Journey to headquarters on LTC clarification issued
To resolve the issue, the matter has been considered by this Department in consultation with Joint Consultative Machinery – Staff side and Department of Expenditure.
A
clarification
has
been
issued
regarding
the
Journey
to
Headquarters
on
LTC
The
under
secretary
is
directed
to
refer
to
this
Department's
O.M.
No.
31011/14/86-
Estt.(A-1V)
dated
08.05.1987,
which
inter
alia
provides
that
the
Govt.
servant
and
the
members
of
the
family
may
claim
LTC
independently,
however,
reimbursement
in
such
cases
will
be
restricted
to
the
actual
distance
travelled
by
the
family
or
the
distance
between
the
headquarters/place
of
posting
of
the
Government
servant
and
the
place
visited/hometown,
whichever
is
less.
Restriction of reimbursement to the distance from the Headquarter/place of posting creates an anomalous situation where the Government servant seeks to avail of LTC in respect of members of the family to the Headquarters/place of posting either from the Home town of the Government servant or from anywhere else. For illustration, a dependent child of a Govt. servant (posted in Delhi) staying and pursuing studies in Mumbai may visit a Government servant at his Headquarters/place of posting (i.e. Delhi) on LTC, however, reimbursement in such case shall be admissible for distance between the Headquarters and place of visit (which in this case is Headquarters itself), which shall be NIL in this case.
To resolve the issue, the matter has been considered by this Department in consultation with Joint Consultative Machinery - Staff side and Department of Expenditure. It is clarified that full reimbursement as per the entitlement of the Government servant shall be allowed for journey(s) performed on LTC by the family members from any place in India to Headquarters/place of posting of the Government servant and back. When such journey is performed from the Home Town, the LTC shall be counted against 'Home Town' LTC and in case the journey is from any other place in India, then it shall be counted against 'Any place in India' LTC. The provisions would have a prospective effect.
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