FAQ 17 — LTC Rules
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An employee joined the Government service on 31st December, 2015. As per the CCS (LTC) Rules, he would have become eligible for LTC with effect from 31st December, 2016 (i.e. after completion of one year of regular service). His entitlement for Home Town / All India LTC would be as under:
<table><tr><td>Year of LTC Type of LTC LTC Occasion 31.12.2015-30.12.2016 NIL Eligibility after one year of regular service 31.12.2016 Home Town 1st 01.01.2017 – 31.12.2017 Home Town 2nd 01.01.2018 – 31.12.2018 Home Town 3rd 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2019 Any Place in India 4th 01.01.2020 – 31.12.2020 Home Town 5th 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2021 Home Town 6th 01.01.2022 – 31.12.2022 Home Town 7th 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2023 Any Place in India 8th 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2025 Home Town (Being second sub block 2024-45 of regular Block Year 2022-2025) 01.01.2026 – 31.12.2029 As per normal entitlement (next Block Year 2026-2029)</td></tr></table>
# Explanations:
(i) A fresh recruit who joins on 31st December of any year, will be eligible for LTC w.e.f. 31st December of next year. Since 31st December is the last date of that calendar year, his first occasion of LTC ends with that year. Hence, he may avail his first home town LTC on that day only (eg. 31st December, 2016). From next year onwards, he will be eligible for the remaining seven LTCs.
(ii) After the completion of eight years of service, when the next LTC cycle of fresh recruit coincides with the beginning of the second sub block year (in 2024 under sub block year 2024-25) of the current Block Year (2022-2025), he will be eligible only for the 'Home Town' LTC in that block as he was eligible for 'Any Place in India' LTC in the eighth year. In case, the fresh recruit forgoes (or did not avail) his eighth year LTC, then he has a choice to avail either 'Any Place in India' or ‘Home Town’ LTC in the following sub block year (2024-25).
What This Means
This section provides a second worked illustration of a fresh recruit's LTC schedule for someone who joins on 31 December 2015. Since eligibility begins from 31 December 2016 (one year after joining), and 31 December is the very last day of the calendar year 2016, the employee's first LTC occasion is technically consumed on that single day. From 2017 onwards, each calendar year carries one LTC occasion.
The table shows the entitlement pattern through to 2033. An important nuance at transition (2024): since the employee's 8th LTC was All India in 2023, and the next regular block year sub-block starting 2024 is a Home Town sub-block (the 8th LTC used up All India for 2022-25 block's second sub-block), the employee gets Home Town LTC in 2024-25. Additionally, if a fresh recruit did not avail (or forfeited) their 8th year LTC, they have an additional choice: they may take either Home Town or All India in the following sub-block year.
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Key Points
- 1Joining on 31 December creates a special scenario: LTC eligibility from 31 December of the next year, with the first occasion consumed on that single day.
- 2From the next year onwards, the usual annual LTC pattern applies for occasions 2 through 8.
- 3After the 8th occasion (All India in 2023 in this example), the employee enters the regular block year 2024-25 sub-block with Home Town LTC.
- 4If the 8th-year LTC was not availed/forfeited, the employee can choose between Home Town or All India in the following sub-block year.
Practical Example
Sunita joins on 31 December 2015. She becomes eligible on 31 December 2016 — she can avail her 1st Home Town LTC on that one day in 2016. In 2017, her 2nd occasion begins, and so on. Her 8th (All India) occasion falls in 2023. In the regular block 2022-2025, sub-block 2024-25: since she used All India in 2023, she gets Home Town LTC in 2024-25. If she forfeits (does not avail) her 8th LTC in 2023, she can choose either Home Town or All India in the following sub-block (2024-25).
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