Study Leave for Higher Education Not a Matter of Right: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court held that study leave for higher education cannot be claimed as a matter of right by government employees.

The Court dismissed the appeal of a mathematics lecturer from a government polytechnic college whose request for study leave to pursue a PhD had been rejected by the authorities.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru upheld the earlier decision, observing that granting study leave depends on administrative discretion and institutional requirements.

Since the competent authority had validly rejected the request, the Court found no reason to interfere.

[Chitranjan Lal v. State of Chhattisgarh]