availability of Public Transport	Deemed to have joined duty on the date of expiry of the official tour, if intimation in any form, indicating difficulty in joining duty due to non-availability of public transport/flights, has been given by the Government servant to the office.
2	Government servants who were on leave prior to the issue of lockdown orders with effect from 25.03.2020 and the leave ended during the lockdown period	Deemed to have joined duty from the date of expiry of leave, if intimation in any form, indicating difficulty in joining duty due to non-availability of public transport/flights has been given by the Government servant to the office. In case of leave on medical grounds, this is subject to production of medical/fitness certificate
3	Government servants who left HQ on the weekend prior to lockdown, i.e. 20.03.2020 (Friday), but could not return to HQ on 23.03.2020(Monday) due to non-availability of transport.	Deemed to have joined on 23.03.2020, if intimation, in any form indicating difficulty in joining duty due to nonavailability of public transport/flights has been given by the Government servant to the office.
4	Government servants who were on leave prior to the issue of orders on lockdown with effect from 25.03.2020 and the leave expired during the lockdown but who wish to curtail the leave before expiry and join duty	Curtailment of sanctioned leave may not be agreed to unless allowed by the leave sanctioning authority only in rare cases based on official exigency. From the date following the date of expiry of leave during the period of lockdown, the employee may be deemed to have joined duty.