Pakistan Bar Council Employees Service Rules — section 20

20. An employee shall be entitled to avail the following leave with full pay:

(1)Casual Leave not exceeding 25 days in a calendar year to be allowed for good cause only: Provided that no employee shall be allowed casual leave for more than five consecutive days at a time.

(2)Earned Leave

(a)An employee of the Bar Council shall be entitled to earned leave to be calculated at the rate of four days for every calendar month of the duty rendered and credited to the leave account: Provided that duty period of 20 days or less in a calendar month shall be ignored and of more than 20 days shall be treated as a full calendar month for the purpose.

(b)There shall be no maximum limit on the accumulation of such leave: Provided that an employee may be paid as of a matter of right the salary equivalent to 50% of his un-availed earned leave at his credit at any time and the period of leave for which he is paid shall be deemed to have been availed. Provided that such option can be exercised only once in a year.

(3)Recreation leave: The employees of the Bar Council shall be entitled, every year, to recreation leave during summer vacations in the Supreme Court as specified herein below:

(i)Employees in BS1 to 16 .. 7 days

(ii)Employees in BS 17 and above .. 14 days Provided that in case an employee does not avail the recreation leave it shall be deemed to have been availed: Provided further that if the employee is stopped or restrained from availing the recreation leave by order of the competent authority he shall be paid salary in lieu thereof.

(4)Leave for attending duty on off days: An employee of the Bar Council on being required, to perform duty on holidays shall be entitled to avail leave in lieu thereof and if such leave remains un-availed he shall be paid for such accumulated leave at the end of calendar year.

(5)Medical leave

(a)Leave with pay: An employee may be allowed medical leave subject to production of medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner for a period not exceeding 180 days: Provided that in case the leave exceeds 7 days the employee shall have to provide medical certificate from Govt. Hospital: Provided further that the Executive Committee or the Bar Council may direct the employee to appear before Medical Board comprising of specialist-Doctors of a Govt. Hospital, for determination of illness and authenticity of certificates produced by him.

(b)Leave without pay: The Executive Committee may allow for cogent reasons leave without pay, to an employee: Provided that leave exceeding three months shall require prior approval of the Bar Council.

(6)Leave Preparatory to Retirement: An employee shall be entitled to one year Leave Preparatory to Retirement when he reaches 59 years of age: Provided that in case the employee does not opt for LPR and continues to perform his duties, he may be granted additional salaries for one year by the competent authority in lieu thereof.