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Monday, January 16, 2017

Relaxation to travel by private airlines to visit Jammu & Kashmir.

No. 31011/7/2014-Estt.(A-IV)
 Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training Establishment A-IV Desk 
North Block, New Delhi-110 001

 Dated: January 13, 2017

 OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

Subject:- Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation to travel by private airlines to visit Jammu & Kashmir.

 The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry's O.M. of even no. dated 28.11.2014 on the subject noted above and to say that vide aforesaid O.M., facility to travel on LTC by private airlines to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) under the special dispensation scheme was allowed for a period of one year. This facility ended w.e.f. 28.11.2015 and was re-introduced on 01.06.2016. 

2. Many references have been received about Govt. employees who had inadvertently traveled by private airlines to J&K during the gap period i.e. from 28.11.2015 to 31.05.2016, under the impression that the facility was still operational and were later facing difficulties in settlement of their LTC claims. 

3. The issue has been examined in consultation with Department of Expenditure and Ministry of Civil Aviation. In relaxation to this Department's O.M. of even no. dated 28.11.2014, it has been decided to allow the claims of those Government employees who had traveled by private airlines to Jammu & Kashmir on LTC during the gap period of 28.11.2015 – 31.05.2016. This shall be subject to the condition that tickets have been booked through the authorized modes and at LTC-80 fare or less and other conditions prescribed in DoPT's O.M. No. 31011/7/2014-Estt.A-IV dated 28.11.2014. 

(Surya Narayan Jha)
 Under Secretary to the Government of India  

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