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v.
Employees are also encouraged to avoid unnecessary cancellations.
Cancellations made less than 24 hours before intended travel on LTC, will
require the submission of a self-declared justification by the employee. All
the three ATAs have been directed to provide zero/nil cancellation charges.
Till then, cancellation charges are to be reimbursed for all cases where
cancellation was due to the circumstances/reasons beyond the control of
Government employee.
vi.
Employees should preferably book only one ticket for each leg of intended
travel on LTC. Holding of more than one ticket is not allowed.
vii.
While tickets may be arranged by the office through the travel agent,
employees are encouraged to make ticket booking digitally through the Self
Booking Tool/online booking website/portal of these 3 ATAs only.
Employees must register their official Government Email-Id with these three
agencies to book their air tickets digitally through above modes for travel by
any airlines.
viii.
In case of unavoidable circumstances, where the booking of ticket is done
from unauthorized travel agent/website, the Financial Advisors of the
Ministry/Department and Head of Department not below the rank of Joint
Secretary in subordinate/attached offices are authorized to grant relaxation.
ix.
No Mileage Points will be generated against travel on Government account.
Provisions for Advances
(1)
Government employees entitled for air travel, may apply for LTC advance with
the print-out of the concerned webpage of authorized travel agency having
suitable flight and fare details while tracking the fare of the flight under the
three hour time slot, as mentioned at Para 1 (iii) (a) above, at least 30 days
prior to the intended date of journey.
(ii)
Government employees not entitled for air travel and wish to travel by air but
not under the Special Dispensation Scheme, may apply for LTC advance with
reference to Rail/Bus fare.
(iii)
Those Government employees who are not entitled for air travel but who wish
to travel by air under the Special Dispensation Scheme, may apply for LTC
advance with reference to Rail/Bus fare from their Headquarters/place of
posting up to Kolkata/ Guwahati/ Chennai/ Visakhapatnam / Delhi/Amritsar
plus air fare (indicated in print-out of the concerned webpage of authorized
travel agency having suitable flight and fare details) from the relevant
railhead in Kolkata/ Guwahati/ Chennai/ Visakhapatnam/ Delhi/ Amritsar
till the place of visit in North East Region/Union Territory of Jammu &
Kashmir/ Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar/Union Territory of Ladakh.
Contd
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