Clarification on regularization of absence during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown period for Teaching & Non Teaching staff: KVS Order
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN
18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg
New Delhi 110 016
F.11029-9/2020-KVS(HQ)/(Admn-I)/724
Date.12.2020
Sub: Clarification on regularization of absence during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown period-regarding.
Madam/Sir,
With a view to adopt a uniform interim procedure over the employees of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan the approval of the Commissioner, KVS is hereby conveyed to regularize the absence during COVID-19 epidemic period as per the following measures:-
| S.No. | Situations : | The period of absence to be treated as |
| 01 | An employee remained in HQ but could not attend office due to lockdown, disruption of public transport or being in containment one. | To be considered as on duty. |
| 02 | An employee who worked from ‘home due to co-morbidities (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, asthma, etc.) or underlying medical conditions as per Central/ State Govt. instructions. | |
| 03 | The employee who did not join the Vidyalaya on re-opening day after Summer Vacation due to lockdown, disruption of public transport. | |
| 04 | i) An employee, who could not attend office and working from home/online, despite his/her name, is figuring in the roster and no underlying medical conditions.
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If informed to the controlling authority, to be treated as on duty after permission of cadre controlling authority.
Otherwise to treat the period as absent/Leave as per normal leave rules. |
| ii) An employee could not attend the office and not working front home/online, despite his/her name, is figuring in the roster and no underlying medical conditions. | To treat the period as absent/Leave as per normal leave rules. | |
| 05 | An employee was asked to remain in quarantine on return from outstation duty. | Special Casual leave (SCL) to be sanctioned by respective leave sanctioning authority. |
| 06 | An employee remained in quarantine due to Central/State Govt. instructions. An employee who reached the station but were in the quarantine for 14 days as per the requirement of State Govt./ controlling authority. | |
| 07 | An employee who was advised by Medical Authority to remain in quarantine/treatment for “N” number of days. | |
| 08 | An employee has left the Hqrs without permission and later informed the office that he/she is not able to reach back to office due to lockdown. | |
| 09 | An employee stayed at home as a precautionary measure due to adverse health conditions / Aarogya Setu etc. as per extent guidelines of Government of India in this regard. | |
| 10 | An employee who remained in quarantine as a precaution in a case when his or her family member staying with the employee was tested positive | |
| 11 | An employee who was in HQ but did not turn up for duty on being called although his/her family member or self were not tested positive.
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He/she has to apply leave due, otherwise EOL to be sanctioned for the period & pay may be decided as per normal rules. |
| 12 | How the employees with co-morbidities, pregnant women and differently abled employees will be treated if worked from home or are working from home during COVID-19 pandemic. |
Such employees with co- morbidities (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, asthma, etc.), pregnant women and Differently abled employees will be treated as on duty and transport allowance will be regularized as per |
This may be circulated among all Kendriya Vidyalayas functioning under your Administrative jurisdiction for compliance and obtain signature of the teaching and non-teaching employees, as a token of having seen the instructions.
Hindi version follows.
Yours faithfully,
(Dr. E. Prabhakar)
Joint Commissioner (Admn./Pers.)
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