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Clarification regarding absence during COVID-19 lockdown period

Admin May 15, 2021

Circular No. 18 -Staff Entt.11/2021
No. 74-Staff Entt.11/20-2018
Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India
9, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg
New Delhi – 110124

Date: 13 MAY 2021

To,
All Heads of Offices in IA&AD
Director (P)

Sub: Clarification regarding absence during COVID-19 lockdown period.

Sir/Madam,

Regularization of absence during COVID-1 9 lockdown period imposed by the Government to contain the spread of Corona virus has been examined and the following clarifications are issued:

Sl   No Queries Clarification
1 (i) How to treat the period of quarantine spent by an employee (as per direction of concerned office), who came into contact with an office colleague, who has tested positive for COVID 19.
(ii) How to treat the period of quarantine spent by an employee (as per direction of concerned office), whose family member has tested positive for COVID 19.
(iii) How to treat the period of quarantine spent by an employee (as per direction of Central/State/ Local administration or office) arising as a consequence of official travelling.
The   period of such quarantine shall be treated as on duty/Work From Home.
(iv) How to treat the period of quarantine spent by an employee (as per direction of Central/State/Local administration or office) arising as a consequence or station leave.
(v) How to treat the period spent by an employee, who is on self quarantine as a precautionary measure due to return of his/her family members from abroad or from other areas of the country during lockdown period as per the State/Med ical Protocol.
The   period of such quarantine shall have to be covered by the official’s leave.
2 How to   treat the period of institutional quarantine/home quarantine/ hospitalization   of the officials. who have tested positive for COVID 19. The   period of such institutional quarantine/ home quarantine/ hospitalization   shall have to be covered by the official’s commuted leave without   insisting on Medical Certificate.
3 (i)   How to treat the period spent by an employee. who is repatriated from   deputation or on transfer and undergoing home or institutional quarantine as   per guidelines of Central/State/Local administration before joining the   office. The   period of such quarantine shall be treated as on duty/Work From Home.
(ii) Whether the joining time will be reckoned from the date of joining duty physically after the completion of quarantine period or from the date he/she has come to the concerned city. where his/her office is located.
(iii) The practice to be followed regarding credit of un-availed joining time in the present situation under the extraordinary circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The   provisions of CCS (Joining Time) Rules, 1979 may be followed. The   joining time may be admissible as per CCS (Joining Time) Rules.   1979 in addition to quarantine period. Joining can be effected through   mail/work from home provided the official is physically in the station of   reporting.
(iv) Whether joining duty (who   are repatriated from deputation or on transfer or new joining) via electronic   media viz. email is permissible or only physical or in person joining and   taking over charge shall be acceptable. The   officers/officials can .1om office through electronic media viz email. etc on   reaching the headquarters of the office physically to report.
4 The   field office has requested to clarify regarding all such cases where an   official was not able to JOll1 office on 1st July because of quarantine/   getting suitable transportation/any other COVID- 19 related/affected issue.   whether they will get increment on 1st July or the later date when they   actually resumed the office. If an   employee IS on duty including those periods classified to be as “duty11 in   these clarifications. then the annual increment on 1st July or J st January   may be granted as per existing provisions. If an employee is on leave, then   the provisions contained in CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2016 may be   followed.
5 The   employees were not allowed to leave the premises due to building/residential   society being sealed/isolated due to declaration of red zone/containment area   by the District/local authorities. Such   employees who could not attend office due to isolation/sealing of their   Building/Residential Society on being declared as containment zone may be   treated as duty (Work From Home) subject to production of Notice/Order from   concerned District Authorities/ Local Authorities/Letter from RWA to the   above effect.
6 Residential   society/village did not allow the employees to leave the premises to attend   duties Such   employees who could not attend office due to isolation/sealing of their   Building/Residential Society may be treated as duty (Work From Home) subject   to production of Notice/Order from concerned District Authorities/Local   Authorities/Letter from RWA to the above effect. In absence of any   documentary evidence. employees shall apply for leave due as admissible for   regulating such absence.
7 (i)   Employees proceeded to his/her hometown or other places without taking   headquarter leaving permission during lockdown and could not return to   headquarter. In   such cases, employee may apply for leave due and admissible as per CCS   (Leave) Rules for entire period of absence.
(ii) Employees proceeded to   hometown or other places due to LTC and LTC ended during the lockdown, but   could not return the headquarters due to dislocation of transport. Deemed   to have joined duty if intimation in any form indicating difficulty in   joining duty due to non-availability of public transport has been given by   the employee to the office.
(iii)   Employees who have applied for leave prior to lockdown and left headquarter   with permission and remained outside the headquarter during lockdown and   could not come to headquarter due to dislocation of transport. Deemed   to have joined duty on expiry of leave if intimation in any form indicating   difficulty in joining duty due to non-availability of public transport has   been given by the employee to the office. If no intimation was received then   employee shall apply for leave due and admissible.
(iv)   Employees who have gone on tour prior to lockdown period and got held up   outside headquarter due to dislocation of transport. Deemed   to have joined duty on the date of expiry of official tour, if intimation in   any form indicating difficulty in joining duty due to non-availability of   public transpo1i has been given by the employee to the office. If no   intimation was received then employee shall apply for leave due and   admissible.
8 Treatment   of lockdown period as qualifying service for terminal benefits. The   period of lockdown is governed by the orders issued by MHA and DoPT from time   to time. As such, if an employee was designated to Work From Home then he/she   should be treated as on duty for all purposes and his service treated   accordingly.
9 How to   regulate the absence of those employees who have been absent during the   COVID-19 epidemic lockdown period and wish to join duties by regulating their   absence by applying for leave. The   period of absence may be regularized by grant of leave due as admissible to   the employee by the leave sanctioning authority, as per extant CCS   (Leave) Rules.

Yours faithfully,
Sd/­-
(Supriya Singh)
Assistant Comptroller & Auditor General (N)

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