No Government servant who has been granted leave on medical certificate may return to duty without first producing a medical certificate of fitness in such form as the Government may by order prescribe. The Government may require a similar certificate in the case of any Government servant who has been granted leave for reasons of health, even though such leave was not actually granted on medical certificate.
Note 1 : —A Government servant who has taken leave on medical certificate out of India may not return to duty until he has produced a medical certificate of fitness from two medical practitioners in the following form :
We certify that we have carefully examined C.D. of the..... department and find that he is in good health and fit to return to his duty in India.
Date.....
Place.....
If the certificate be signed by foreigners, it should be attested by Consular or other authority as bearing the signatures of qualified medical practitioners (vide Government of India, Finance Department, Letter No. 197, CSR., dated 6-3-1922, recorded in G.O. No. 230, Finance, dated 16-3-1922).
Note 2 : —A Government servant who has taken leave in India on medical certificate may not return to duty until he has produced a medical certificate of fitness in the following form :
"Signature of applicant—
We the members of a Medical Board
Civil Surgeon of
do hereby
A Registered Medical Practitioner of
certify that We/I have carefully examined A.B.C. of the department whose signature is given above, and find that he has recovered from his illness and is now fit to resume duties in Government service. We/I also certify that before arriving at this decision, We/I have examined the original medical certificates and statements of the case (or certified copies thereof, on which leave was granted or extended, and have taken these into consideration in arriving at our/my decision)".
If the Government servant on leave is gazetted officer who has taken leave on certificate granted by a Medical Board, the certificate of fitness to return to duty should also be from a Medical Board except :
(1) in case in which the leave is not more than three months, or
(2) in cases in which the leave is for more than three months or leave for three months or less is extended beyond three months but the Medical Committee granting the original certificate or the certificate for extension state at the time of granting such certificate, that the Government servant need not appear before another Committee for obtaining the certificate of fitness to return to duty.
In the case in items (1) and (2) above, the certificate should be signed by a Commissioned Medical Officer or a Medical Officer in-charge of a civil station. If the Government servant on leave is not a gazetted officer, the authority under which the Government servant will be employed on return from leave may, in its discretion, accept a certificate signed by any registered medical practitioner (vide Government of India, Finance Department No. E. 7(35)-R. I/34, Dt. 21-5-1935).