LTC to Railway employees (and Government servants whose spouses are Railway servants).
No. 31011/15/2017-Estt.A-IV
Government of India
Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of
Personnel & Training
Establishment A-IV
Desk
North Block New Delhi.
Dated 27.05.2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: LTC to Railway employees (and
Government servants whose spouses are Railway servants).
The undersigned is directed to
say that as per extant LTC instructions, 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. However, Seventh
CPC in its report has recommended for bringing Railway employees (and employees
whose spouses are Railway servants) into the fold of LTC.
2. The matter has been considered
in this Department in consultation with Ministry of Railways. It has been
decided that Railway employees may be allowed to avail "All India
LTC" once in a block of four years under CCS(LTC) Rules, 1988, subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The railway employees shall
continue to be governed fully by the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules only and
availing of "All India LTC" under CCS (LTC) Rules by them will be
facilitated through a Special Order under the relevant provision of the said
Pass Rules.
(ii) "All India LTC"
will be purely optional for the railway employees.
(iii) Even after availing
"All India LTC" in a year, it will not be mandatory for the railway
employee to opt for "All India LTC" in the next or subsequent block
years.
(iv) No "Home Town LTC"
will be admissible to Railway employees and on the same analogy, no Home Town
converted LTC shall be allowed to them.
(v) The railway employees will
surrender the Privilege Passes admissible to them in the calendar year in which
they intend to avail the LTC facility. However, they would continue to be
eligible for Privilege Ticket Orders and other kinds of passes viz., Duty Pass,
School Pass, Special Passes on Medical grounds, etc., as admissible under the
Pass rules. Further, if the railway employee has already availed of a Privilege
Pass, then LTC will not be allowed in that year.
(vi) The railway employees on
deputation to any other organization, including Railway PSUs, would also
continue to be eligible for optional LTC in lieu of Privilege Pass entitlement.
(vii) The definition of
beneficiaries e.g. members of family, dependents, etc and other conditions as
laid down in the CCS(LTC) rules will be applicable for availing "All India
LTC" facility by the railway employees, even if such beneficiaries are not
entitled for Privilege Pass under the Pass Rules.
(viii) If both spouses are Railway employees
then both will surrender privilege passes, admissible in the calendar year, if
they opt for All India LTC.
(ix) In case of the Government
employees whose spouse is working in Railways, want to avail All India LTC,
either independently or with family members, then he/she/they may be allowed
subject to the condition of surrendering privilege passes admissible in that
calendar year for him/her/them and an undertaking in this regard shall be given
by the Government servant to his office.
Hindi version will follow.
(Sanjiv Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the
Government of India
Tel: 23093176
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