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MDMRF.T. 15
9000—2013

DEFENCE SERVICES REGULATIONS

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TRAVEL REGULATIONS

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REVISED EDITION 2014

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availing of the last Home Leave Fare may
be relaxed by the Ministry of Defence
after obtaining the concurrence of the
Ministry of Defence (Finance).
NOTE: Individuals who wish to avail of LTC within India
(j) Leave fares not availed at the time of
transfer from one station to another station
abroad will lapse. However, in case an
individual is instructed by the competent
authority to proceed from his station of
posting abroad to next station abroad
direct without availing of Home Leave
Fares, he will be entitled to utilise Home
Leave Fares after he has assumed charge
of his new post abroad on certification by
the Attaché/Adviser that functional
requirements prevented the grant of
Home Leave Fares in the normal course
to the officer at the time of transfer from
his last station abroad.
(k) If an individual wishes to take ex-India
leave during Home Leave Fares, he will
be allowed ex-India leave not exceeding
one-third (1/3rd) of total number of days
sanctioned as Home Leave. If an
individual travels on an unapproved route
during Home Leave Fares, the cost of
passages will be restricted to the
approved route and the excess fare, if any
will be borne by the individual concerned.
(l) Home Leave Fares for India based
domestic assistants of Service
Personnel & Civilian paid from Defence
Services Estimates in Mission/Post
abroad:
It has now been decided that the Indian-
based domestic assistants of entitled
officers posted in Indian Mission/Post
abroad would be allowed to avail midterm
Home Leave Fares, subject, to the
condition that the Government’s liability
7. (i) In addition to the normal Home leave Fares,
shall be restricted to 75% of excursion
class air fare. The utilization of this facility
shall be subject to other provisions of Rule
as above.
3. An individual or a member of family travelling
on Home Leave Fares will be entitled to
passages by approved route and entitled
class from the station of posting abroad to
the airport in India. Further journey to the
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Home Town or visit to SPR, as the case
may be, will be admissible under LTC as
admissible vide these Regulations.
will commence their journeys on LTC from
first airport of disembarkation in India en route
or New Delhi, whichever is shorter.
4. If an individual or a member of family travels
by a route other than the approved route,
the entitlement will be restricted to the cost
of passage by approved route. Attention is
invited to Rule 246, Travel Regulations
wherein air travel by Air India has been made
compulsory. If an individual intends to travel
by an unapproved route during Home Leave,
the Mission will arrange booking of passage
through Air India. The Missions responsibility
is restricted to payment of fare by approved
route and by Reserve Bank of India draft to
Air India. Excess fare and/or foreign
exchange element, if any, is to be borne by
the individual concerned. It is not permissible
to convert air ticket from full fare to excursion
fare during home leave journeys.
5. An individual or a member of family travelling
on home fares will not be entitled to
transportation of excess luggage at
Government cost. However, he/she will be
entitled to obligatory charges and incidental
charges like porterage or free luggage,
conveyance etc. The individual will also be
entitled to travel-time including enforced halt
in transit.
6. Home leave fares account will be maintained
by the respective Service HQ. If a set of
Home Leave Fares or part thereof remains
unutilised during an individual posting to a
station abroad, it will lapse.
Defence Service Officers/JCOs and OR and
equivalent rank of Navy and Air Force and
civilians paid from Defence Services
Estimates will be entitled one single
emergency fare during their career if he or
she or a member wishes to travel urgently
to India for reasons of personal or family
emergency. In case of an emergency, there
is no objection to a HOM allowing an