Leave Travel Concession
•Any employee with one year of continuous service on the date of journey performed by him/her and/or his/her family is eligible.
• Government servants whose spouses are working in Indian Railways /National airlines are not eligible for LTC.
LTC to Hometown
• It can be availed once in a block of two calendar years.
• Hometown of the official once declared in the service book is treated as final
• In exceptional circumstances, the Head of the Department may authorize a change, only once during entire service.
• An employee (including unmarried) having his family at his Hometown
can avail of this concession for himself alone every year instead of having it for both self and family once in two years.
• 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 present block is 2018-21
• Available for travel to any place in India including employee’s Hometown.
• Officials availing LTC to Hometown for self every year are not entitled to LTC to anywhere in India.
Entitlement of fresh recruits:
Fresh recruits are allowed to travel to their home town along with their families on three occasions in a block of four years and any place in India on the fourth occasion. This facility is available for the first two blocks of four years after joining the government service for the first time.
(i) The first two blocks of four years will apply with reference to the date of joining. The first two blocks of four years will be personal to them. On completion of eight years, they will be treated as par with the regular employees.
(ii) No carry-over of LTC is allowed for a fresh recruit. A fresh recruit whose home town and headquarters are the same cannot avail LTC to home town.
Advance for LTC
• Up to 90% of the fare can be taken as advance.
• Advance admissible for both onward and return journeys if the leave taken by the official does not exceed 90 days.
• Otherwise, advance may be drawn for the outward journey only.
• The official should furnish Railway ticket numbers, PNR No., etc., to the competent authority within ten days of drawal of the advance.
• When advance is taken, the claim should be submitted within one month from the date of return journey.
• Encashment of EL during LTC:
• Limited to 10 days of earned leave on one occasion without linkage to the number of days and nature of leave availed and 60 days in entire career.
• Will not be deducted while computing the maximum admissible for encashment at the time of quitting service.
• The balance at credit should not be less than 30 days after deducting the total of leave, if any availed plus leave for which encashment was availed.
Definition of family
A government servant’s wife/husband:
Fully dependent
1. Two surviving unmarried children/step children/adopted children
2. Divorced / widowed married daughter
3. Unmarried minor brothers
4. Unmarried/divorced/ abandoned/ separated/ widowed sisters
5. Parents/ or step parents
For deciding dependency, altogether income should not exceed minimum family pension + Dearness allowance (9000 + DA)