LTC Rules for Special Regions and Postings

Overview

The 2023 handbook records special LTC and leave-passage rules for certain island, border, field, overseas, and category-specific postings. It also summarises temporary conversion schemes for visits to the North East Region, Jammu and Kashmir, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. None should be assumed current without checking later extension orders.

What the handbook says

• The source records category-specific sea-passage and leave arrangements for officers serving in or connected with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (printed pages 168-170).
• Travel by service aircraft during leave is generally disallowed unless a specific Government order authorises the service; separate restrictions apply to the Assam Courier Service (printed pages 170-173).
• It sets distinct eligibility conditions for certain Territorial Army, NCC, reserve, and other non-regular officers (printed pages 173-175).
• Officers in Missions or posts abroad are covered by home-leave-fare rules, not by a general entitlement to LTC travel abroad (printed pages 175-178).
• The source records special treatment for officers serving in Bhutan and transportation-only reimbursement for eligible Lakshadweep SPORTS journeys (printed pages 178-179).
• It describes conversion schemes for travel to the North East Region, Jammu and Kashmir, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (printed pages 179-181).

What this means

These are not interchangeable concessions. Eligibility depends on the officer's organisation, posting, existing LTC title, destination, scheme validity, and transport conditions. A special passage may replace part of an LTC journey, supplement ordinary LTC, or operate under a separate rule.

Who this applies to

• The Andaman and Nicobar provisions identify particular organisations, resident or posting circumstances, and embarkation arrangements; they do not establish one universal island entitlement.
• Assam Courier Service use is limited by the source to eligible officers in the Eastern Sector who receive field-service concessions, plus the other stated operational conditions.
• Territorial Army Home Town LTC under the cited rule requires the qualifying embodiment and one year of continuous embodied service.
• For the NER, J&K, and A&N conversion scheme, officers whose headquarters or posting and home town are the same are recorded as ineligible to convert a Home Town LTC that does not exist.
• Helicopter travel is excluded from the NER relaxation described on printed page 180.

Rates and dates

• Lakshadweep SPORTS reimbursement is limited to the lower of the eligible transportation component and the amount claimed; lodging and boarding are excluded. The source states that these rules applied from 11 October 2018 (printed pages 178-179).
• The NER, J&K, and A&N scheme is described as a two-year scheme that was normally extended periodically. The source cites extension orders dated 8 October and 8 December 2020 and expressly tells officers to confirm scheme validity before travelling (printed pages 179-180).
• Home-leave fare for an Indian-based domestic assistant is recorded as limited to 75 percent of excursion-class airfare (printed page 177).
• Every figure and time-bound facility on this page is a 2023 snapshot.

What you may need

• For a Lakshadweep SPORTS package, the source requires a certificate separating transportation charges and confirming that the officer and claimed family members actually travelled (printed pages 178-179).
• Overseas home-leave-fare cases can require recorded recommendations, certifications, and proof of residence or journey timing under Rule 272 (printed pages 175-178).
• Category-specific and conversion claims should carry evidence of posting, eligible LTC title, destination, authorised booking, and scheme validity.

Authorities and source references

• Rules 177, 179, 188, and 272 of the Travel Regulations
• GoI, MoD letter No. 5(3)/07/D(Mov)/2010, dated 28 April 2010
• GoI, MoD letter No. 12647/LTC/SPORTS/Mov C/22/D(Mov)/2019, dated 22 March 2019
• DoP&T OM No. 31011/10/2017-Estt.A-IV, dated 11 October 2018
• DoP&T OM No. 31011/3/2018-Estt.(A-IV), dated 8 October 2020
• GoI, MoD letter No. 12647/LTC/Mov C/240/D(Mov)/2020, dated 8 December 2020

Related guidance

• Leave Travel Concession for Army Officers
• Home Town LTC for Army Officers
• Anywhere in India LTC for Army Officers

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.