PROCEDURE
FOR BOOKING OF AIR-TICKETS ON LTC
No.
31011/5/2014-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:
August 21, 2017
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Subject:-
Procedure for booking of air-tickets on LTC – clarification reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer
to this Department’s O.M. of even no. dated 23.09.2015 on the subject noted
above and to say that as per the extant instructions, whenever a Government servant
claims LTC by air, he/she is required to book the air tickets directly from the
airlines (Booking counters, website of airlines) or by utilizing the services
of the authorized travel agents viz. ‘M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company’, ‘M/s
Ashok Travels & Tours’ and ‘IRCTC’ (to the extent IRCTC is authorized as
per DoPT O.M. No. 31011/6/2002-Est(A) dated 02.12.2009) while undertaking LTC
journey(s).
2.
In this regard, references are
received in this Department seeking clarification whether the aforesaid condition
of booking the tickets through authorized travel agents needs to be followed in
cases where a non-entitled Government servant travels by air on LTC and claims
the entitled train fare.
3.
The matter has been examined in
consultation with Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance and it is
hereby clarified that in case of non-entitled Government servants travelling by
air on LTC and claiming entitled rail fare, the condition of booking the air
tickets through authorised travel agents viz. ‘M/s Balmer Lawrie &
Company’, ‘M/s Ashok Travels & Tours’ and ‘IRCTC’ may not be insisted upon.
In rest of the cases, the condition of booking the tickets through authorised
modes shall continue to follow.
(Surya
Narayan Jha)
Under
Secretary to the Government of India
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