Leave Travel Concession for Army Officers

Overview

The 2023 handbook describes Leave Travel Concession (LTC) as travel support within India for eligible Army officers and family members during authorised leave. It distinguishes home-town or selected-place-of-residence travel from alternate-year travel to another place in India and applies route, class, family, timing, and reimbursement conditions.

What the handbook says

• The handbook states that LTC can accompany authorised leave within Indian limits, including the leave categories identified on printed page 133.
• It records home-town or selected-place-of-residence (SPR) LTC and, in alternate years, travel to another place in India in lieu of that concession (printed pages 133 and 145-155).
• The travel class for LTC generally follows official tour or transfer entitlement, but daily allowance, local-journey costs, and incidental expenses are not admissible (printed pages 134-138).
• Reimbursement remains subject to the authorised mode, applicable class, main or shortest direct route, and the special rules for the journey performed (printed pages 135-144 and 151).

What this means

LTC is not a general holiday allowance. It is a conditional travel concession whose result depends on which LTC title is used, who travels, the recorded home town or declared destination, the route and transport used, and whether the journey is completed within the prescribed period.

Who this applies to

• The source concerns Army officers and the family members recognised by the applicable Travel Regulations.
• The family definition and the persons covered differ between home-town LTC and anywhere-in-India LTC; dependent parents are not covered by Rule 177(B) anywhere-in-India LTC (printed pages 133-134 and 153-154).
• The same person cannot use both the home-town concession and the anywhere-in-India concession for the same year (printed pages 149-150 and 154-155).
• The handbook says there is no LTC provision for travel abroad under the cited 1979, 1991, and 2014 Travel Regulations (printed page 159).
• A journey by an unauthorised mode, a non-permitted private vehicle, or a route outside the applicable rule may reduce or defeat reimbursement.

Rates and dates

• Air, rail, sea, and road entitlements shown in the handbook reflect orders effective on dates including 1 July 2017; they are a historical 2023 snapshot and must not be presented as current without later verification (printed pages 134-138).
• The source records annual LTC eligibility from 20 August 2007, with an alternate-year option to visit any place in India in lieu of home-town or SPR LTC (printed page 133).
• No daily allowance, incidental expenditure, or local-journey expenditure is payable for LTC travel (printed pages 133 and 137-144).
• Where the source permits private or personal transport because no public transport is available, reimbursement is capped at the transfer entitlement for 100 kilometres each way and requires self-certification (printed pages 138-139).

What you may need

• The source requires a declaration of actual travel to the declared place when part of the journey is completed by private transport or own arrangement after reaching the nearest public-transport terminal (printed pages 138-139).
• Ticket, warrant, route, and actual-fare evidence may be required according to the mode and claim route.
• A home-town change requires the sanction and Part II order described on printed pages 150-151.

Authorities and source references

• Rules 2, 39, 47, 176, 177, 178, and 179 of the Travel Regulations
• GoI, MoD letter No. 5(1)/2007/D(Mov)(II), dated 20 August 2007
• GoI, MoD letter No. 12630/TA/DA/7thCPC/Mov C/85/D(Mov)/2018, dated 14 May 2018
• GoI, MoD letter No. 12647/LTC/Mov C/82/D(Mov)/2019, dated 21 October 2019
• DoP&T OM No. 31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV, dated 19 September 2017

Related guidance

• Family Definition for Leave Travel Concession
• Home Town LTC for Army Officers
• Anywhere in India LTC for Army Officers
• LTC Rules for Special Regions and Postings
• Annual Leave Encashment with LTC

About this guidance

This is a plain-language summary for general information. It is not an official order or an authority for a claim. Confirm the applicable order and your individual eligibility with the competent authority or PCDA(O) before acting.