• As per RBE 57/2011…. SC 60/2011 
  • A female railway employee [including an apprentice] with less than two surviving children may be granted maternity leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a period of * 180 days (*)  from the date of its commencement.
  • The period of maternity leave on account of miscarriage / abortion should be restricted to 45 days in the entire career of a female railway servant,
  • Note:- Abortion induced under the MTP Act ‘71 shall also be considered as a case of abortion under sub-rule (2) 
  • Maternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind. Not withstanding the provision in sub-rule 527 any leave [including commuted leave up to 60 days and leave not due] up to a maximum of 2 years with effect from 01.09.2008 Vide SC 144/2008.
  • Previously it is 1 year, may, if applied for, in continuation of maternity leave be granted without the production of medical certificate. 
  • Leave in further continuation of leave granted under clause (b) of sub-rule (3) may be granted on production of a medical certificate for the illness of the railway servant.  Such leave may also be granted in case of illness of a newly born baby, subject to production of medical certificate to the effect that the condition of the ailing baby warrants mother’s personal attention and that her presence by the baby’s side is absolutely necessary.
  • As Per RBE 242/2001..SC 5/2002
  • The maternity leave shall not be debited against the leave account. EOL taken in continuation of Maternity leave without Medical Certificate will not count for qualifying service for pension and increments.
  • Female employees appointed on ad-hoc basis [e.g. staff nurses,] during the course of her ad-hoc appointment gets married and subsequently requests for Maternity Leave on the basis of MC s, such leave should not ordinarily be refused provided her appointment is likely to continue till the period of her leave expires and there is likelihood of her being retained in service thereafter.
  • Unmarried female railway employees are also eligible for Maternity leave [SC 96/86].
  • No maternity leave to female CL with temporary status 
  • As Per RBE 250/99….SC 293/99 
  • In case of still born child and in case a female employee who has married a widower with children from his former wife… Maternity Leave would be admissible provided the female employee has less than two surviving children at the time of child birth….