Some details are missing... for example, she claims that she took a leave without pay from the City School now the question is whether that school is private or govt? from the name, it sounds a private school since in my limited exposure of the govt schools have "govt" in the name. If it's a private school then most probably she did not receive any salary during the leave because private schools are normally not that generous. In govt service, there are rules as well and even govt does not like to part with money so easily.