Central Civil Services (LTC) Rules, 1988 - Fulfillment of procedural requirements.
No. 31011/3/2015-Estt (A.IV)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and
Training
Establishment A-IV Desk
North Block, New Delhi-110 001
Dated: 18.02.2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Central Civil Services
(Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 — Fulfillment of procedural requirements.
This Department is in receipt of
a number of references regarding the procedural difficulties faced by the
Government employees in application and settlement of the LTC claims.
Sometimes, the Government servants claim that failure to follow the correct
procedure was on account of a lack of knowledge of the rules/instructions. It
is alleged that in some cases, processing of LTC claims takes unduly long time,
particularly when the employee and the sanctioning authorities are located at
different stations.
2. To remove these bottlenecks,
it has been decided to simplify the procedure of application and make the
procedure of processing of LTC claims time bound. The following time-limits
shall be followed while processing the LTC applications/claims of the
Government servants.
S.No.
|
Course of action
|
Time limit
|
1.
|
Leave Sanction
|
5 working day + 3
working days*
|
2.
|
Sanction of LTC
advance/Leave encashment
|
5 working day + 3
working days*
|
3.
|
Time taken by
Administration for verification of LTC claim after the LTC bill is submitted
by the Government employee for settlement.
|
10 working days +
3 working days*
|
4.
|
Time taken by DDO
|
5 working days + 3
working days*
|
5.
|
Time taken by PAO
|
5 working days + 3
working days*
|
*(a) Additional 3 days
transit-time may be allowed in cases where the place of posting of the
Government employees is away from their Headquarters, The Government employee
may proceed on LTC after action on S.No. 1 .
(b) Efforts should be made to
reduce the duration of processing of LTC applications/claims at the earliest.
The maximum time limit should be strictly adhered to and non —compliance of
time limit should be adequately explained.
3. Under CCS (LTC) Rules, the
Government servants are required to inform their Controlling Officer before the
journey(s) on LTC to be undertaken. It has now been decided that the Leave
Sanctioning Authority shall obtain a self-certification from the employee
regarding the proposed LTC journey. The proforma for self-certification has
been annexed with this O.M.
4. In addition to the above, it
has been decided that whenever a Government servant applies for LTC, he/she
should be provided with a copy of the guidelines (enclosed) which needs to be
followed while availing LTC.
5. Employees may be encouraged to
share interesting insights and pictures, if any, of the destination he/she
visited while availing LTC in an appropriate forum.
Enclosures:
1) Proforma for
self-certification.
2) Guidelines
(Surya Narayan Jha)
Under Secretary to the Government
of India
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