Central Civil Services (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Clarification on reimbursement of fare in respect of air travel by non-entitled officers – OM dated 03.12.2007

No.31011/2/2006-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
Department of Personnel & Training
Estt.(A) Section

New Delhi, dated 3rd December, 2007.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: – Central Civil Services (LTC) Rules, 1988 – clarification regarding reimbursement of fare in respect of air travel by non-entitled officers.

After issue of DOP&T O.M. No. 31011/2/2006-Estt.(A) dated 24th April, 2006 and dated 21st May, 2007 regarding regulation of journeys by private airlines while availing Leave Travel Concession. Certain clarifications have been sought by Government servants/ various Ministries/Departments from time to time. The doubts raised by various authorities are clarified as under:-

(P. Prabhakaran)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Relaxation in LTC Rules – Delegation of powers to Ministries/Departments regarding time limit for the submission of the claim – OM Dated 27.09.2007

No. 31011/5/2007-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi 27th September, 2007.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: – Relaxation in LTC Rules – Delegation of powers to Ministries/Departments regarding time limit for the submission of the claim.

Rules 4 & 15 of LTC Rules provide that a claim for reimbursement of expenditure incurred is to be submitted within three months after the completion of the return journey if no advance bad been drawn and within one month after the completion of the return journey if advance had been drawn. It has now been decided to delegate the powers to relax these provisions to the Ministries/Departments, where a Government servant is not in a position to submit the claim within the prescribed time limit and the Ministry/Department is satisfied that he was not able to do so due to compelling circumstances beyond his control. The Ministry/Department concerned with the concurrence of Financial Advisor can admit the claims in such cases in relaxation of the provisions subject to the following time limits without reference to DoP &T:-

(a) where no LTC advance is taken, LTC bill submitted within a period not exceeding six months;

(b) where LTC advance has been drawn the LTC claim for reimbursement submitted within a period of three months after the completion of return journey (provided the Government servant refunds the entire advance within 45 days after the completion of the return journey).

2. Ministries/Departments are requested to keep these instruction in view white processing belated LTC claims.

3. These instructions will be effective from the date of issue of this O.M.

(P. Prabhakaran)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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Regulation of journeys by private airlines while availing Leave Travel Concession – OM dated 21.05.2007

No.31011/2/2006-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

Dated: May 21, 2007.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Regulation of journeys by private airlines while availing Leave Travel Concession.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. No. 31011/2/2006-Estt.(A) dated 24th April, 2006 regarding regularization of journey by private airlines while availing Leave Travel Concession (LTC), where it has been inter alia stated that air journeys by non-entitled officers between places connected by train may be allowed, provided the reimbursement of the fare would be restricted to the entitled class by rail other than Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express.

2. In partial modification of the above provision, it has now been decided that the reimbursement may also be given at the rates applicable for Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express trains, provided the Government servant is entitled to it and the headquarter of the Government servant/permissible place of commencement of journey and the home town /destination under All India LTC is directly connected by the above mentioned trains and two stations between which the air travel has been performed are connected by Rajdhani /Shatabdi trains. In case the fare paid for the air ticket on LTC is less than the fare being charged for Rajdhani/Shatabdi type trains, the reimbursement would be limited to the actual expenditure. All pending cases may be settled accordingly in terms of this order. However, past cases already settled will not be re-opened.

3. The above orders will be applicable with effect from the date of issue of this Office Memorandum.

4. In their application to the staff serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

5. This issues in consultation with Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide their I.D.No. 84/E-IV/2007, dated 9th May, 2007.

(P. Prabhakaran)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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LTC (All India in block of 4 years) in combination with transfer/tour TA – Mode of Regularisation – OM dated 07.02.2007

F. No. 31011/3/2006-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, dated 7th February, 2007.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: – LTC (All India in block of 4 years) in combination with transfer/tour TA – Mode of Regularisation.

The undersigned is directed to say that as per instructions contained in Ministry of Home Affairs OM No. 43/15/59-Estt(A) dated 19.7.1960, LTC (Home Town) may be availed in combination with transfer/tour. The question of extending this facility to All India LTC (anywhere in the country in a block of 4 years) has been considered and it has been decided that the provisions of the aforesaid OM dated 9.7.1960 will also be applicable for All India LTC availed in combination with transfer/tour.

2. Tour T.A. and transfer T.A. shall be regulated in terms of relevant instructions of Ministry of Finance.

3. These orders will take effect from the date of issue but claims which were pending on the date of issue may be regulated under these orders. Past cases in which decisions have already been taken will not be re-opened.

4. In so far as the personnel serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders have been issued after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(C.A. Subramaniam)
Director

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Officers entitled to air travel by National Carrier under existing orders may be permitted to travel by private airlines also while availing LTC – OM dated 24.04.2006

No. 31011/2/2006-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi, 24th April 2006.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Regulation of journeys by private airlines while availing Leave Travel Concession.

The undersigned is directed to refer to the Department of Expenditure OM.No.7(2)/E.Coord dated 23rd November, 2005 vide which certain measures to budget/expenditure management were issued. One of the measures was to avail the competitive prices and various schemes and concessional fares being offered by private airlines while undertaking official travel. The matter as to whether the journeys by private airlines could be allowed while availing LTC has been considered. It has been decided that the officers entitled to air travel by National Carrier under existing orders may be permitted to travel by private airlines also while availing LTC.

2. It has also been decided that while availing LTC, the air journeys by non-entitled officers (both by national and private airlines) between places connected by train may be allowed, provided the reimbursement of the fare would be restricted to the entitled class by rail other than Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express. They are also required to produce the air ticket/ boarding pass and a receipt from the concerned airlines showing the fare paid by the concerned officers, if the ticket does not indicate the airfare, while claiming reimbursement of LTC.

3. The above concession is further subject to the following conditions:-

(i) Conditions laid down in Department of Expenditure OM No. 19024/1/E.IV/2005 dated 24.03.2006 (copy enclosed) regarding air travel by Government servants within India during official visits would be applicable in case of LTC, mutatis-mutandis.

(ii) In case the cost paid for an air ticket (in view of promotional schemes of private airlines) is less than the train fare by the entitled class, the reimbursement by the Government will be limited to the actual air fare or entitled train fare whichever is less.

4. In their application to the staff serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

5. This issues in consultation with Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide their ID No. 145/E.IV/05 dated 12.04.2006.

(C A Subramanian)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Visit to Andaman & Nicobar Islands instead of Home Town LTC and travel by air from Kolkata or Chennai to Port Blair and back – OM dated 25.05.2005

No. 31011/3/2005-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the 25th May, 2005.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Visit to Andaman & Nicobar Islands instead of Home Town LTC and travel by air from Kolkata or Chennai to Port Blair and back – relaxation thereof.

The undersigned is directed to say that in relaxation of rule 8 of the CCS (LTC) rules, 1988, the Government have now decided to allow all eligible Central Government employees to avail LTC to visit Andaman & Nicobar Islands instead of their home town in their entitled mode and class of travel. It has also been decided in relaxation of rule 12 of the said rules to permit all Group A and B Government servants to avail this facility by air economy (Y) class on national carrier only from Kolkata or Chennai to Port Blair and back and allow air fare reimbursement accordingly.

2. These orders shall be in operation for a period of six months from the date of issue.

3. In their application to the staff serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

(V.A. Pillai)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Extension of the grace period of Home Town Leave Travel Concession for the block years 2002-2003 – OM dated 18.01.2005

No. 31011/1/2005-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the 18th January, 2005

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Extension of the grace period of Home Town LTC block years 2002-2003.

The undersigned is directed to say that a proposal was made to this Department that the grace period expired on 31.12.2004 for availing home town leave travel concession for the block years 2002-2003 may be extended beyond 31.12.2004 on the ground that some Government servants could not avail the same due to the affect of natural calamities in certain States.

2. The matter has been considered in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and it has been decided that the Government servants who were eligible for the home town leave travel concession for the block years 2002-2003 or leave travel concession to visit to any place in India for the block years 2002-2005 in lieu of home town block years 2002-2003 and who could not avail it within the grace period up to 31.12.2004, may be allowed to avail this facility up to 30th June, 2005, in relaxation of the CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988.

3. Ministry of Finance etc. are requested to give the above decision wide publicity and to bring it to the notice of all entitled Government servants.

(HARI KUMAR)
Director

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Government servants to travel on LTC by Air Economy (Y) class in national carrier between New Delhi and Srinagar for a period of two years – OM dated 16.06.2004

No. 31011/2/2003-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, dated 16th June, 2004.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 — LTC travel by air between New Delhi to Srinagar – Relaxation thereof.

The undersigned is directed to say that in relaxation of Rule 12(1) of the CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988, the Government have now decided to permit all Group A and B Government servants to travel on LTC by Air Economy (Y) class in national carrier between New Delhi and Srinagar for a period of two years and allow air fare reimbursement accordingly. These orders shall apply to Government servants who intend to visit Srinagar, by availing All India LTC, provided New Delhi is the originating station or is en-route to Srinagar.

2. These orders shall take effect from the date of issue.

3. In their application to the staff serving in the. Indian Audit & Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

(V.A. Pillai)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Central Civil Services (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Suspension – OM dated 13.03.2003

No. 31011/3/2001-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, dated the 13th March, 2003

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Central Civil Services (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Suspension regarding.

The undersigned is directed to say that the LTC suspension order issued vide this Department’s O.M. No. 31011/3/2001-Estt.(A) dated 2nd March, 2001 will not be in force with effect from 2nd March, 2003. Accordingly, the LTC facility is restored with effect from the current block year i.e. 2002-2005 for any place in India and 2002-2003 for Home Town.

2. The above orders shall also apply to All India Service Officers on deputation with the Central Government.

3. These orders shall apply to all autonomous/statutory bodies partially or fully funded by the Government.

(Smt. Pratibha Mohan)
Director (E.II)

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Leave Travel Concession to Central Government Employees – Travel by State Tourism Development Corporation buses – OM dated 30.07.2002

No.31011/7/2002-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi 30th July, 2002.

Subject: Leave Travel Concession to Central Government Employees – Travel by State Tourism Development Corporation buses – Clarification regarding.

The undersigned is directed to say that under the existing instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No. 31011/4/97-Estt.(A) dated 9th February, 1998, Leave Travel Concession is not admissible if the journeys are performed in private buses or buses hired or chartered by ITDC/State Tourism Development Corporations from outside. The Staff Side has raised a demand in the National Council (JCM) that the tours conducted by the ITDC/State Tourism Development Corporations either in their own buses or buses hired or chartered by them may be made admissible for availing the facility of Leave Travel Concession. The matter has been reconsidered and it has been decided that tours conducted by ITDC/State Tourism Development Corporations either in their own buses or buses hired or chartered by them from outside will qualify for the purpose of availing Leave Travel Concession facilities provided the ITDC/State Tourism Development Corporations certify that the journey has actually been performed by the Government servant and his family members for which he is claiming the Leave Travel Concession.

2. The above instructions will be applicable as and when OM dated 2.3.2001 suspending LTC facility is withdrawn. The cases of exempted retiring employees and pending cases where decision is yet to be taken may be decided in the light of instructions laid down in para 1 above. However, the past cases decided otherwise need not be reopened.

(V.A. Pillai)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India.

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Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Amendment Rules, 2002 – The words “and widowed daughters” shall be inserted

No. 31011/10/2000-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi-110 001
New Delhi 11th January, 2002.

NOTIFICATION

G.S.R. 28 – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules, further to amend the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Amendment Rules, 2002.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988, in rule 4, in sub-clause (ii) of clause (d), after the word “husbands” the words “and widowed daughters” shall be inserted.

(V.A. Pillai)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Leave Travel Concession – Determination of the Genuineness of the claim – DOPT – OM dated 23.04.2001

No.31011/11/2000-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi-110 001
New Delhi 23rd April, 2001.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Leave Travel Concession – Determination of the Genuineness of the claim.

The undersigned is directed to say that the existing instructions contained in the Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms O.M. NO. F. 31011/11/79-Estt. (A) dated the 6th March, 1981, inter alia, stipulate that where LTC advance has been drawn the Government servant should produce railway tickets within ten days of the drawal of advance to the competent authority to show that he has actually utilized the amount to purchase the ticket(s). In case where no advance has been drawn, it will be sufficient if the Government servant indicates the ticket numbers in his claim. The matter has been reviewed following the introduction of computerized booking system by the Ministry of Railways. Indian Railways maintain the records of ticket booking with reference to PNR No. indicated in the ticket and as such Indian Railways have expressed their inconvenience in furnishing verification certificate on the basis of Ticket No. to the controlling authorities who made references in the case of doubt about the claim. It has, therefore, now been decided that hitherto all the Government servants should indicate the PNR No. in their LTC claims in addition to ticket No.

2. The instructions contained in the DOP&AR O.M.No. F. 31011/11/79-Estt. (A) dated 6.3.1981 are modified to the extent mentioned in para 1 above.

3. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these instructions issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

(Smt. S. Bandhopadhyay)
Director

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Facility of home town LTC and All India LTC to Central Government employees may be suspended for a period of two years – DOPT OM dated 02.03.2001

No. 31011/3/2001-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, dated March 2, 2001.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Central Civil Services (LTC) Rules, 1998 – Suspension regarding.

Pursuant to the Finance Minister’s announcement relating to facility of LTC to Central Government employees, in the Parliament on 28th February, 2001, while presenting Central Government’s Budget for 2001-2002, it has been decided that the facility of home town LTC and All India LTC to Central Government employees may be suspended for a period of two years with immediate effect. Employees who have less than 2 years service before retirement as on 1st March, 2001 will be exempted from the operation of this LTC suspension order, provided they have not availed the facility in the current block.

2. The above orders shall also apply to All India Service Officers on deputation with the Central Government.

3. In case of Government servants who have already booked the tickets the cancellation charges will be reimbursed by the respective Ministries/Departments/Offices. The LTC advances already drawn, if any, may be refunded immediately without any penal interest.

4. The Government servants who have commenced their outward journey on LTC prior to date of issue of these instructions have to complete their inward journey as provided in the rules for availing LTC facility.

5. These orders shall apply to all autonomous/statutory/ bodies partially or fully funded by the Government.

(Smt. S Bandhopadhyay)
Director (E.II)

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Implementation of the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission – Clarifications regarding Central Civil Services(LTC) Rules, 1988 – OM dated 31.03.1999

F. No. 31011/8/1998-Estt (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, the 31st March, 1999.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: – Central Civil Services(LTC) Rules, 1988 – Clarifications – regarding.

Consequent upon implementation of the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission, CCS (LTC) Rules were amended vide this Department’s Notifications No. 31011/7/97– Estt.(A) dated 28.10.97 (GSR No. 602-E) and 28.7.1998 (GSR No. 412-E). Certain clarifications have been sought by various Ministries/Departments from time to time. The doubts raised by various authorities are clarified as under:-

Hind version will follow.

(Smt. S. Bandhopadhyay)
Director (E-II)

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Relaxation of time-limit for drawal of LTC advance – Produce the outward railway tickets within ten days of the drawal of advance – OM dated 30.03.1998

No. 31011/5/1998-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi 30th March, 1998.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: – Leave Travel Concession – Relaxation of time-limit for drawal of LTC advance.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M.NO. 31011/5/96-Estt. (A) dated 19.2 4997 on the subject mentioned above and to say that according to the said O.M. a Government servant can draw advance in respect of the journey proposed to be performed under the LTC scheme, by himself and/or by the members of his family thirty-five days before the proposed date of the outward journey.

2. Since the Railways have increased the time-limit for reservation of seats/berths from 30 days to sixty days, it has been decided by this Department that a Government employee can draw advance for LTC journey for himself and his family members sixty-five days before the proposed date of the outward journey. He should, however, produce the outward railway tickets within ten days of the drawal of advance to the competent authority to show that he has actually utilised the amount to purchase the tickets.

(P.P. Kalra)
Desk Officer
Tel.: 301 1313

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Journeys by chartered buses are admissible for LTC – Tour is wholly operated and conducted by the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)/ State Tourism Development Corporations (STDCs)

F. No. 31011/4/1997-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

Dated: February 09, 1998.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: LTC – Travel by State Tourism buses – Clarification regarding.

As the Ministry of Finance etc. are aware Central Government employees are entitled for Home Town LTC once in a block of two years and All-India LTC once in a block of 4 years. The Leave Travel Concession is not admissible for journey by a private car (owned, borrowed or hired) or a bus, van or other vehicle owned or operated or chartered by private operator. However, travel by private buses operating as regular service from point to point at regular intervals on fixed fare rate with the approval of Regional Transport Authority/ State Government concerned, is admissible. Similarly, journeys by chartered buses are admissible for LTC only in those cases where the tour is wholly operated and conducted by the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)/ State Tourism Development Corporations (STDCs) either by their own buses or buses taken on hire from outside. In such cases, it is to be clearly certified by the ITDC/ State Tourism Development Corporations concerned that the tour was actually conducted/ operated by them and not by any private Party/ person. Rule 12(2) (iii) of the CCS (LTC) Rule, 1938 provides as under:-

“Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) of clauses (i) and (ii) of sub-rule (2) where a Government servant travelling 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 to visit any place in India, the reimbursement shall be either the actual hire charges or the amount reimbursable on the journey to the declared place of visit had the journey been undertaken by 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.”

2. It has come to the notice of this Department that Garhwal Handal Vikas Nigam Limited, Kumayun Mandel Vikas Nigam Limited, Manipur Tourism and Nagaland Tourism etc. are conducting LTC tours for the Government employees. Though the certificates are issued by the respective organisations but in fact the tours are being conducted by their agents. Certain irregularities committed by Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam, Khushnuma Complex, 7 RF, Bahadur Marg, Lucknow-226 001 have also come to the notice of this Department. The matter has been examined in detail in this Department and it is hereby clarified that in future journey on LTC by chartered buses on tour conducted by ITDC/ State Tourism Development Corporations of Local bodies like Garhwal/ Kumavun Mandal Vikas Nigam Limited, etc. would be permissible only if the tour is wholly conducted/ operated by the above bodies in buses owned by them and registered with the Regional Transport Authorities in the name of the ITDC/STDCs or local bodies, etc. LTC would not be admissible for tours conducted by ITDC/ State Tourism Development Corporations, Nagaland Tourism or Manipur Tourism or local bodies like Garhwal Mandel Vikas Nigam or Kumayun Mandal Vikas Nigam if the same is conducted in a bus leased, hired or chartered from private parties/ persons by the ITDC/ STDCs/ local bodies.

3. Journey on LTC by private airlines shall also not be admissible.

(S. Nandkyolyar)
Director
Tel.: 301 1591

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Fifth Central Pay Commission – Recommendation relating to LTC – Acceptance of – OM dated 20.10.1997

No.31011/7/1997-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi 20th October, 1997.

Fifth Central Pay Commission – Recommendation relating to LTC – Acceptance of.

The undersigned is directed to say that the fifth Central Pay Commission in its report has inter alia recommended that :-

(i) Senior Executives of the level of Joint Secretaries and above be permitted to travel by air or AC First class at their option on LTC and all other employees be permitted to travel by train by the class of accommodation to which they are entitled for journey on tour. (para 108.6)

(ii) Such Govt. employees as are posted outside their Home Town can be given an option to avail of the concession for travel to the Home Town on three occasions in a block of four years by surrendering their claim to All India LTC which would otherwise be admissible (para 108.8)

(iii) Government should undertake a review of remote areas like North-Eastern region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands etc. and extend concession for LTC journey by air to the areas in respect of travel during LTC. (para 108.10)

(iv) The income limit for defining dependent family member for LTC be increased from Rs.500/- per month to Rs.1500/- per month (Para 108.11)

(v) No change in the existing scheme of free Railway passes for Railway employees. (Railway employees are not eligible for LTC available to the other civilian employees of the Central Government as they are in receipt of free passes for travel any where in lndia) (para 108.13)

(vi) Facility of LTC may be restricted to only two children of an employee (para 103.13)

2. The recommendation of the Fifth Central Pay Commission have been considered by the Government and it has been decided that :-

(a) The existing monetary limit of Rs. 500/- from all sources prescribed for determining the dependency prescribed in Rule 4 (d) of the Central Civil Service (LTC) Rules, 1988 read with Supplementary Rule 2 (8) of the Supplementary Rules and Government of India Decision 3 below S.R. 2 shall be raised to Rs. 1500/- p.m.

(b) At present the LTC facility is available for the children of a Government servant irrespective of their number. With a view to encourage the small family norm, it has been decided that the facility of LTC shall be restricted to two surviving children only. The restriction of two surviving children shall not apply in respect of the existing children of a Government servant and a child born within one year from the date of issue of this O.M. and also in case of multiple births after one child.

(c) At present an LTC journey by air is not permissible to any class or group of Government servants. It has been decided that henceforth officers of the level of Joint Secretary and equivalent (pre-revised scale of Rs.5900-6700) and above shall be eligible to travel by air by National Carriers or AC 1st Class at their option. Journey by private airlines shall not be permitted.

All other Officers and employees below the rank of Joint Secretary and equivalent shall be entitled to travel by train by the entitled class of accommodation as on tour.

(d) Though LTC journey by air is admissible in certain remote areas yet there are sectors which are not covered by the existing orders on the subject. A Committee is being constituted separately to identity the remote areas to which the facility of journey by air on LTC could be extended to the employees posted to such remote areas.

(e) Those Government servants and their spouses who are working in Indian Railways are not entitled for the facility of LTC as the facility of “Free Pass” is available to them. In future also the employees and the spouses of the employees of Indian Railways and national airlines shall continue to be debarred for LTC facility as they are entitled for “Free Pass” facility.

(f) With regard to the number of occasions on which the leave travel concessions are availed in a block of four years, it has been decided that the status quo may be maintained.

3. The LTC claim pertaining to the period prior to 1st October, 1997 shall be regulated as per the rules applicable on the date of journey.

4. In so far as the persons working in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department are concerned these orders are being issued in consultation with C. & A.G. of India.

5. The CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 have been amended vide notification No. 31011/7/1997-Estt.(A) published in the Extraordinary Gazette of India Part II section 3, sub-section (i) dated 20.10.1997 (copy enclosed).

Hindi version is enclosed.

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Recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission – Decisions relating to enhancement of the ceiling on accumulation and encashment of Earned Leave in respect of Central Government employees

No. 14028/7/97-Estt.(L)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the 7th October, 1997.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission – Decisions relating to Enhancement of the ceiling on accumulation and encashment of Earned Leave in respect of Central Government employees.

The undersigned is directed to say that consequent upon the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission relating to leave, the President is pleased to decide that the existing provisions of the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 may be modified as follows in respect of civilian employees of the Central Government:-

(a) The existing ceiling of 240 days on accumulation of earned leave provided in Rules 26 & 28 ibid shall be enhanced to 300 days;

(b) The existing ceiling of 240 days for availing of the benefit of encashment of unutilised earned leave shall be increased to 300 days in respect of the following categories:-

(i) retirement on attaining the age of superannuation [Rule 39(2)];

(ii) cases whore the service of a Government servant has been extended, in the interest of public service, beyond the date of retirement on superannuation [Rule 39(4)];

(iii) voluntary/pre-mature retirement [Rule 39(5)];

(iv) where the services of a Government servant are terminated by notice or by payment of pay & allowances in lieu of notice, or otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions of his appointment [Rule 39(6)(a)(i)];

(v) in the case of termination of re-employment after retirement [Rule 39(6)(a)(iii)];

(vi) in the case of death of a Government servant while in service, to the family of the deceased [Rule 39A];

(vii) in the case of leave preparatory to retirement [sub-rule (1) of Rule 38];

(viii) in the case of transfer of a Government servant to an industrial establishment [Rule 61]; and

(ix) on absorption of a Government servant in the Central Public Sector Undertaking/ autonomous body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Central/State Government [Rule 39-D];

(c) A Government servant who resigns or quits service shall be entitled to cash equivalent in respect of earned leave at credit on the date of cessation service, to the extent of half of such leave at his credit, subject to a maximum of 150 days [Rule 39(6)(a)(ii)).

2. The above orders shall take effect from 1st July, 1997.

3. The Fifth Pay Commission has also recommended that all employees may be permitted to encash 10 days earned leave at the time of availing of Leave Travel Concession, subject to the conditions that:-

(a) the total leave so encashed during the entire career does not exceed 60 days in the aggregate;

(b) earned leave of atleast an equivalent duration is also availed simultaneously by the employee:

(c) a balance of at least 30 days of earned leave is still available to the credit of the employee after taking into account the period of encashment as well as leave; and

(d) the period of leave encashed shall be deducted from the quantum of leave that can be normally encashed by him at the time of superannuation.

This recommendation has also been accepted by the Government and, accordingly encashment of earned leave may be allowed by the Ministries/Departments subject prescribed conditions. The total encashment of Earned Leave allowed to a Government servant along with LTC while in service and as per the provisions of the Central Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, should not exceed the maximum limit/ceiling of 300 or 150 days, as the case may be.

4. The orders in paragraph 3 above shall take effect from the date of issue.

5. The orders as per paragraphs 1 to 4 above shall also apply to Government servants serving in Vacation Departments.

6. Formal amendments to the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, are being issued separately.

7. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

8. Hindi version is enclosed.

(B. GANGAR)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Revision of pension of Pre-2006 pensioners who retired from the 5th CPC scale of Rs. 6500-10500/- or equivalent pay scale in the earlier Pay Commission periods w.e.f. 1.1.2006

No. 38/33/12-P&PW (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi-110 003
Dated the 9th July, 2019

Office Memorandum

Sub :- Revision of pension w.e.f. 1.1.2006 of Pre-2006 pensioners who retired from the 5th CPC scale of Rs. 6500-10500/- or equivalent pay scale in the earlier Pay Commission periods.

Instructions have been issued vide this Department’s OM of even number dated 4.1.2019 that for the purpose of revision of pension/family pension w.e.f. 1.1.2006 under para 4.2 of the 0.M. dated 1.9.2008, the Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- may be considered as the corresponding Grade pay in the case of pre-2006 pensioners who retired/died in the 5th CPC scale of Rs. 6500-10500/- or equivalent pay scale in the earlier Pay Commission periods. It was also provided that the revised pension w.c.f. 1,1.2006 in terms of para 4.2 of OM dated 1.9.2008, for the pre-2006 pensioners who retired from the pay scale of Rs, 6500-10500/- in the 5 th CPC or equivalent pay scales in the earlier Pay Commissions would be Rs. 8345/-. The entries at serial number 13 in the annexure of this Department’s OM No. 38/37/08- P&PW(A) dated 28.1.2013 were also revised accordingly.

2. This Department has issued concordance tables for revision of pension, w.e.f. 1.1.2016, of pre-2016 pensioners by notional fixation of pay in the 7th CPC vide this Departments OM dated 6.7.2017, Tables No.24 & 25 in these concordance tables indicated the revised pension/family pension based on the corresponding 6th CPC grade pay of Rs. 4200/- in respect of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners who retired/died in the 5th CPC scale of 6500-10500/- or equivalent pay scale in the earlier Pay Commission periods. Consequent on the decision to consider the Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- as the corresponding Grade pay in the case of pre-2006 pensioners who retired/died in the 5th CPC scale of Rs. 6500-105001- or equivalent pay scale in the earlier Pay Commission periods and based on the fitment tables provided by Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure), Tables No.24 & 25 have been revised. Accordingly, revised concordance Tables No.24 & 25 arc enclosed herewith.

3. All the Ministries/Departments are requested to revise pension/family pension w.e.f. 01.2016 in respect of pre-2006 pensioner family pensioners who retired/died in the 5th CPC scale of Rs. 6500-10500/- or equivalent pay scale in the earlier Pay Commission periods using the concordance tables enclosed herewith, The other provisions/instructions for revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners, as contained in this Department’s OM of even number dated 12.5.2017 and 6.7.2017 will remain unchanged.

4. This issues with the approval of Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide their OM No. 30-1/33(c)/2016-1.C./E.III,A dated 28.6.2019

5. Hindi version will follow.

(Ruchir Mittal)

Deputy Secretary

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Clarification on Regulation of LTC claims of Government servants who undertake journeys by air between places connected by rail – OM dated 28.04.1995

No. 31011/1/1995-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the 28th April, 1995

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Regulation of journeys by air while availing Leave Travel Concession – Clarifications regarding.

Under the provisions of rule 12(3) of the Central Civil Services (LTC) Rules, 1988, air travel is permissible between the places not connected by rail, where an alternative means of travel is either not available or is more expensive. A number of references are being received seeking clarification with regard to regulation of LTC claims of Government servants who undertake journeys by air between places connected by rail.

2. The matter has been considered and it has been decided that reimbursement of fare in cases where a Government servant performs, journeys on LTC by air between places connected by rail, may be restricted to the fare of the entitled class by rail other than Rajdhani/ Shatabadi Express.

3. These provisions are, however, not applicable in respect of journeys undertaken by private airlines.

(Krishna Menon)
Director

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