The
state government of West Bengal issued orders on availing of Leave Travel
Concession (LTC) to foriegn countires, such as, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives…
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
AUDIT BRANCH
No.7370-F(F)
Dated: 09.10.2015
MEMORANDUM
At present the State Government
employees may avail themselves of the benefit of Leave Travel Concession once
in service career during the period of five years preceding the actual date of
retirement on superannuation for the following kinds of journeys, subject to
the conditions as in this department’s Memo Nos. 9924-F dt. 07.12.2005 and 607
-F dt. 20.01.2006.
1. For journeys to respective home town and back, provided the home town is
different from the place of posting; and
2. For journeys to any place of India and back.
The employees who have been duly
permitted to retire voluntarily are also allowed to avail of the above benefit
before their such retirement.
The present provisions of admissibility
of Leave Travel Concession have been under consideration for review for
sometime past.
Now, after careful consideration of the
matter, the Governor has been pleased to decide in partial modification of this
department Memo. No. 9924-F dt. 07. 2.2005 read with Memo. No. 607-F dt.
20.01.2006 to allow the following benefits to the State Government employees
instead of journeys on LTC as mentioned at (2) above.
(a) One Home Travel Concession once in every five years to visit any place
within the State;
(b) One LTC once in ten years to visit
any place in the neighbouring countries, namely, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives or within
the Country.
Conditions for admissibility of the same in case the spouse of the Government
employee is also employed will be as follows:-
(i) If the spouse of the Government employee is also a State Government
employee, the benefit can be availed of either by husband or wife as a one
family unit and in that case undertaking shall be submitted by the other that
no such claim will be preferred from his/her office and this should be recorded
in his/her Service Book.
(ii) If the spouse of the State Government emploee is employed in
Central/Central PSUs/Corporation/Autonomous Body, the benefit can be availed of
either by the husband or wife employed under the State Government as one family
unit from the State Government provided no benefit of LTC can be availed of by
the other from the Central/Central PSUs/Corporation/ Autonomous Body and in
that case letter from the employer there in this respect that he/she has given
such undertaking there shall be produced before avaiiing of the above benefit.
(iii) If the spouse of the State Government employee is employed in the State
PSUs/Corporation/Non-Government aided Institutions/Autonomous Body where
facility of LTC does not exist, the spouse of the Government employee may avail
of this benefit along with the Government employee a a member of the family on
the condition that declaration to his/her controlling authority shall be furnished
that in future he/she will not enjoy the benefit of LTC, if the same is
extended in the organization/institution as above in future. Other
conditions regarding admissibility of the benefit will be as in
Finance Department Nos.9924-F dt. 07.12.2005 and 607-F dt. 20.01.2006. For
the pupose of vailing of LTC in foreign countries as mentioned at SI. No. (b)
above, the same can be availed of by air in economy class from the nearest
international airport of the country on the condition that journeys will have
to be performed either by national carrier or private airlines of the country.
The part of the journeys to and from the airport will be as per provision in
the existing orders.
For journeys in the foreign countries as mentioned above orders issued by the
P&AR Department are also to be followed.
This will take effect from 01.11.2015.
Sd/-
H. K. Dwivedi
Principal Secretary to the
Gov1rnment of West Bengal
Authority: www.wbfin.nic.in
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
AUDIT BRANCH
1. For journeys to respective home town and back, provided the home town is different from the place of posting; and
2. For journeys to any place of India and back.
The employees who have been duly permitted to retire voluntarily are also allowed to avail of the above benefit before their such retirement.
The present provisions of admissibility of Leave Travel Concession have been under consideration for review for sometime past.
Now, after careful consideration of the matter, the Governor has been pleased to decide in partial modification of this department Memo. No. 9924-F dt. 07. 2.2005 read with Memo. No. 607-F dt. 20.01.2006 to allow the following benefits to the State Government employees instead of journeys on LTC as mentioned at (2) above.
(a) One Home Travel Concession once in every five years to visit any place within the State;
(b) One LTC once in ten years to visit any place in the neighbouring countries, namely, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives or within the Country.
Conditions for admissibility of the same in case the spouse of the Government employee is also employed will be as follows:-
(i) If the spouse of the Government employee is also a State Government employee, the benefit can be availed of either by husband or wife as a one family unit and in that case undertaking shall be submitted by the other that no such claim will be preferred from his/her office and this should be recorded in his/her Service Book.
(ii) If the spouse of the State Government emploee is employed in Central/Central PSUs/Corporation/Autonomous Body, the benefit can be availed of either by the husband or wife employed under the State Government as one family unit from the State Government provided no benefit of LTC can be availed of by the other from the Central/Central PSUs/Corporation/ Autonomous Body and in that case letter from the employer there in this respect that he/she has given such undertaking there shall be produced before avaiiing of the above benefit.
(iii) If the spouse of the State Government employee is employed in the State PSUs/Corporation/Non-Government aided Institutions/Autonomous Body where facility of LTC does not exist, the spouse of the Government employee may avail of this benefit along with the Government employee a a member of the family on the condition that declaration to his/her controlling authority shall be furnished that in future he/she will not enjoy the benefit of LTC, if the same is extended in the organization/institution as above in future. Other conditions regarding admissibility of the benefit will be as in Finance Department Nos.9924-F dt. 07.12.2005 and 607-F dt. 20.01.2006. For the pupose of vailing of LTC in foreign countries as mentioned at SI. No. (b) above, the same can be availed of by air in economy class from the nearest international airport of the country on the condition that journeys will have to be performed either by national carrier or private airlines of the country. The part of the journeys to and from the airport will be as per provision in the existing orders.
For journeys in the foreign countries as mentioned above orders issued by the P&AR Department are also to be followed.
This will take effect from 01.11.2015.
H. K. Dwivedi
Principal Secretary to the
Gov1rnment of West Bengal
