LTC Rules- after 6CPC from 01-09-2008

Leave Travel Concession to Central Govt. Employees after 01-09-2008
1. LTC is allowed to all central Government servants irrespective of the distance between headquarters and their home town.
2. LTC is allowed to Hometown" means the town, village or any other place declared as such by the Govt. servant and accepted by the controlling officer.
3. LTC is allowed only to those who have completed one year of service on the date of journey.
4. LTC is allowed for self and family.
5. LTC is allowed only to the family (in the case of an employee under suspension).
6. LTC is allowed for journey to “Home Town” once in a block of two years.
7. LTC is allowed for journey to “Any place in India” once in a block of four years.
8. The term "any place in India" will cover any place within the territory of India whether it is on the mainland, or overseas.
9. LTC is allowed for journey to “Any place in India” in lieu of one journey to Home Town.
10. LTC is allowed for availing during all leave periods(Earned/Casual/S.Casual/Study/Maternity/Paternity etc.).
11. LTC is allowed for all journeys to travel by Rail/Road/Air/Ship.
12. LTC is allowed to be availed before end of the next year if not availed during a block.
13. LTC is allowed for family members independently in any number of batches.
14. LTC is allowed for travelling to “Any place in India” where the employee and or members of the family may travel either to the same place or different places of their choice.
15. LTC is allowed to visit “Any place in India” which includes to visit his same Home Town also.
16. LTC is allowed in the same two-year block, some members of family can avail Home Town concession while others “Any place in India”.
17. LTC reimbursement is allowed by the entitled class or actually travelled class, whichever is less.
18. 90 per cent of the anticipated reimbursement amount may be granted as LTC advance.
Earned Leave Encashment Facility :-1. Earned Leave up to a maximum of ten days at a time may be enchased, subject to the condition that at least an equivalent duration of Earned Leave is availed.
2. This is limited to a maximum of 60 days during the entire career and the total number of days so enchased will not be included for computing maximum quantum of leave encashable at the time of quitting service.
3. The balance at credit should not be less than 30 days after deducting the total of leave availed plus leave for which encashment was availed.
4. Where both husband and wife are government servants, encashment of leave will continue to be availed by both, subject to maximum limit of 60 days.
Block Year :-
1. The LTC to home town is allowed once in a block of two calendar years, such as 2006-2007, 2008-2009 and so on.
2. The LTC to “Any Place in India” is allowed once in a block of four calendar years, such as 2006 - 2009 and so on.
Husband and Wife…When both the husband and wife are Central Government servants:
1. They can declare separate Home Town independently.
2. They can claim LTC for their respective families, viz,. While the husband can claim for his parents / minor brothers / sisters, the wife can avail for her parents / minor brother / sisters.
3. Either of the parents can claim the concession for the children in a particular block;
4. The husband / wife who avails LTC as a member of the family of the spouse, cannot claim independently for SELF.
Family – definition…
1. The Government servant’s wife or husband and two surviving unmarried children or stepchildren wholly dependent on the Government servant, irrespective of whether they are residing with the Government servant or not.
2. Married daughters divorced, abandoned or separated from their husbands and widowed daughters and are residing with the Government servant and wholly dependent on the Government servant.
3. Parents and / or step-parents (stepfather and stepmother) whole dependent on the Government servant, whether residing with the Government servant or not:
4. Unmarried minor brothers as well as unmarried divorced abandoned, separated from their husbands or widowed sisters residing with and wholly dependent on the Government servant provided their parents are either not alive or are themselves wholly dependent on the Government servant.
Change of Home Town…“The hometown once declared and accepted by the controlling officer shall be treated as final. In exceptional circumstances, the Head of the Department or if the Government servant himself is the Head of the Department, the Administrative Ministry, may authorise a change in such declaration provided that such a change shall not be made more than once during the service of a Government servant.”The CCS Rules allow an employee to change the Permanent Address given in their Service Records for once in their service.
The employee can apply for this through their respective Head of Section enclosing the relationship and residential proof of the new address.Care to be taken before applying for the change of address as this facility will be available only once in their service. After changing the Permanent Address the employee is eligible to apply for Home Town LTC.Those employees who are residing on the outskirts of their work place, automatically they are ineligible for Home Town LTC. For the benefit of these employees, a male employee can give the address of his wife’s native place or opposite, after the marriage of son or daughter, their residing place like that…But the respective Head of Section has the right to turn down the application.