The appellant has stated that due to his family problems and dispute with his wife, he could not attend his duty. He had also moved applications for earned leave but the same were not decided by the Departmental Authority. He has also mentioned his own medical problems, due to which, he was constrained to remain absent from duty. He has also attached medical certificates alongwith his appeal. Moreover, it appears that the appellant had a total absence if about 08 months and had also moved applications for earned leave on medical and other grounds, however, the same were not decided by the Departmental Authority and marked him absence from duty without deciding the leave applications of the appellant.4. I have further perused the Rules Regulating decisions on the Leave applications, in which, it has been provided as under Rules 1(12)xii). All applications for long leave shall be decided within thirty days and any delay in sanction or refusal and communication to the applicant will be the responsibility of the leave sanctioning authority.”From the perusal of the said Rules, it appears that all the long leave applications shall be decided within 30 days but the Departmental Authority has failed to produce any record of the decision on the long leave applications of the appellant. The appellant has also produced copy of the order of Hon’ble Lahore High Court, Lahore, in which, the Hon’ble Lahore High Court, Lahore directed the Departmental Authority to decide the leave application of the appellant in its order on 18.10.2022. However,despite this direction, the Departmental Authority has failed to produce any record or any decision made on the leave applications of the appellant. So, the Departmental Authority is equally responsible for not making any decision on the leave applications of the appellant.