Woman who gave birth before joining service gets maternity leave

Woman who gave birth before joining service gets maternity leave

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Jaipur:06.05.2021

In an important judgment, the Rajasthan high court has ruled that a woman who joined service just after delivery is entitled to maternity leave. The recent order of the single bench of Justice SP Sharma followed the state education department’s refusal to grant a woman maternity leave, claiming that such a leave is applicable to only in-service government servants.

Petitioner’s counsel Anoop Dhand said that his client was selected for appointment to the post of school lecturer (physics) on March 18 this year. The appointment letter directed her to join service before April 10. The petitioner joined service on March 22 at the government senior secondary School, Badgaon, in Jalore district. After joining service, she applied for maternity leave as she had given birth to a baby on January 4 this year through caesarean.

The recent order of the single bench of Justice SP Sharma of the Rajasthan high court followed the state education department’s refusal to grant a woman maternity leave, claiming that such a leave is applicable to only in-service government servants