Govt. to take disciplinary action and cancel future LTC benifits for fake LTC claims.
Written By Admin on July 18, 2014 | Friday, July 18, 2014
Minister of State for Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh while replying to a
question at Lok Sabha via written reply informed that any government
employee found guilty in preferring a fraudulent LTC claim may be
imposed penalty and barred from getting travel allowance for next two or
three years.
The minister said "in case of Leave
Travel Concession (LTC) if any fraudulent claim is made, the
irregularities are looked into in terms of the CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 and
disciplinary proceedings are initiated against the government servant
on the charge of preferring a fraudulent claim,"
The minister added "if found guilty, the
government servant shall not be allowed the next two or more sets of
LTC in addition to the sets already withheld during the pendency of the
disciplinary proceedings,".
The Department of Personnel and Training
( DoPT) had received a letter from Central Vigilance Commissioner
addressed to Cabinet Secretary regarding irregularities and misuse in
availing LTC by the public servants in the central government, its
public enterprises and public sector banks, in violation of the
guidelines, he said, adding that the matter was being investigated by
CBI.
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