4. Frequency of entitlement

(1) The concession shall be admissible to an employee once in a period of two financial years for journey to his home town and once in a period of four financial years for journey to any place in India. It shall cover the employees and their families.

(2) An employee who has a family living away from his place of work may, instead of having the concession for his family as well as for himself once in a block of two financial years avail of the concession for himself alone once in every year during each block for visiting his home town.

Explanation :

The term once in a period of two financial years means once in each block of two financial years commencing from the financial year 1975-76.

The term once in a period of four financial years means once in each block of four financial years commencing from the financial year 1975-76.

(3) The employees and their families who are unable to avail themselves of the concession in a block of two years, or in a block of four years, as the case may be, may be permitted to avail of the concession before the end of the first year of the next block of two years or before the end of the first year of the next block of four years, as the case may be.

(4) In the event of the return journey, falling in the succeeding financial year, the concession shall be counted against the financial year in which the outward journey had commenced.