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For full text of CCS Leave Travel Concession Rules 1988 visit the following page.
FAQ on LTC: [click the question for Ans]
[DDET 1. What is home town LTC?]
Hometown is the place
declared by the employee as his home town [/DDET]
[DDET 2. What is the frequency of Home Town LTC?]
LTC to
home Town is available for once in two years. i.e once in a block of two calendar years, such as 2008-2009,
2010-2011 and so on.[/DDET]
[DDET 3. What is ALL India LTC?]
The leave travel
concession to any place in India shall be admissible irrespective of the
distance of the place of visit from the headquarters of the Government servant,
once in a block of fourcalendar years[/DDET]
[DDET 4. How many times a government servant can avail LTC in
a block of four years?]
LTC is allowed for
journey to “Home Town” once in a block of two years and “Any place in India”
once in a block of four years in lieu of any one of two Home town LTC. In other
words, in a block of 4 years a government at the maximum can either avail one
home town LTC and one All India LTC or two home town LTC.[/DDET]
[DDET 5. What is the LTC provisions available to New
recruits?]
Leave travel concessions
shall be admissible on completion of one year’s continuous service Fresh
recruits to central government may be allowed to avail 3 home town LTC and one
All India LTC in lieu of one home town LTC. This concession is entitled to them
for first two block years of four years.[/DDET]
[DDET 6. What is the provisions for encashing the Earned
Leave while proceeding on LTC?]
Government
officers are allowed to encash ten days of earned leave at the time of availing
of LTC and to the extent of sixty days during the entire career. The leave encashed
at the time of LTC will not be deducted from the maximum amount of earned leave
encashable at the time of retirement. It is further clarified that where both
husband and wife are Government servants, the present entitlement for availing
LTC shall remain unchanged, and encashment of leave equal to 10 days at the
time of availing of LTC will continue to be available to both, subject to a maximum of sixty days
each during the career.[/DDET]
[DDET 7. Can I change my Home Town?]
The hometown once declared
and accepted by the controlling officer shall be treated as final. In
exceptional circumstances, the Head of the Department or if the Government
servant himself is the Head of the Department, the Administrative Ministry, may
authorise a change in such declaration provided that such a change shall not be
made more than once during the service of a Government servant.[/DDET]
[DDET 8. Can I carry over if I could not avail LTC during a
particular block year?]
A Government servant who
is unable to avail of the leave travel concession within a particular block of
two years or four years may avail of the same within the first year of the next
block of two years or four years.[/DDET]
[DDET 9. Can I get advance amount before proceeding to LTC?]
Yes. Provisional LTC claim to the extent
of 90% of estimated fare can be received as LTC advance.[/DDET]
[DDET 10. Whether LTC is available when we travel by a
private taxi?]
where a Govt. servant
traveling by road takes a seat or seats in a bus, van or other vehicle operated
by Tourism Development Corporations in the Public Sector, State Transport
Corporations and Transport services run by other Government or local bodies,
reimbursement shall be either the actual hire charges or entitled class by rail
by the shortest direct route, whichever is less. Reimbursement shall not be
admissible for journey by a private car (owned, borrowed or hired), or a bus,
van or other vehicle owned by private operators.[/DDET]
[DDET 11. What is the present position for travel by Air when
LTC is availed?]
As per OM No.7(1)E.Coord/2009
dated 22nd March, 2010 austerity measures will remain in place for travel by
air (where admissible) on LTC, which would continue to be restricted to economy
class irrespective of the entitlement. Also travel by private airlines has also
been restricted as far as LTC is concerned. However, travel by air using
private airlines while performing tour to North Eastern Regions on LTC has been
permitted.[/DDET]
[DDET 12. Whether the relaxation for travel by air to visit
to NER has been extended?]
No. As per the OM No:
31011/4/2007-Estt (A) dated 2.5.2008, relaxation for travel by air to visit to
NER is valid till 1.5.2010.[/DDET]
[DDET 13. Whether Group C and D employees can travel by Air
to NER from their place of posting while proceeding on LTC?]
No. As per the OM No:
31011/4/2007-Estt (A) dated 2.5.2008, Group A and Group B employees will be
entitled to travel by Air from their place of posting in the case of tour to
NER availing LTC. Other categories of employees will be entitled to travel by
air to a city in the NER from Guwahati or Kolkota.[/DDET]
[DDET 14. Can I convert my home town LTC into LTC for
destinations in NER, if had performed all india LTC already during the block
year of 4 years?]
Yes. As per the OM No:
31011/4/2007-Estt (A) dated 2.5.2008, all central government employees will be
allowed conversion of one block of Home Town LTC into LTC for destination in
NER. This relaxation is irrespective of the availment of all India LTC
previously by the employee in the same block year of 4 years. For
example, if an employee availed All India LTC in lieu of home town LTC in the
first block consisting of two years, he is eligible to avail LTC to NER in lieu
of Home town LTC available in the second block consisting of two years[/DDET]
[DDET 15. Whether I can avail LTC for my parents who are not
entitled for any sort of Leave travel concession by virtue of their employment?]
No. If parents are not
wholly dependent on the government servant, they are not entitled for any LTC.[/DDET]
[DDET 16. What is LTC 80?]
LTC 80
is a scheme offered by Air India for booking air tickets when central
government officers avail LTC. Prior to July 2009, tariff under LTC 80 was very
significant as officers were allowed to travel in private airlines while
claiming LTC. In such cases rates under LTC 80 were reimbursed to officers
irrespective the amount spent by them for travelling in private airlines.
However, after July 2009, travel by private airlines while proceeding on LTC is
not allowed and further officers are allowed to claim only the economy class
airfare or LTC 80 rates. Check these GConnect link fordownloading the relevant circular.
[DDET 17.what are all the conditions for declaring home town?]
In normal parlance home
town is a place where the government servant is born. However it may not be
applicable to many as we would have shifted to other places from the place of
our birth due to various reasons. The following guidelines provided by govt
which are not exhaustive could be useful for deciding the home town. But it’s
clearly stipulated that the decision of the Controlling Officer whether or not
to accept such place as the hometown of the Government servant shall be final.
·
The place declared by Government servant is the one which
requires his physical presence at intervals for discharging various domestic
and social obligations, and if so, whether after his entry into service, the
Government servant had been visiting that place frequently.
·
The Government servant owns residential property in that place
or whether he is a member of a joint family having such property there.
·
His near relations are resident in that place.
His near relations are resident in that place.
·
Prior to his entry into Government service, the Government
servant had been living there for some years.
·
Where the Government servant or the family of which he is a
member owns a residential or landed property in more than one place, it is left
to the Government servant to make a choice giving reasons for the same.[/DDET]
[DDET 18. Whether both the husband and wife are eligible to
LTC separately if they are government servants?]
When husband and wife
both are Govt. servants, they could, at their option, choose to declare
separate hometown and both of them may claim the concession separately under
the normal provisions of CCS (LTC) Rules in respect of the members of their
respective families subject to the condition that if husband or wife avails the
facility as a member of the family of the other, he or she will not be entitled
for claiming the concession for self independently. Similarly, the children
shall be eligible for the benefit in one particular block as members of the
family of one of the parents only.[/DDET]
[DDET 19. What are all conditions for claiming LTC when the home
town of a government servant is outside india?]
A Government servant who
declares, subject to the satisfaction of the Controlling Officer, that his
hometown is outside India, will also be entitled to the leave travel concession
for visiting his hometown. LTC in such a case will be limited to the fares for journey
up to and from the railway station (by the shortest route) nearest to the
hometown or the railway station for the nearest port of
embarkation/disembarkation in India.[/DDET]
[DDET 20. Whether the family can perform journey separately?]
Where a Government
servant and his family perform journeys separately, there is no objection to
his presenting separate claims. In each case, however, the claim should be for
both outward and inward journeys.[/DDET]
All Office Memorandums
issued by DOPT regarding LTC for Central Government Employees are provided
below
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source : http://www.gconnect.in
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