Regulation of LTC claims when portion of journey are
performed by private transport
F.No.20-04/2015-PAP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Establishment Division)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi - 110001.
Dated: 15 February, 2019.
To
All Chief Postmasters General/ Postmasters General
Chief
General Manager, BD Directorate/Parcel Directorate/ PLI
Directorate
Director RAKNPA/ GM CEPT/ Directors of All
PTCs,
Addl. Director General, Army Postal Service, R.K.
Puram, New Delhi
All General Managers (Finance)/ DAP/
DDAP
Sub:
Regulation of LTC claims when portion of journey
are performed by private transport - Regd.
This Directorate has sought clarification from the Nodal
Ministry regarding reimbursement of LTC claims where a part of
the journey (be it in the beginning, middle or end) has been
performed by the Government servant by unauthorized mode of
transport (private bus/private taxi etc.) and rest of the
journey to the declared place of visit by authorized mode of
transport.
The Nodal Ministry has issued following
clarification:
(I) DOP&T’s OM no. 31011/3/2015-Estt. (A.IV) dated
09.02.2017 provides that cases where a Government servant
travels on LTC upto the nearest airport/railway station/bus
terminal by authorized mode of transport and undertakes rest of
the journey to the declared place of visit by private transport/
own arrangement (such as personal vehicle or private taxi etc.),
may be dealt with as follows:-
- (a) In all such cases the Government servant may be required
to submit a declaration that he and the members of the family in
respect of whom the claim is submitted have indeed travelled
upto the declared place of visit.
- (b) If a public transport is available in a particular area,
the Government servant will be reimbursed the fare admissible
for journey by otherwise entitled mode of public transport from
the nearest airport/railway station/bus terminal to the declared
place of visit by shortest direct route.
- (c) In case, there is no public transport available in a
particular stretch of journey, the Government servant may be
reimbursed as per his entitlement for journey on transfer for a
maximum limit of 100 kms covered by the private/personal
transport based on a self-certification from the Government
servant. Beyond this, the expenditure shall be borne by the
Government servant.
(II) In view of the above provisions, a Government employee
shall get fare reimbursement in cases where the initial or end
part of the LTC journey from the source/destination to the
nearest railhead/airport or vice-versa, as the case may be, has
been performed by a private/personal mode of transport while the
major part of the journey from the nearest railhead/airport has
been performed by the authorized mode of transport.
Taking into account the advice of the Nodal Ministry in this
regard, action may kindly be taken in similar cases only on the
basis of the above advice and in any case of deviation from the
above, the advice of the Directorate may be sought for.
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(S.B. Vyavahare)
Assistant Director General (Estt.)
Source:
utilities.cept.gov.in
