Leave cannot be claimed as of right and leave of any kind may be refused or revoked by the authority* competent to grant it, but it shall not be open to that authority to alter the kind of leave due and applied for except at the written request of the Railway servant. *See schedule.
Railway Ministry’s decision.—The above provisions are not, however, intended to be so used as in effect to abridge to the employees’ leave entitlements. It is desirable in the interests of efficiency that employees take leave at suitable intervals and return to work keen and refreshed. The leave sanctioning authority should draw a phased programme for the grant of leave to the applicants by turns with due regard to the priority of claims to leave at the same time ensuring for adequate presence of staff so that no dislocation in the normal working of establishment is caused.
“Provided that leave applied under rule 522, shall not be refused or revoked without reference to the Medical Authority, whose advice shall be binding.”