Chandigarh, December 14- Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief minister, Sh. Manohar Lal held here today accorded approval to a proposal regarding Amendments in Haryana Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2016 under which Child Care Leave of two years will be permissible to single male government employee as well.  

These Rules may be called the Haryana Civil Services (Leave) Amendment Rules, 2022. They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Now, a single male government employee meaning thereby - an unmarried, widower or legally divorcee government employee and a female government employee can avail Child Care Leave for a maximum period of two years (i.e. 730 days) during the entire service for taking care of her/his two eldest surviving children upto the age of 18 years under the Haryana Civil Services (leave) Amendment Rules, 2022.

Furthermore, as per the amendment, Child Care Leave has been granted to single male government employee apart from female government employees on the pattern of Government of India by amending the Rule 46 of HCS (Leave) Rules, 2016. In the said rules, in rule 46, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely, Child care leave shall be admissible for a maximum period of 730 days during the entire service for taking care of two eldest surviving children upto the age of eighteen years only provided that the period of 730 days includes the child care leave availed, if any, by the mother, as a female Government employee, while working under any State government or the Government of India prior to the submission of application by a single male Government employee of the same two eldest children.

Besides this, the condition of Child Care Leave for children less than 18 years shall not be applicable to Divyang Children, if impairment is more than 60 per cent as per the impairment certificate issued by the competent authority and if Divyang Child is completely dependent on the female Government employee or single male Government employee as the case maybe.