Study Leave I.M.S.
Appx. IV-A.
and, in the case of leave granted on medical certificate, provided that
the Medical Board at the India Office certifies that the officer is fit
for study. The total period of absence from duty will be strictly
limited to the period prescribed by the Leave Rules to which an officer
is subject.
7. Except as provided in Rule 8, all applications for study leave
shall be submitted for approval, with the Audit Officer’s certificate,.
to the Director-General, Indian Medical Service, through the pre-
scribed channel ; and the course or courses of study contemplated,
with details as to institutions at which study will be undertaken,.
details of commencement and termination of each course, and any-
examination the candidate proposes to undergo, shall be clearly speci-
fied therein.
A copy of the approved programme of study will be forwarded by
the Director-General, Indian Medical Service, to the Secretary to the
High Commissioner for India, General Department. If it is not
possible for an officer to give full details, as above, in his original,
application, or if, after arrival in England, he wishes to make any
changes in the programme which has been approved by the Director-
General, Indian Medical Service, he should immediately on arrival in
England apply to the Secretary to the High Commissioner for India,
General Department, for a form on which to submit the required
particulars. In such cases the officer should not, unless prepared to
do so at his own risk, commence his course nor incur any expenses
in connection therewith, until he receives approval to the course-
through the High Commissioner.
8. Officers on leave who wish to have part of the leave converted
into study leave or to undertake a course of study during leave, should,
before commencing study and before incurring any expenses in connec-
tion therewith, submit a programme of their proposed course of study
to the Secretary to the High Commissioner for India, General Depart-
meat, on a form which can be obtained on application to the General
Department, Office of the High Commissioner for India. The pro-
gramme should be accompanied by an official syllabus of the course,
if one is available, and by any documentary evidence that the particular
course or examination has the approval of the authorities in India.
In the absence of such evidence the programme may, if approved, be
proceeded with, but no study leave allowance will be admissible until,
the concurrence of the authority in India concerned is received.
Similarly, officers on leave who desire to have it extended for
purposes of study should address the Secretary to the High Commis-
sioner for India, but in addition to furnishing a statement of the
proposed study they must support their applications with documentary
evidence of their having obtained the approval of the authorities
concerned in India to their applying for an extension of leave. They
must also produce documentary evidence of the concurrence of the
authority in India concerned to the grant of study leave and for study
allowance.
9. An officer may be permitted to undertake or commence a course
of study during leave on awl age Pay, and draw study allowance in
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