What is Dies-Non?

Dies-non is a Latin term meaning "a day that does not count." In service law it describes a period that is treated neither as duty nor as authorised leave — the employee stays on the rolls, but the period earns no pay and, as a rule, counts for nothing else.

What dies-non means

When a competent authority treats a spell of absence as dies-non, the person is not removed from service and there is no break in continuity. But those days carry no pay or allowances, and they do not count towards increment or qualifying service. It is a consequence recorded against a specific period — not a punishment that ends the appointment.

When a period is treated as dies-non

• Unauthorised absence that is later regularised as dies-non rather than as any kind of leave.
• Participation in a strike declared illegal, where the striking period is ordered as dies-non.
• Overstayal of sanctioned leave that is not covered by any leave admissible to the employee.

How it affects your pay and service

No pay or allowances are drawn for the dies-non period, and the date of your next increment can be postponed by an equal spell. It usually does not break your service — so continuity and pension eligibility are protected — but the period itself is not reckoned as qualifying service. The precise effect always follows the wording of the order.