Maternity Leave to Commissioning mother and Surrogate Mother
ਤਕਨਾਲੋਜੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਰੱਕੀ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਕੁਝ ਮਹਿਲਾ ਕਰਮਚਾਰੀ ਬੱਚੇ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਸਰੋਗੇਸੀ ਦਾ ਸਹਾਰਾ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਨ। ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੇ ਇਸ ਸਬੰਧੀ 17 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2022 ਨੂੰ ਅਧਿਸੂਚਨਾ ਜਾਰੀ ਕਰ ਫੈਸਲਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਜਣੇਪਾ ਛੁੱਟੀ commissioning mother ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ।
ਡਾਇਰੈਕਟਰ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਵਲੋਂ ਇਸ ਸਬੰਧੀ ਪੱਤਰ ਨੰਬਰ 15/1-2020 ਕੋ (1) 202047553 ਜਾਰੀ ਕਰ , ਸਮੂਹ ਸਕੂਲ ਮੁੱਖੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਹਦਾਇਤਾਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਜਣੇਪਾ ਛੁੱਟੀ commissioning mother ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ i.e the female employee who engages the services of another female to conceive a child with or without the genetic material being supplied by her and/or her male partner, and also to the surrogate mother i.e. the female employee who bears a child on behalf of another woman either from her own egg fertilized by the other woman's partner or from the implantation in her uterus of a fertilized egg from the other woman, on the same terms and conditions as prescribed for Maternity Leave admissible to a female employee under Rule 8.127(a) and 8.127(b) of Punjab Civil Services Rules Volume-1, Part-I.
The competent authority based on material placed before it would decide on the timing and period for which maternity leave ought to be granted to a commissioning mother who adopts the surrogacy route.
Letter regarding Grant of Maternity Leave to Commissioning mother and surrogate Mother in Punjab
The scrutiny would be keener and detailed when leave is sought by a female employee who is the commissioning mother, of the pre-natal stage. In case maternity leave is declined at the pre-natal stage, the competent authority would pass a reasoned order having regard to the material, if any, placed before it by the female employee who seeks to avail maternity leave.
In a situation where both the commissioning mother and the surrogate mother are employees, who are otherwise eligible for maternity leave (one on the ground that she is a commissioning mother and the another on the ground that she is the pregnant woman), a suitable adjustment regarding grant of maternity leave at the same time or otherwise would be made by the competent authority.
For the grant of leave qua pre. natal stage and post-natal period, the competent authority would ordinarily grant such leave except where there are substantial reasons for declining a request made in that behalf. In this case as well, the competent authority will pass a reasoned order.
The competent authority for the grant of this leave would be the Head of the Department.
