Treatment of period of absence from the place of duty during the period of lockdown

Important clarifications regarding the period of absence to be treated for Central Government Employees and Railway Employees during the period of lockdown:

Doubt: An employee remained in Hq but could not attend office due to lockdown, disruption of public transport, or being in containment zone.
Clarification: Duty work from home

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Headquarters Office, Rail Soudha
Personnel Department
Gadag Road
Hubballi – 580020

Dated: 25.06.2020

No.SWR/(P) 72/COVID-19

CAO/CN/BNC,
All PHOD’s/CHOD’s/SWR
DRMs/UBL,SBC & MYS
CWM/UBLS & MYSS

Sub: Treatment of period of absence from the place of duty during the period of lockdown due to COVID-19.

Ref: 1. GS/SWRMU letter No.SWRMU/CO-dated 28.5.2020
2. This office letter of even number dated 28.04.2020
3. This office letter No.SWRMU/P.694/SWRMU/Corres/2020 dated 19.03.2020

Clarifications have been sought by Divisions/Units in SWR from this Office regarding how the period of absence of staff/officers from workplace/HQ be treated in the context of nationwide lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping in view extant instructions contained in Master Circular-10 and those issued by concerned Ministries/Department in Government of India, implementation of provisions of Disaster Management Act,2005 by state & Central Governments, it has been decided to treat the different categories of absence from duty as follows:

Sl.No	Type	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 zone.	Duty work from home
02	An employee went on tour before lockdown and could not return back	Special Casual Leave (SCL)
03.	An employee went outstation before lockdown with/without HQ leave permission, but could not return back due to Lockdown	Special Casual Leave (SCL)
04.	An employee went on leave with/without HQ leave permission during lockdown, but could not return back due to extended lockdown	Leave as per sanctioned & SCL thereafter
05.	An employee was asked to remain in quarantine on return from outstation duty	Special Casual Leave (SCL)
06	An employee remained in quarantine due to Central/State Govt. instructions	Special Casual Leave (SCL)
07	An employee was advised by Railway Medical Authority to remain in quarantine	Special Casual Leave (SCL)
08	An employee who chose to remain in quarantine as a precaution	Special Casual Leave (SCL)
09	An employee who worked from home due to co-morbidity or underlying medical conditions as per central/state Govt instructions	Duty only after permission of cadre controllind authority otherwise leave
10	An employee who was in HQ but did not turn up for duty on being called	Absent the period & pay may be decided as per normal rules