Shimla, June 20 -- Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to make necessary amendments in service rules to grant paternity leave to male contractual employees.
Justice Sandeep Sharma, while allowing the petition of Munish Patial, quashed a series of rejection orders issued by the Technical Education Department and directed that the petitioner's leave from July 31 to August 14, 2024, be treated as paternity leave.
The court observed that denying paternity leave to a male employee who had already been regularised at the time of applying was not legally sustainable. It held that under Rule 43-A of the FRSR Leave Rules, a male government servant with less than two surviving children is entitled to 15 days of paternity ...