ALL ABOUT LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION
1. Eligibility(i) Any employee with one year of continuous service on the date
of journey performed by him/his family is eligible.
Example:- An official appointed on 31-12-2004 will be eligible for
the two year block 2004-05, but those appointed on or after 1-1-2005
will not be eligible for that block.
Note : Government servants whose spouses are working in Indian
Railways/National Airlines are not eligible for LTC.- OM dated 20-
10-97.
2. If an official is under suspension, the leave travel concession is
admissible only to his family members.
3. When both the husband and wife are Central Government servants-
(a) They can declare separate Home Towns independently;
(b) They can claim LTC for their respective families viz, while the
husband can claim for his parents/minor brothers/sisters, the wife can
avail for her parents/minor brothers/sisters.
(c) Either of the parents can claim the concessions for the children
in a particular block.
(d) The husband/wife who avails LTC as a member of the family
of the spouse, cannot claim independently for SELF.
‘Family’ means – 4.
i) the Government servant’s wife or husband and two surviving
unmarried children or stepchildren wholly dependent on the
Government servant, irrespective of whether they are residing with
the Government servants or not; ii) married daughters divorced, abandoned or separated from their
husbands and widowed daughters and residing with the Government
servant and wholly dependent on the Government servant,
iii) parents and/or stepmother residing with and wholly dependent
on the Government servant;
iv) unmarried minor brothers as well as unmarried, divorced,
abandoned, separated from their husbands or widowed sisters residing
with and wholly dependent on the Government servant, provided their
parents are either not alive or are themselves wholly dependent on the
Government servant;
5. Explanations
(a) The restriction of the concession is to only two surviving
children or stepchildren shall not be applicable in respect of (i) those
employees who already have more than two children prior to 20-10-
1998; (ii) where the number of children exceeds two as a result of
second child birth resulting in multiple births.
(b) Only one wife is included in the term “Family” for the LTC
Rules. However, if a Government servant has two legally wedded
wives and the second marriage is with the specific permission of the
Government, the second wife shall also be included in the definition
of “Family”.
(c) It is not necessary for the spouse and children to reside with the
Government servant so as to be eligible for the concession. The
concession in their case shall, however be restricted to the actual
distance travelled or the distance between the headquarters of the
Government servant and the Home Town/Place of visit , whichever is
less.
(d) Children of divorced, abandoned, separated from their husbands
or widowed sisters are not included in the term “Family”.
(e) A member of the family whose income from all sources,
including stipend, or pension, excluding Dearness Relief does not
exceed Rs.1500/- p.m. is deemed to be wholly dependent on the
Government servant. (f) Husband and wife is one unit for purpose of LTC and hence the
conditions of dependency is not applicable – Deptt of Per & Trg. Ref
dated 15-9-1999 to MTNL, ND.
6. Salient Points
(i) Concessions can be availed of for self and family separately on
different occasions even in different calendar years of the same block.
(ii) Family can travel in one or more groups, but each group should
complete its return journey within six months from the date of its
outward journey.
(iii) Circular tour tickets can be availed of in conjunction with the
concessions.
(iv) Can be availed of during any leave including study leave,
casual leave and special casual leave.
(v) While on study leave, the entitlement will be -
(aa) Family staying with Government servant - From place of
study to Home town limited to admissibility from headquarters
to Home town.
(ab) Family staying away from Government servant - Normal
Home Town entitlement.
(vi) Can be combined with transfer/tour.
(vii) Cannot be availed of during closed holidays only, without
taking any leave. At least one leave – prefixed a suffixed is required to
be taken.
7. Carry Forward- Concessions for one block can be carried forward
to the first year of the next block i.e. the outward journey for 2003-2004
block can be performed up to 31-12-2005. Employees entitled to LTC to
Home Town for self alone every year cannot carry forward the concessions.
Home town concessions by some members of the family and “anywhere
in India” by others in the same two year block permissible - Some
members of family may avail the concessions to Home Town while others
may avail the same for “Anywhere in India” in the same two year block 8. Entitlements:-
(a) Journey by Air/Rail :-
Pay range Rs. 18,400 and above:- Air Econmy (Y) Class by
National Carrier.
Pay Range Shatabdi Express Rajdhani Other Trains
Express
Rs. 16,400 and Executive Class AC First Class AC First Class
above
Rs. 8,000 to AC Chair Car AC 2-tier AC 2-tier
Rs. 16,399
Rs. 4,100 to AC Chair Car AC 3-tier *First Class/AC 3-
Rs.7,999 tier/AC Chair Car
Below Rs. 4,100 Not Entitled Not Entitled Sleeper Class
* All Government servants who are entitled to travel on LTC by First
Class/AC 3-tier/AC Chair Car may, travel by AC 2-tier, in case where any of
the train connecting the originating and destination stations by the direct
shortest route do not provide these three classes of accomodation
(b) Journey by Sea or by River Steamer:
Pay Range A&N Islands and Others
Officers drawing pay Lakshadweep Islands
(Shipping Corpn. Of India)
Rs. 8,000 and above Deluxe Class Highest Class
Rs.6,500 to Rs.7,999 First/”A” Cabin Class If there b e two classes
only on the steamer, the
lower class
Rs.4,100 to Rs.6,499 Second/”B” Cabin Class If there b e three classes,
the middle or second
class. If there be four
classes, the third class
Below Rs. 4,100 Bunk Class The lowest class (c) Journey by Road:
Srl. Pay Range Entitlement
1. Rs. 8,000 and above Actual fare by any type of public bus,
including air-conditioned bus
2. Rs. 4,100 and above Same as at (1) above with exception
but less than that journeys by air-conditioned bus
Rs.7,999 will not be permissible
3. Below Rs. 4,100 Bus fare by ordinary bus.
Note- In cases of travel by AC Taxi, Taxi or autorikshaw, production of fare
receipt will be necessary but the claim will be restricted to bus fare by
entitled class. – Rule 12 (1) (C).
9. LTC to Home Town
• Admissible to all employees irrespective of the distance
involved.
• Home town once declared is treated as final. In exceptional
circumstances, the Head of the Department may authorize a
change, only once during entire service.
• Admissible once in a block of two calendar years. The block s
are 2002-03, 2004-05 and so on.
• An employee (including unmarried having his family at his
Home Town can avail of this concession for himself alone
every year instead of having it for both self and family once in
two years.
10. LTC to any place in India:-
• This concession is admissible in lieu of one of the two journeys
to Home town in a block of four years. The current block is
2002-05. The last date for commencement of the outward
journey is 31-12-2006 (including the grace period of one year). Available for travel to any place in India-mainland or overseas-
including employees Home town.
Officials availing LTC to Home town for self alone once every
year, are not entitled to LTC to anywhere in India.
11. Carry forward - Concession not availed in a block of four years can
be carried forward to the first year of the next four-year block. In respect of
officials entitled to Home town LTC, the concession can be carried forward
to the first year of the next block only if the official is entitled to a carried
forward LTC to Home town for that year.
12. Misuse of LTC:-
(i) Disciplinary action will be taken and during its pendency-
(a) the disputed claim will be withheld; and
(b) further LTC facility will not be allowed.
(ii) When disciplinary proceedings are over-
(a) If found not guilty-
(aa) the withheld claim will be admitted; and
(ab) any LTC facility which fell due but not allowed
will be allowed as additional set(s) in the future blocks of
years irrespective of the provisions relating to lapsing of
unavailed LTC. Such additional set(s) also should be
availed before the date of superannuation.
(b) If found guilty-
(aa) the withheld claim will be disallowed;
(ab) next two sets-one to Home town and one to any
place in India – will be forfeited; and
(ac) in case of grave misu se, the Competent Authority
may disallow even more than two sets; in addition to any
penalty under disciplinary rules
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