FAQ 3 — LTC Rules
Original Rule Text
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<table><tr><td>(B) BLOCK YEAR 13 What is Block Year Block Year is a period of 4 years (calendar years). The current block of four years is 2022-2025. May see the details of Block Years in Table-1 below In respect of employees having Home Town (HT) (duly approved by the competent authority), their block year of 4 years is divided in two sub-blocks i.e. 2022-23 and 2024-25. The employee can avail either Anywhere in India (AI) or Home Town (HT) in each sub-blocks as per details given in Table-2 below. Table-1 Government employees whose Headquarters/Place of posting and Home Town are the same. Block Year Previous Block Year 2018-21 Current Block Year 2022-25 Next Block Year 2026-29 Entitlement of the employee ANY PLACE in INDIA ANY PLACE in INDIA ANY PLACE in INDIA Table-2 Government employees whose Headquarters/Place of posting and Home Town are different. Current Block Year 2022-2025 Entitlement of the employee EMPLOYEE CHOICE SUB BLOCK 2022-2023 SUB BLOCK 2024-2025 OPTION 1 HOME TOWN ANY PLACE in INDIA OPTION 2 ANY PLACE in INDIA HOME TOWN 14 What is the Block Year for Government employees whose Headquarters/ Place of posting and Home Town are the same ? The current block of four years is 2022- 2025. Government employee is eligible for one Anywhere All India LTC only as explained in Table-1 above.</td></tr></table>
What This Means
The Leave Travel Concession is structured around 'Block Years' — fixed four-year periods (2022-2025, 2026-2029, etc.) within which employees can use their LTC entitlements. Government employees whose Home Town and Headquarters are the same have a simple structure: they are entitled to one 'Anywhere in India' LTC per four-year block — no Home Town subdivision.
For employees whose Home Town and Headquarters are different, the four-year block is split into two sub-blocks of two years each (2022-23 and 2024-25 for the current block). In each sub-block, the employee can avail either Home Town LTC or Anywhere in India LTC — but not both in the same sub-block. They can choose which type to avail in each sub-block, giving them flexibility: Home Town in the first sub-block and All India in the second, or vice versa.
This explanation was generated with AI assistance for educational purposes. Always refer to the official gazette notification for authoritative text.
Key Points
- 1Block Year: a fixed four-year calendar period. Current block: 2022-2025.
- 2Employees with HQ = Home Town: one 'Anywhere in India' LTC per block — no sub-block structure.
- 3Employees with HQ ≠ Home Town: block split into two 2-year sub-blocks (e.g., 2022-23 and 2024-25).
- 4In each sub-block: employee chooses either Anywhere in India OR Home Town LTC — not both.
- 5Flexibility: employee picks which type to use in which sub-block.
- 6Blocks and sub-blocks automatically extend by one year (to 31 December of the next calendar year) if not fully availed.
Practical Example
Ravi Shankar is posted in Delhi and his Home Town is also Delhi. For the 2022-2025 block, he is entitled to just one 'Anywhere in India' LTC. He uses it to visit Goa in 2023.
His colleague Meena is posted in Delhi but her Home Town is Patna. For the 2022-2025 block, she has two sub-blocks. In sub-block 2022-23, she chooses Home Town LTC and visits Patna. In sub-block 2024-25, she chooses Anywhere in India and plans a trip to Ooty. Alternatively, she could have visited Ooty in the first sub-block and Patna in the second — the choice is hers.
This explanation was generated with AI assistance for educational purposes. Always refer to the official gazette notification for authoritative text.
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