👉As per provision of sub rule (b)  of Rule 194 of Orissa Service Code, a female Government employee can avail maternity leave for a period of 180 days.

👉The female employee can also avail additional leave as due in addition to maternity leave but she has to submit a medical fitness certificate while join the duty. 

👉 Such leave is generally sanctioned in advance so that there will be no problem for drawing leave salary. 

👉In terms of Rule 101 of the Odisha Service Code, house rent allowance is allowed to Government employees not provided with Government accommodation up to a maximum period of four months in the cases of leave extending beyond four months. But this is not applicable during maternity leave.

👉 A pregnant woman if newly joins Government job, then she can avail maternity leave immediately after joining.

  👉 Other leaves can be suffixed, if required,  with maternity leave provided the female employee to submit a fitness certificate while joining after leave.    

  👉      The female employee is entitled to draw leave salary while on maternity leave. (Refer Finance Department O.M.37478/F dt. 01.12.2018 DOWNLOAD )   

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