No LTA for staff using car or taxi, disabled exempted: Govt
New Delhi: The Government will not
sanction any Leave Travel Allowance (LTA) for an employee who
uses personal car or taxi as mode of transport.
However, the rule shall not be applicable to employees
with a handicap or disability of self or dependent family
member.
According to a government notification, the employees
can avail the LTA only if they travel by Indian Railways or
Air India and state transport corporation buses.
The order issued by Department of Personnel said the
LTA facility will be admissible only in respect of journeys
made in vehicles "operated by the government or any
corporation in the public sector run by the Central
government, state government or a local body".
However, the government has relaxed the order for the
physically handicap or disability of self or dependent family
members who are unable to travel by authorised modes of
transport and are compelled to undertake the journey by own
car or private taxis.
Such employees will have to take a medical certificate
from the competent authority, besides give an undertaking that
the journey in authorised mode is not feasible and the same
can be only covered in own car or taxi.
Besides, such claim should not be more than the
journey performed by the entitled class by rail or air.
Bureau Report