14. Leave and Foreign Travel Sanctioning Authority.

(1) The leave sanctioning authority,—

(a) for  a full-time member, shall be the chairperson and in case of absence of chairperson, the Central Government; and

(b) for the chairperson, shall be the Central Government.

(2) The Central Government shall be the sanctioning authority for foreign travel of the chairperson or a full-time member.