Section 4
Leave account showing the amount of leave due.
The High Court Judges Salaries and Conditions of Service Act, 1954
About this Act
An Act to regulate salaries and certain conditions of service of the Judges of High Courts.
(1) A leave account shall be kept for each
Judge showing therein the amount of leave due to him in terms of leave on half allowances.
(2) In the leave account of a Judge
(a) there shall be credited to him
(i) one-fourth of the time spent by him on actual service;1* * *
(ii) where the Judge, by reason of his having been detained for the performance of duties not connected with the High Court, cannot enjoy any vacation which would otherwise have been entitled to enjoy had he not been so detained, as compensation for the vacation not enjoyed, a period equal to double the period by which the vacation enjoyed by him in any year falls short of one month; and
2[(iii) where the Judge had, prior to his appointment as such, held any pensionable post under the Union or a State, the period of leave earned by him in the said post, 3* * * * *and]
(b) there shall be debited to him all leave with all by him.
(2) In the leave account of a Judge
(a) there shall be credited to him
(i) one-fourth of the time spent by him on actual service;1* * *
(ii) where the Judge, by reason of his having been detained for the performance of duties not connected with the High Court, cannot enjoy any vacation which would otherwise have been entitled to enjoy had he not been so detained, as compensation for the vacation not enjoyed, a period equal to double the period by which the vacation enjoyed by him in any year falls short of one month; and
2[(iii) where the Judge had, prior to his appointment as such, held any pensionable post under the Union or a State, the period of leave earned by him in the said post, 3* * * * *and]
(b) there shall be debited to him all leave with all by him.
Notes
1. The word "and" omitted by Act 38 of 1986, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-11-1986).
2. Ins. by Act 38 of 1986, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-11-1986).
3. The words “so, however, that such period shall not exceed two hundred and forty days in terms of leave on full allowances” omitted by Act 7 of 1999, s. 2 (w.e.f. 8-1-1999).
2. Ins. by Act 38 of 1986, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-11-1986).
3. The words “so, however, that such period shall not exceed two hundred and forty days in terms of leave on full allowances” omitted by Act 7 of 1999, s. 2 (w.e.f. 8-1-1999).