LTC RULES FAMILY AND HOME TOWN

FAMILY [See Rule 4 (d) of LTC Rules & SR 2 (8)]

Relative	When treated dependent	Age Limit	Residency
WIFE	Treated as Unit	Not applicable	Not applicable
HUSBAND
02 Unmarried children	Minimum Family Pension  + DA thereon. (presently it is 9000+DA)
Divorced/Widow daughter			Should live with employee
Parents			Not applicable
Minor brothers / sisters		Less than 18	Should live with employee

HOME TOWN[See Rule 4 (e) of LTC Rules]

1. Town/village or any other place declared as such by the government servant and accepted by the controlling officer.

What if HQ's/Home Town is same.

In terms of SR – 51 (2) the limits of Headquarters should related to UA limits in case of cities with UA and municipal limits where the city is not UA. The population of Urban Agglomeration, which is made up of a major city or town, together with the adjoining areas of urban growth is treated as one urban spread.” 

Therefore, if Hqrs/Home town fall in the same UA (urban agglomeration), HTC is not admissible.

DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBERS

In this section, we we will focus on two very important things which always create confusion: 

1. Who are "Family Members"  2. Which member can be treated as "Dependent" on the Government Servant.

Who are "Family Members"

1.  Government of India's Decision No - 23, below Rule 54 (15) says that  Family Members are of two types :

CATEGORY : I 

(A) Husband or Wife 

(B) Son  or Daughter 

CATEGORY : II  

(A) Unmarried/Widowed/Divorced daughter not covered in Category I. 

(B) Parents

Which member can be treated as "Dependent"

INCOME CRITERIA  & AGE -   

(1) A member can be treated as dependent only if his income is less than Rs. 9000/- + DA 

(2) For son/daughter - he should be unmarried

(3) For son/daughter - he should not be more than 25 years old

VERY IMPORTANT

If a person has a family, husband or wife and thereafter son/daughter shall be the first nominee. Even if other members are made first nominee, he/she will not get anything if Family in Category - I above exist. 

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