Maternity leave cap: Telangana HC seeks state’s response in a week on woman employee’s petition
The Telangana government provides for 180 days of maternity leave, but restricts it to women employees with less than two surviving children.
The petitioner and her husband are seeking to have the state’s policy aligned with the stance taken by the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh. (Source: File) In a petition challenging the state’s maternity leave policy, which limits the benefit to women government employees with up to two surviving children, the Telangana High Court Thursday gave the state one week to seek instructions and file a counter-affidavit. The division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin posted the next hearing for September 16, 2025.
The petition, filed by a school assistant, argues that the restriction is “against the interest of the mother as well as the newborn child.” The petition sought to declare that the condition in Government Order No. 152, dated May 4, 2010, which restricts maternity leave for married women government employees to those with fewer than two surviving children, is illegal, arbitrary, and a violation of fundamental rights.
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