The leave travel concession shall be admissible to an employee and his family once in each block of two years for visiting his home-town and the entire cost of the fare from headquarters to his home-town and vice-versa irrespective of the distance involved shall be met by the Board. However, if the employee concerned does not avail of leave travel concession to go to his home town in any block of two years, he may choose to go to any place in India other than home-town. However, the concession to visit a place other than home-town can be availed of once in a block of four years.
The block years for this purpose would be 1978-81 1982-85 and so on.
26. (1) Each employee, in order to become entitled to travel concession, shall make a declaration of his ‘home town’ to the Board.
(2) New entrants in service shall make declaration of their ‘home town’ within 3 months of joining service.
(3) The ‘Home-town’ for this purpose shall be the place as will be declared by an employee duly supported by reasons such as ownership of immovable property permanent residence of near relatives for example parents, brother and the place where he would normally reside but for his absence due to service with the Board.
(4) The declaration of ‘Home -Town’ once made shall ordinarily be treated as final, but in exceptional circumstances, the Chairman may authorise a change in such declaration provided that such change shall not be made more than once during the service of the employee.
27. An employee will be entitled to avail of this concession for visiting his home town only once in each block of two years and for visiting any place in India other than his home-town only once in each block of four years regardless of whether or not his family also avails of this concession. Provided, however, an employee who has a family , as defined in these Rules, living away from his place of work may, instead of having the concession for his family as well as for himself once in a block of two years, avail of the concession for himself alone once every year for visiting his home-town.
28 (1) The leave travel concession shall be admissible to an employee during leave of any kind, including casual leave; irrespective of the amount of leave.
(2) This concession for ‘home-town’ would also be admissible to an employee and his family during leave preparatory to retirement, refused leave and terminal leave, provided that this concession has not be availed of during particular block in which these periods of leave fall and provided also that the journey commenced within the period of leave.
(3) This concession shall not be admissible to an employee who proceeds on leave and then resigns his post without returning to duty.