When an employee intends to quit his job, he has to submit a formal letter of resignation to the designated authority through his/her functional head.
The resignation should comply with the exit clause of the unilateral termination of the contract of employment as already stipulated or as in force for the time being. In other words, he/she should be prepared to serve the notice period or buy out the same subject to the consent of the employer.
During notice period, he is not expected to avail leave except on medical grounds even which can extend his notice period proportionately, if the employer so insists.
Notice period being a period of transition only, the exiting employee should perform as diligently as possible to the satisfaction of his immediate superior and leave no work unattended.
Before the date of relieving he should obtain no dues certificate from the connected departments, if any in the organization.
This is the general compliance required on the part of an employee intending to resign.
When the employee thus initiates the process of resignation in such an orderly fashion, the employer cannot arbitrarily treat it as abscondence according to his own whims and fancies or under the wrong guidance of the people in the middle.
If done so the employee can legally question that.
When the resignation is for the sake of a better job elsewhere, the prospective resignee should be very tactful and ensure formal compliance connected with the process and make the separation peaceful and happy to all the extent possible and avoid confrontation, if any with the present employer for every employer can either make or mar the career of an employee.
Employment is a process of mutual co-operation and dignified adjustments between the employer and employee. Organizational hierarchy would demand submissive behaviour from employees and the poster should keep it in mind and avoid arguments with senior collegues in situations which can be approached with different perceptions as there are individual differences.