Monday to Friday will be counted as 7 days leave - organization has fixed Saturday and Sunday off

I was on leave for 5 days from Monday to Friday that is January 14 till January 18 and resumed office on Monday 21st January. Our organization has fixed Saturday and Sunday off. My HR says number of days counted as leaves will be 7. Can anyone please help me understand what kind of leave policy is this. I have 15 years of work experience and never an HR has told me such thing about leave. I just want to understand if there anything new which i am not aware.

Dear Anonymous
It depends on type of leaves you applied and leave policy of your company in case of CL and SL to consider intervening offs/holidays as leave.
If you have applied for earned leave/annual leave ....
If yours is case of a Factory - The Law is silent on this aspect.
If it is registered under Shops & Establishment Act -yes weekly offs /holidays will be counted as intervening leaves
Shailesh Parikh
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Vadodara