LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION (LTC) RULES
No. 31011/3/2018-Estt.(A-IV)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment A-IV Desk
North Block, New Delhi-110 001
New Delhi 20th June, 2019.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 - Relaxation to travel by air to visit North East Region, Jammu & Kashmir and Andaman & Nicobar - Clarification - Reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's O.M. of even no. dated 20-09-2018 regarding the relaxation to travel by air on LTC to visit North-East Region (NER), Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N) and to say that as per para 2(v) of the aforesaid O.M. Government employees non-entitled to travel by air are allowed air travel in Economy class subject to maximum fare limit of LTC-80 fare in the following sectors:
(a) Between Kolkata/Guwahati and any place in NER.
(b) Between Kolkata/Chennai/Visakhapatnam and Port Blair
(c) Between Delhi/Amritsar and any place in J&K.
Journey for these non-entitled employees from their Headquarters up to Kolkata/ Guwahati/ Chennai/ Visakhapatnam/ Delhi/ Amritiar is to be undertaken as per their entilement.
2. In this regard, several references/RTI applications are received in this Department seeking clarification regarding settlement of LTC claims where a non-entifled Government employee directly travels by air from his Headquarteir to the destination in North-East Region (NER), Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N) as opposed to their entitlment.
3. The matter has been examined in this Department in consultation with Department of Expenditure. lt has been decided that cases of direct air travel by a non-entiled Government employee on LTC from his Headquarters to the place of visit in NER/J&K/A&N under special dispensation scheme, may be regulated as per their rail and air entiflement allowed under the special dispensation scheme of travel by air as under:
"Entitled class rail fare from the Headquarters/place of posting to the nearest relevant railhead (i.e. Kolkata/Guwahati/Delhi/Amritsar/Chennai/ Visakhapatnam based on the place of visit (in NER/J&K/A&N) + LTC-80 Economy ctass air fare from the same railhead to the place of visit in NER/J&K/A&N or the actual air fare from the Headquarters to the place of visit, whichever is less."
4. ln their application to the staff serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, this order issues after consultation with Comptroller and Auditor General of lndia.
(Surya Narayan Jha)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India