Study leave while doing Articleship

No. Official is a concept that is taken as an aggregate of your tenure of articleship. I guess you must be knowing that official figure... it is approx some 180 days (correct me if wrong!).

If you maintain a diary than just keep deducting your leaves and add your extensions, in case leave taken exceeds.

Hope it helps!!..

Your Leave Eligibility is Lower of the following

A) 3 months

B) No of days as per the following workings

Step 1: Total number of Days of Articleship from the Date of Begining till the date from which you want leave

Step 2: Number of Days you had already taken leave

Step 3: Step 1-Step 2 ---- This is the Number of Days you had worked.

Step 4: Step 3 Divided by 6 - This is Total leave eligible to you for the Days you had worked

Step 5: Step 4 - Step 2 ---- This give your balance leave after subtracting the leave taken from your eligibility

Thats all. This is the Leave you can get officially. What you can do is

1. Please take the List of days where you had worked on Public Holidays and Sundays for which you are eligible for Compensatory off.

2. Also, take the number of weeks where you had worked more than 35 in a week. Calculate those extra hours and divide by 7 hours to get number of compensatory off.

Conclusion

Get exam leave as per the above workings and increase you leave days by asking for compensatory holidays. One piece of advice, don't demand these compensatory leave. Request them. Tell them how much you had worked for the firm. Try to persuade them. Good Luck.

Shiva

 ya thanx guys

but if my leave exceeds the limit...... then.....

my articleship period of 3.5 yrs gets completed on 18th april 2010( 19th oct 2006 to 18 th april 2010 ) if my articleship gets extended then will i be atleast be able to give my 1st CA Final ( New course ) Attemp in may 2010????