The High Court of Karnataka has directed the authorities to encash 90 days of privilege leave, which was wrongly forfeited from the terminal benefits of a retired employee in 2013 for the reason that her husband had not undergone vasectomy as per norms to claim maternity leave of 90 days, even though she had undergone tubectomy.
The court directed that the authorities should encash 90 days of forfeited privilege leave in her favour and pay the amount along with 8% interest with effect from May 1, 2013.
Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the order while allowing a petition filed way back in 2014 by A. Alice, who is now aged 71. She had questioned the legality of forfeiture of 90 days of privilege leave. She was an employee of erstwhile Karnataka Electricity Board and retired as senior assistant at Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd., Bengaluru.
