File Ref
No: P/P/4 (CR No.27/2007)
Date: 03.07.2007
1.0
The existing provisions under
Leave Travel Concession facility are complex and involve referring to different
sources for information for processing the claims as employees now have choice
in travelling by varying modes and taking different routes to the destination
within entitlement.
2.0
With a view to simplify, it has
been decided to extend an optional leave travel facility that would allow
flexibility in terms of mode and class of travel, destinations and other
conveniences to employees. It would be called “Lump-sum LFA” and would be
regulated as per following provisions:
2.1
Employees who are otherwise
eligible under the LTC Scheme of the Corporation would be eligible to opt for
the “Lump-sum LFA” facility.
2.2
The “Lump-sum LFA” facility would
be in lieu of the LTC Scheme of the Corporation.
2.3
Eligible employees who desire to
avail the “Lump-sum LFA” facility would convey their option in favour of
“Lump-sum LFA” facility in lieu of the existing facility. There is no time
frame for exercising the Option but once an employee has exercised his/her
option in favour of the “Lump-sum LFA” facility, it shall not be open to him to
revert back to LTC Scheme in future.
2.4
Employees opting for “Lump-sum
LFA” facility would be eligible to claim a lump-sum amount linked to their
actual Basic Pay and DA once in a block of 2 calendar years as per following
Table:
|
Sl. No |
Category/Grade |
Lump-sum
Entitlement |
|
1 |
Workmen
with BP less than Rs.6415 (Mkt.Divn & IBP) /Rs.6375 (Other Divns) |
1.00
time of actual BP+DA of one month |
|
2 |
Workmen
with BP of Rs.6415 or more (in Mkt.Divn & IBP) /Rs.6375
or more (in Other Divns) |
1.25
times of actual BP+DA of one month |
|
3 |
Officers
in Gd. A, B & C |
1.50
times of actual BP+DA of one month |
|
Sl. No |
Category/Grade |
Lump-sum
Entitlement |
|
4 |
Officers
in Gd. D, E & F |
2.00
times of actual BP+DA of one month |
|
5 |
Officers
in Gd. G, H & I |
2.50
times of actual BP+DA of one month |
Note:
1. BP would include Special Pay, Stagnation Pay, etc. on which DA is
payable
2. The BP limits mentioned under
“category/Grade” for workmen are w.r.t. to
existing pay scales. These would undergo change with the revision
of pay scales.
2.5
The block of 2 calendar years under “Lump-sum
LFA” facility will be same as under the existing LTC scheme.
2.6
The
entitlement of Lump-sum LFA will be determined as per the BP and DA drawn by
the employee on the date of submitting his application for the claim.
2.7
The
benefit under “Lump-sum LFA” facility is towards leave travel facility for the
employee and his/her family. As such,
the option to switch over to the Lump-sum facility would be valid from a block
of 2 calendar years for which LTC facility has not been utilized at all by the
employee for self and family members. In
case LTC has been utilized partially, the employee would need to first exhaust
the same for all eligible members, before his option for “Lump-sum LFA”
facility can be accepted from the next block of 2 calendar years.
2.8
In
case the employee does not submit a statement of expenses with documentary
proof of travel, the lump-sum amount would become taxable in the financial year
in which it is drawn. Income-Tax provisions shall apply as per I.T. Act/Rules.
3.0 A Proforma for Payment Claim-Cum-Voucher
and Request for exercising option to “Lump-sum LFA” facility is enclosed for
use by the employees.
ED (HR), CO - New Delhi
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