2. Declaration of Home Town – Outside India

A Board’s employee who declares subject to the satisfaction of the concerned authority, that his home town is outside India, will also be entitled to the LTC for visiting his home town. Board’s assistance in such a case will be limited to the share of fares for journeys –

(i) upto and from the railway station (by the shortest route nearest to the home town or

(ii) the railway station for the nearest port of embarkation/disembarkation in India. The term ‘nearest port’ for this purpose means the port in India nearest to the home town of the Board’s employee.