Scheme of optional 'All India Leave Travel
Concession' (AILTC) facility, once in a block of four years (i.e.
2018-2021 onwards) on surrender of Privilege Passes (PP).
RBE No. 130/2018
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.E(W)2017/PS5-1/3
New Delhi, dated 10.09.2018
The General Managers (P)
All Zonal Railways &
Production Units.
Sub:
Scheme of optional 'All India Leave Travel Concession' (AILTC)
facility, once in a block of four years (i.e. 2018-2021 onwards) on
surrender of Privilege Passes (PP).
Ref:
Department of Personnel & Training (DoP&T)'s OM No.31011/15/2017- Estt.A-IV dated 27.03.2018.
Pursuant
to recommendations of Seventh CPC, DoP&T have communicated
Government's decision, vide their OM referred above, to allow the
Railway employees to avail AILTC facility in accordance with the
'Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988' i.e. CCS
(LTC) Rules.
2. Accordingly, in exercise of powers conferred vide
Rule 1(3)(iii) of Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (Second
Edition-1993), the Competent Authority in the Ministry of Railways has
accorded approval to exclude such railway servants and other eligible
persons (i.e. eligible for PP) from the facility of Privilege Passes in
that particular calendar year in which they opt for AILTC facility.
Applicants may avail AILTC facility subject to conditions stipulated in
para 2 of the referred OM dated 27.03.2018 (copy enclosed as
Annexure-I). This facility is further subject to procedural
guidelines/conditions stipulated hereunder.
3. These orders shall
be applicable to (i) Railway Servants entitled to PPs; (ii) Other
government department's officials serving in railways on deputation and
entitled to PPs; (iii) Other officials serving in railways and entitled
to PPs; and (iv) Officials of Audit Department (Railway) entitled to
PPs. The Competent Authorities concerned shall modify terms and
condition of such officials as required and necessary. These orders
would not be applicable to those who are undergoing minor penalty of
stoppage of even a single PP at the time of application for availing
AILTC.
4. Those officials, who opt for AILTC facility, would be
issued a "Privilege Pass Surrender Certificate" (PPSC) i.e. a
pre-requisite for availing AILTC facility. The "Pass Issuing Authority"
(PIA) shall issue the PPSC as per format at Annexure-II, duly following
the procedure stipulated as under:-
(i) Applicant employee will submit an application (format at Annexure-III) to the concerned PIA for issue of a PPSC.
(ii)
Thereafter, the PIA will first check the "Privilege Pass Account" (PPA)
of the ' applicant to verify whether the applicant has already availed
any PP or not in that particular calendar year.
(iii) If applicant
has already availed a PP in that particular calendar year, then the
application for issue of PPSC would be rejected and the applicant should
be intimated accordingly, as per format at Annexure-IV.
(iv) If
applicant has not availed any PP in that particular calendar year, the
PIA concerned will disallow operation of PPA by blocking it with an
entry (PPSC issued on date …./…/…… /) in PPA so that the applicant is
barred from drawing any PP, even inadvertently, during that particular
calendar year in which AILTC facility has been opted.
(v) If both
husband and wife are entitled to PPs, both have to surrender their
respective entitled PPs that are admissible to them in the calendar year
in which either of them opt for AILTC facility. In this scenario, PIA
will issue a single composite PPSC duly completing Part-II of the PPSC.
The following procedure will be followed, additionally, in such cases:-
(a)
If PPAs of both the spouses are maintained by same PIA at the time of
applying for AILTC facility, then the composite PPSC will be issued by
the PIA after receipt of a joint application from both of them.
(b)
If PIAs of both the spouses are different (due to any reason or on
account of their working in separate Railways/Divisions/Units, etc.),
the PPSC shall be issued by the PIA concerned of the applicant only
after receipt of a "Confirmation Note in lieu of PPSC"(CN) to be issued
(by other PIA as per format in Annexure-V) in favour of spouse of the
main applicant. The spouse will apply for CN as per format at
Annexure-VI.
(vi) In case of a deputationist (i.e.
Railway servant serving on deputation etc in any other organization) and
eligible for PPs as per statutory rules, the PIA concerned will issue
PPSC as per aforementioned procedure.
(vii) The PIA will issue
PPSC/CN or intimate about rejection/non-acceptance of the request, as
the case may be, within ten working days of receipt of application.
(viii)
After issue of PPSC/CN, request for its cancellation and re-opening of
PPA will not be entertained on any ground, even if AILTC facility could
not be availed due to whatsoever reason i.e. whether administrative or
personal reasons.
(ix) The role of PIAs will cease once "PPSC" is
issued to the applicant. Matters such as advance/reimbursement/travel
entitlements during availing of AILTC shall be dealt by other respective
Sections of Personnel/Accounts Department handling Travelling Allowance
claims, taking into account PPSC as a basic document alongwith other
documents stipulated in the CCS (LTC) Rules.
(x) A duplicate
PPSC/CN can only be issued under special circumstances by the PIA
concerned after taking approval of the Principal CPO.
5.
The Railways should administer the AILTC facility strictly in
accordance with the CCS (LTC) Rules-1988, as modified from time to time,
without any deviation. It may be noted that 'Home Town LTC/Home Town
converted LTC" shall not be admissible to railway servants and the
definitions of beneficiaries for LTC (e.g. members of family,
dependents), dependency criteria, etc are different from that of Railway
Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986. A copy of DoP&T's
letter No.31011/7/2013-Estt.(A)-IV dated 26.09.2014, containing
clarifications and illustrations on administering LTC entitlements of
"Fresh Recruits" is enclosed as Annexure-VII. Accordingly, the AILTC
facility shall be regulated fully by the conditions and definitions as
laid down in the CCS (LTC) Rules.
6. Regarding travel entitlements for availing of AILTC facility, copies of following OMs, as applicable on date, are enclosed:-
| Issued by | Details | Annexure No. |
|---|
| Ministry Of Finance | OM No.19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 | Annexure – VIII |
| DoP&T | OM No.31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV dt.19.09.2017 | Annexure-IX |
| DoP&T | OM No.31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV dt.18.01.2018 | Annexure-X |
It
may be noted that DoP&T have stipulated vide their OM dated
19.09.2017 that (i) the travel entitlements for the purpose of LTC shall
be the same as TA entitlements as notified vide MoF's OM dated
13.07.2017, excepting the air travel entitlement for the employees in
Level 6 to 8 of the Pay Matrix (para 3) and (ii) the other conditions
that would govern the LTC facility (para 4). Hence, the same entitlement
prevailing in civil side (i.e. not as per railway entitlement) will be
applicable for availing AILTC facility.
7. To summarize, the
position, as contained in above OMs, with certain modifications, is
briefly brought out in the table below:-
| Pay Level in Pay Matrix | Travel/LTC entitlement for AILTC |
|---|
| Level 1 to 5 | Travel
entitlement/Class of travel, etc in various modes of transports shall
be as per Ministry of Finance's OM No. 19030/1/2017-E.IV dated
13.07.2017 subject to other conditions stipulated in DoP&T's OM No.
31011/8/2017-Estt- A-IV dated 19.09.2017. |
| Level 6 to 8 | Air
travel entitlement stipulated in Ministry of Finance's OM No.
19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 is not admissible for LTC. However,
all other entitlements shall be as per aforementioned MoF' OM dated
13.07.2017 and subject to other conditions stipulated in aforementioned
DoP&T's OM dated 19.09.2017. |
| Level 9 to 13 and NFSAG officers | Travel
entitlement/Class of travel, etc in various modes of transports shall
be as per Ministry of Finance's OM No. officers 19030/1/2017-E.IV dated
13.07.2017 subject to other conditions stipulated in DoP&T's OM No.
31011/8/2017-Estt- A-TV dated 19.09.2017. |
| Level 14 & above (excluding NFSAG Officers) | Travel
entitlement/Class of travel, etc in various modes of transports shall
be as per Ministry of Finance's OM No.19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017
subject to other conditions stipulated in DoP&T's OM No.
31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV dated 19.09.2017 and also as clarified vide
DoP&T's OM No.31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV dated 18.01.2018. |
8.
The Zonal Railways and PUs are advised to get themselves familiarized
with the extant CCS (LTC) Rules as well as clarifications available in
the official website of DoP&T (i.e. presently (i)
https://dopt.gov.in/ccs-ltc-rules and (i) https://dopt.gov.in/
notifications/oms-and-orders/ © Establishment o LTC Rules). It may also
be noted that OMs/Notifications related to CCS (LTC) Rules issued and
uploaded from time to time by DoP&T in their official website will
come into force with immediate effect for regulation of AILTC facility
as being extended by this order. Hence, these orders/instructions will
not be circulated separately by the Ministry of Railways. Accordingly,
the Railways and PUs should regularly visit the official website of
DoP&T and download the latest instructions from time to time for
settling claims of LTC etc and for compliance.
9. However, if any
clarification in respect of TA Rules notified by Ministry of Finance is
required, the same may be addressed to the Nodal Dte. in Board's office
viz. Finance Establishment Dte. for further examination and issue of
appropriate clarification/reply.
10.This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.
11. Hindi version will follow.
(V. Muralidharan)
Dy. Director Estt. (Welfare)-I
Railway Board
