Section 811(b) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(b)Officers of the Indian Police and Bengal Police Service of and below the rank of Superintendent and officiating Deputy Superintendents shall submit their applications for leave not exceeding four months through the District Magistrate (in the case of officers employed in districts) and the Deputy Inspector-General to the Inspector-General. (Assistant and Deputy Superintendents shall submit such applications through their Superintendents.) In forwarding such applications the Deputy Inspector-General shall record, where possible, his opinion regarding officiating arrangements.