AP Women with More than Two Children are eligible for Maternity Leave in AP GO 21

AP Women with More than Two Children are eligible for Maternity Leave in AP GO 21 

LEAVE RULES: - Maternity Leave to Married Women Government Servants - Enhancement from 120 days to 180 days- Removal of condition of two surviving children only- Amendment –Orders – Issued. 
FINANCE (HR-IV, FR, LR) DEPARTMENT G.O.MS.No. 21 Dated: 05-05-2025 

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G.O.Ms.No-152, Finance(FR.I) Department, Dt-04-05-2010. 

Maternity Leave for More than Two children in AP


AP Women with More than Two Children are eligible for Maternity Leave in AP GO 21 

ORDER:

In the reference read above, orders were issued to enhance the maternity leave on full pay to married women employees of State Government from 120 days to 180 days on par with the employees of the Govt. of India subject to the condition that it shall be granted to those with less than two surviving children only. 

2. To enable balanced professional and personal lives to the women employees and also to address demographic management in the State, after careful examination of the matter, it is decided by the competent authority that the limit on two surviving children for availing the maternity leave needs to be relaxed. 

3. Hence, the condition of less than two surviving children for availing the maternity leave is removed with immediate effect. The GO referred above will stand modified to that extent. 

4. The G.O is available on Internet and can be accessed at the address https://goir.ap.in