Privilege passes must be issued for the journeys from the stating station to the destination station as per the Railway Employee,
via
Shortest Route
or
Shortest Route + 15% distance = Longest Route
or
Direct Train in Longest Route mentioning same train via even more than 15% additional route.
or
If longer route to destination is quicker than shortest route.
You can see above in SCHEDULE II - " PASS ON PRIVILEGE ACCOUNT "