LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION (LTC) FOR RAILWAY
EMPLOYEES & CCS (LTC) RULES - A BRIEF
Compiled by K.V.Ramesh Sr.JGS/IRTSA
1. Railway employees are allowed to avail LTC as per
DoPT OM dated 27th March 2018
2. Railway employees continue to be governed fully by
the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules.
3. "All India LTC" once in a block of four years.
4. "All India LTC" will be purely optional for the
railway employees.
5.
After availing "All India LTC" in a year, it will not
be mandatory for
the railway employee to opt for "All India LTC" in the
next or
subsequent block years.
6. No "Home Town LTC" will be admissible.
7.
Railway employees will surrender the Privilege Passes
admissible to
them in the calendar year in which they intend to avail
the LTC
facility.
8. They would continue to be eligible for Privilege
Ticket Orders and other kinds of passes viz., Duty
Pass, School Pass,
Special Passes on Medical grounds, etc., as admissible
under the Pass
rules.
9. If both spouses are Railway employees then both will
surrender privilege passes.
10.
Beneficiaries will be members of family, dependents,
etc as per
conditions as laid down in the CCS (LTC) rules will be
applicable for
availing "All India LTC".
Brief on orders issued by DoPT/MOF on LTC
:
11.
Family for the purpose of LTC – Government employee,
spouse, two
unmarried dependent children, divorced/widowed
daughter, dependent
parents residing with employee, dependent unmarried
minor brother &
sister and dependent divorced/widowed sister residing
with employee.
12. Government servant and each member of his family
may visit different places of their choice during the
block of four years.
13. Employee should have completed one year continuous
service on the date of journey.
14.
Travel entitlements of Government servants for the
purpose of LTC shall
be the same as TA entitlements as notified vide
Ministry of Finance's
O.M. dated 13.07.2017, except the air travel
entitlement for Level 6 to
Level 8 of the Pay Matrix, which is allowed in respect
of TA only and
not for LTC. ie Only AC 2 tier by train for pay level 6
to level 8.
15. No daily allowance shall be admissible for travel
on LTC.
16.
LTC shall be admissible in respect of journeys
performed in vehicles
operated by the Government or any Corporation in the
public sector run
by the Central or State Government or a local body.
17. For places
not connected by any Government means of transport,
reimbursement shall
be allowed as per entitlement for journey on transfer
for a maximum
limit of 100 Kms covered by the private/personal
transport based on a
self-certification.
18. Employees not entitled to travel by air
may travel by any airline. However, reimbursement in
such cases shall be
restricted to the fare of their entitled class of
train, transport or
actual expense, whichever is less,"
19. Reimbursement under LTC scheme does not cover
incidental expenses and expenditure incurred on local
journeys.
20.
Travel by Premium trains/Premium Tatkal trains/Suvidha
trains is
allowed on LTC. Further, reimbursement of tatkal
charges or premium
tatkal charges shall also be admissible for the purpose
of LTC.
21.
Flexi fare (dynamic fare) applicable in
Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto
trains shall be admissible for the journey(s) performed
by these trains
on LTC. This dynamic fare component shall not be
admissible in cases
where a nonentitled Government servant travels by air
and claims
reimbursement for the entitled class of
Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto
trains.
22. Catering charges charged by the Indian Railways
included in the rail fare for Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto
trains, shall be
reimbursable in full as per the
entitlement/eligibility.
23. For
children aged between 5 yrs and under 12 yrs, the
actual rail fare shall
be reimbursed for LTC, as per the choice of rail
tickets (half or full)
purchased by the Government servant.
24. The time-limit for
drawal of LTC advance is 125 days in case of journey by
train. It will
be mandatory for the Government servant to produce the
outward journey
tickets to the Competent Authority within ten days of
drawal of advance.
25.
Travel by air to North East Region (NER), Jammu and
Kashmir (J&K)
and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N) is extended
for two years,
w.e.f. 26th September, 2016 subject to the following
conditions:
(a) Travel by air to continue to be performed by Air
India in Economy class at LTC-80 fare or less.
(b)
For journey by air to Jammu & Kashmir, travel by
any airline is
allowed, @ fare less than or equal to LTC-80 fare of
Air India.
(c)
Air tickets can be purchased either directly from the
airlines (booking
counters/website) or through authorized agents only
viz., 'M/s Balmer
Lawrie and Co. Ltd.', 'M/s Ashok Travels and Tours
Ltd.' and 'IRCTC'.
(d) Gazetted officers can use the air travel form their
place of work.
(e) Government servants not entitled to travel by air
are permitted to travel by air in Economy class in the
following sectors:
i) Between Kolkata/ Guwahati and any place in NER,
ii) Between Kolkata/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar and Port
Blair and
iii) Between Delhi / Amritsar and any place in
J&K
(f)
Journey for these non-entitled employees from their
Headquarters up to
Kolkata/ Guwahati/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar / Delhi /
Amritsar will have to
be undertaken as per their entitlement.
