# during his absence

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 76/IVf-72-49
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 2007-09-27
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 76/IVf-72-49
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/during-his-absence-162091
- **Pages:** 1

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sanction, provided intimation is sent to the Court as soon thereafter as possible and
suitable arrangements are made for the disposal of urgent criminal work that may arise
during his absence.
(ii)
Extra or special casual leave
C.L. No. 76/IVf-72-49 dated 15th November, 1949
District Judges can, without prior reference to the Court, sanction special casual
leave up to four days only to Judicial Officers on the ground of their illness or the illness
or demise of their near relations. For special casual leave for a longer period or on some
other ground, the previous orders of the Court should be obtained.
C.L. No. 64/IVf-72 dated 22nd November, 1954 and
C.L. No. 15/IVf-72 dated 13th February, 1974
The Court has noticed a tendency among Judicial Officers to exhaust all or most of
their casual leave by the third quarter of the year and then to apply for special casual
leave to meet their requirements during the rest of the year. Judicial Officers are now
permitted to combine holidays with casual leave without the holidays counting for leave.
If they discretely avail of their casual leave, there should ordinarily be no occasion for
them to apply for any special casual leave,
Special casual leave is meant only for short-term illness of the officer or some close
relation of his or for bereavement in his family, when no casual leave is due to him. It
will not be granted for any other purpose, such as attending a marriage of a relation, etc.,
unless there are very special reasons.
C.L. No. 11 dated 6th February, 1968
The directions contained in various Circular and General Letters issued by the
Court regulating leave of Judicial Officers shouid be strictly followed.
C.L. No. 27/IVf-72 dated 31st March, 1965
Special casual leave should not be used as a substitute for regular leave and it
should be asked for in very exceptional circumstances and for only a few days in excess
of the casual leave.
Admissibility of leave to the Special Judicial Magistrate/Special Metropolitan
Magistrate
C.L. No. 42/Main „A‟/J.R. (I); Dated: September 27, 2007

With regard to admissibility of leave to the Special Judicial Magistrate/Special
Metropolitan Magistrate, the Hon‟ble Court has been pleased to prescribe certain norms,
which run as under:
"A Special Judicial Magistrate/Special Metropolitan Magistrate will earn one day
leave in a working week and he can accumulate leave in this way up to maximum of 30
days but he can avail of leave for more than 15 days at a stretch. This leave can be
availed of by a Spl. J.M./Spl.M.M., as a casual leave/medical/earned leave. Such leave as
stated above cannot be taken for more than 15 days at a stretch. However, in special