Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court wrapped a city college to cancel the Child Care Leave (CCL) of an economics professor of six months, taking advantage of taking care of his one -year twin daughters and withdrawing his salary for the period.“If the nutritious year of two infants is not the right time to give CCL to the petitioner, a wonder is whether the governing body of the college was trying to save it for a later period, when there may be no need for such a holiday,” Justice J Sengupta saw in his 19 May order.HC directed the officials of Calcutta Girls College to approve the CCL’s 189 days and issue their salary dues for this period within six weeks. The petitioner will have the amount to incite the implemented law, refusing such a holiday, the bench gave the verdict.The professor contacted the High Court after college in a judgment on January 11, 2024, dismissed his CCL from 11 January to 18 July, 2023, and directed him to return the salary received during that period.The petitioner said that he took a maternity leave of 180 days from November 12, 2021 to May 10, 2022. She gave birth to twins through C-section on 26 November, 2021. She returned to work on 11 May, 2022, and on the same day, applied for the child care to take care of her daughters at her Siliguri house.He was approved by CCL from 11 January to 18 July 2023 and took advantage of it. Suffering from post -pregnancy issues, he again applied for CCL from July 21 to October 31, 2023, which was approved, and left without payment from 1 November 2023 to 29 February 2024, which was approved. He resumed duties on 1 March, 2024.According to the rules mentioned in the memorandum of January 18, 2016, a female employee deserves child care leave for a period of two years, that is, 730 days, during his entire service period, until her eldest two children reach the age of 18 years. She can apply three times within a year, or apply for a year at a time.The college stated that the petitioner went to CCL from January 11 to July 18, 2023, “According to the laws and acts of the University of Calcutta, without following the appropriate rules”, and his salary for the disputed period was closed “due to his unauthorized holiday”.However, the judge dismissed the arguments and said that the petitioner was well within his rights to claim CCL, and there was no reason to operate the college that he did not consider his application favorably.
