• Absence to school on national holidays

Can a teachers be absent to school on national festival days? 
If not what is the punishmenment?
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On national festivals, school haves holiday, why teacher will present and on 15th aug, 26th jan, presense is mandatory.

Absent due to Circumstances beyond control is permitted or with the permission of administration.

Pay cut for a day.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
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Your salary would be deducted for being absent on national festival days 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Every one is entitled to leave whether casual leave or paid leave. 

The Independence Day doesn't put any restriction on not taking absence from attending the event of celebration. 

Therefore no punishment lies. 

Attendance in such event is voluntary and comes from obligation to organise the event. 

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
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The teacher cannot be absent from school during the national festival namely, Independence day, Republic Day and 2nd October.

The judgment by 

Kerala High Court in 

Nimisha K. vs State Of Kerala

dated 23.11.2015, would explain further details whichever doubts remain to be cleared in your mind.

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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This depends on departmental laws.

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
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if there is a legitimate reason then she can. 

Is it a govt. school or a private school? 

Regards 

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
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There is no punishment for the same. But school can take action if they feel proper

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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Unless the teacher has a pre sanctioned leave or her absence is otherwise justified she can be proceeded against under the rules. The punishment depends on what the rules of the institution say. There is no straight jacket formula.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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Dear Sir,

The absence on the national festivals days like Independence day etc, to be taken seriously and the teachers absent on those days are likely to face disciplinary action.

Ganesh Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
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