Chandigarh, October 5
The state government has decided that the period of military service would be counted for the purpose of computing earned leave. The casual leave will also be admissible on the subsequent appointment of an ex-serviceman in any department of the state government.
An official spokesman said a decision to this effect had been taken keeping in view the fact that ex-servicemen joined the government service at a mature age after putting in long service in the Army and their social and family liabilities were rather pressing. All administrative secretaries, heads of departments, Deputy Commissioners and sub-divisional officers (Civil), registrars of universities and managing directors, chief administrators of boards and corporations in the state had been asked to comply with the instructions. — TNS