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The Tamil Nadu authorities precocious amended the service-related rules governing its women employees to let relaxation successful availing of maternity leave. Under the amendment, maternity permission of 365 days whitethorn beryllium granted for 1 further delivery, adjacent if a joined pistillate authorities servant already has 2 surviving children calved arsenic twins successful her archetypal delivery.
Earlier, successful specified cases, maternity permission of lone 2 weeks could beryllium granted, and nary much than six weeks could precede the expected day of delivery. The Tamil Nadu government’s decision, issued done a G.O. dated March 13 this year, followed orders of the Supreme Court dated May 23, 2025, and the Madras High Court dated January 21, 2026.
However, arsenic per the amendment, successful the lawsuit of a joined pistillate authorities servant having 2 oregon much surviving children, maternity permission connected afloat wage shall beryllium constricted to a play not exceeding 12 weeks, which whitethorn beryllium availed of from pre-confinement remainder to post-confinement recuperation, astatine the enactment of the authorities servant.
“Based connected the reflection made by the Supreme Court of India, it is wide that the regularisation of assistance of maternity permission to women employees is violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and entitlement of maternity benefits without restricting the fig of children, by the women employees are recognised by the assorted International treaties and Conventions,” the G.O. issued by Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam for the Human Resources Management Department said.
Referring to the Supreme Court order, the Tamil Nadu authorities said it carefully considered the bid and the provisions nether the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, and has further decided to assistance maternity permission to the women authorities servants having 2 oregon much than 2 surviving children and marque suitable amendments to this effect successful the Fundamental Rules of the Government of Tamil Nadu, 1922.
