Casual Leave Rules for Odisha Government Employees
Official Guidelines, Notifications, and Application Formats

Casual Leave Allocation for Men and Women
Leave Type | For Men | For Women |
---|---|---|
No. of Casual Leave in a Calendar Year | 10 | 10 |
No. of Special Casual Leave in a Calendar Year | 5 | 5 |
Additional Casual Leave in a Calendar Year | 0 | 12 (one can avail only one day of such casual leave in a month, no such casual leave will be carried forward if not availed in a month) |
Note: Additional casual leave for women can be availed only one day per month, and it will not carry forward if not used within the month.
πNo. of casual leave is proportionate to the period of employment during a calendar year.
Exa- If a person is appointed on 1st July of a year, then during that calendar year he shall be eligible to avail only 7.5 nos. of casual leave.
πSundays or other authorized holidays when so combined with casual leave or special casual leave shall not be counted for the purpose of reckoning the total amount of casual leave including special casual leave.
πWhen casual leave is availed prefixing / suffixing Government Holidays, then due care should be given to the no. of absence period. If the total continuous (means including govt holidays) absence period exceeds 10 days then the entire period of absence shall be converted to earned leave or any other type of leave as the case may be.