CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES
(LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION) RULES, 1988 1. Short title, commencement and application. –
(1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (4), these rules shall apply to all persons –
(i) who are appointed to civil services and posts including civilian Government servants in the Defence Services in connection with the affairs of the Union;
(ii) who are employed under a State Government and who are on deputation with the Central Government;
(iii) who are appointed on contract basis; and
(iv) who are re-employed after their retirement.
(4) These rules shall not apply to –
(a) Government servants not in whole-time employment;
(b) persons in casual and daily rated employment;
(c) persons paid from contingencies;
(d) Railway servants;
(e) members of the Armed Forces;
(f) local recruits in Indian Missions abroad; and
(g) persons eligible to any other form of travel concession available during leave or otherwise.
2. Special provisions regarding certain categories of employees –
(1) In the case of persons belonging to categories mentioned in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of sub-rule (3) of Rule 1, the leave travel concessions shall be admissible on completion of one year’s continuous service under the Central Government and provided that it is certified by the appropriate administrative authority that the employee concerned is likely to continue to serve under the Central Government for a period of at least two years in the case of Leave Travel Concession to hometown and at least four years in the case of leave travel concession to any place in India to be reckoned from the date of his joining the post under the Central Government.
(2) In the case of officers appointed on contract basis, where the