Chennai: The Tamilnadu government on Monday announced suspension of Earned Leave (EL) encashments for its employees and teachers for a period of one year in view of the fiscal stress arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Government Order (GO) issued by Chief Secretary K Shanmugam said ‘in view of the fiscal stress arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the periodical surrender of EL for encashment for 15 days every year/30 days every two years, as provided under Rule 7A of the Tamilnadu Leave Rules, 1933, is suspended initially for a period of one year to all the government employees and teachers from the date of issue of this order.
“All surrender requests and bills pending as on date irrespective of their stage of sanction and disbursement shall not be processed.” it said.
In cases where sanction orders have been issued, they were to be cancelled and EL re-credited to the leave account of the respective employees, the GO said.
The order would be applicable to all Constitutional/Statutory bodies, including all State Corporations, Local Bodies, Boards, Universities, Commissions, Companies, Institutions, Societies, etc., it said.