Guidelines on Leave Travel Concession (LTC): DoPT Master Circular 30.04.2024

No.DOPT-1714455840135

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

ESTT.(Estt. A-IV)

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

(Dated 30 April, 2024)

Leave Travel Concession (LTC)

Subject:- Guidelines on Leave Travel Concession (LTC)

Leave Travel Concession (LTC) scheme is a concessional travel facility for the Government

employees to visit their Home Town or to visit any place in India during a block of four years.

 In terms of provisions of the Scheme, the Government employees have the option either to avail Home town LTC twice in a block of two years each or to visit home town once in a period of two years and to visit any place in India in another block of two years. The current block of four years is 2022-2025 with two

years block of 2022-2023 and 2024-2025. The travel expenses in terms of the employees and their eligible family members are borne by the Government. A Government employee and his family members while availing of Leave Travel Concession may travel in different groups at different times during that block. Further, they may visit different places of their choices while availing Any Place in India LTC.

2. Various instructions regarding Leave Travel Concession have been issued by the Government from time to time. The instructions still in vogue have been consolidated under easily comprehensible

headings for the facility of reference. All Ministries/ Departments are requested to bring the above guidelines to the notice of all concerned. While due care has been taken to compile this document, however, if any contradictions and imprecision therein are noticed, the provisions envisaged in the

relevant OMS/Orders/etc. shall prevail, and the same may be brought to the notice of the Department of Personnel & Training.

Applicability of LTC Rules [Rule 1(3)&1(4)]:-

I. Subject to the provisions of sub-rule 1(4), applicable to all persons - [Rule 1(3)]

(i) who are appointed to civil services and posts including civilian Government servants in the Defence Services in connection with the affairs of the Union; who are employed under a State Government and who are on deputation with the Central

Government;

who are appointed on contract basis; and

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

who are re-employed after their retirement.

Not applicable to - [Rule 1(4)]

a)

Government servants not in whole-time employment;

persons in casual and daily rated employment;

persons paid from contingencies;

Railway servants

members of the Armed Forces;.......