note that the leave system in SAF goes by calender year...
if this directive is not in effect: if u are enlisted in like say
mar '05, u will ord in mar '07, but u would have passed thru 3
calender yrs (2005+2006+2007), so the leave given to u in 2005 (~12
days) cannot be used when u wan to clear leave in 2007.
with the directive in effect: u have to clear your leave by the end
of the calender year, i.e. take 12 days within 2005, 14 days within
2006 & only 5 days in 2007. so the main thing here is u have
only 5 days of leave that u can clear (not including Off-In-Lieus
which can be up to a max. of 7 days).
the directive is in place as they do not want NSFs to go on long
leaves before their ORD so they can pass down their tasks to their
understudies properly.
