Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Examines Earned Leave For Teachers Performing Vacation Duties
Some teachers in Maharashtra must work during school vacations.
Their extra work can include Census duties and Booth Level Officer duties.
A teachers’ group says this work should be officially recorded.
It also wants teachers to receive earned leave for the vacation days they worked.
The group says this does not always happen now.
Maharashtra’s education officials are studying the request.
The government has not yet approved the proposal.
A final decision would explain how this work should be recorded and compensated.
Maharashtra is examining whether teachers assigned Census and BLO duties during vacations should receive earned leave.
Primary Education Director Sharad Gosavi referred the matter to the School Education and Sports Department.
The Teachers Federation says vacation duties are not always recorded in teachers’ service books.
The representation cites Maharashtra’s 1981 service rules on earned leave for vacation work.
The referral does not grant a new entitlement; a policy decision is still pending.
- Who
- Teachers assigned to Census and Booth Level Officer duties, the Teachers Federation, and Maharashtra School Education Department officials.
- What
- The state is examining a proposal to record vacation-period duties and provide corresponding earned leave.
- When
- The representation was dated May 11; the articles do not specify the year.
- Where
- Maharashtra, including teachers working during designated summer and winter vacations.
- Why
- Teachers’ representatives seek official service-book entries and earned leave for work performed during vacation periods.
Teachers’ Federation
Maharashtra Government Review
Compensation for vacation work
Teachers’ Federation
Teachers’ representatives argue that eligible teachers who work during vacations should have the duty recorded in their service books and receive corresponding earned leave.
Maharashtra Government Review
The government has not rejected or approved the request; officials say the matter requires a policy decision and are examining it.
Scope of the proposal
Teachers’ Federation
The representation highlights teachers assigned Census and Booth Level Officer duties, including work during the May summer vacation.
Maharashtra Government Review
The department’s referral seeks further consideration rather than immediately creating a statewide entitlement.
- Issue
- Earned leave for teachers performing national or government duties during school vacations.
- Duties mentioned
- Census work and Booth Level Officer duties.
- Representation
- Submitted by Anil Bornare, president of the Teachers Federation’s Konkan division.
- Rules cited
- Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981.
- Government status
- The Primary Education Directorate forwarded the matter for a policy-level decision.
- Current outcome
- No new earned-leave entitlement or grant has been announced.