PART II ➤ 02 TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF JOURNEY

CHAPTER II

TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE  
FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF JOURNEY

SECTION I
GENERAL

42. The Travelling Allowance admissible to an officer for any journey is calculated with reference to the purpose of the journey in accordance with the rules laid down in Sections II to XI of this Chapter.

Note 1.-When an officer who is permitted on his own request to attend meetings or conferences or congresses held in India and if any Government interest is served thereby, he may be paid (under specific orders of Government) a single railway fare of the class of accommodation to which he is entitled under these rules for the journey each way, without any road mileage or daily allowance for halt, at the place of meeting.

Travelling and daily allowances under these rules, are however, admissible when an officer is officially sent to attend a conference, congress or meeting.

Note 2.-The officers of Government travelling on University business will receive Travelling Allowance direct from the University according to its rules.

Note 3.-An officer as a member of a Staff Council shall be eligible for Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance as on  tour for the journeys performed by him for attending the Staff Council Meeting and back.

43. Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in these rules, an officer making a journey for any purpose is not entitled to recover from Government the cost of transporting his family or his personal luggage, conveyances and camp equipage.

44. The Government may, by general or special order, direct that the ordinary rates of daily allowance or mileage allowance or both shall be increased either in a definite ratio or in any other suitable manner for any or all officers travelling in any specified locality in which travelling is unusually expensive.

Note 1.-When travelling in hilly tracts, officers are entitled to draw an additional 25 per cent of the daily allowance or mileage allowance ordinarily admissible to them in Class I tracts and      12 ½ per cent thereof in Class II tracts. Appendix IX gives the list of Class I and Class II hilly tracts.

An officer travelling in class I hilly tracts is entitled to draw additionally daily allowance at the rate of
A:-10%
B:-12.5%
C:-25%
D:-50%
Correct Answer:- C:-25%

Ruling No. 1

A Government servant whose headquarters is situated in a special tract and who undertakes a journey from headquarters and returns thereto on the same day, is not entitled to the higher rate of daily allowance applicable for halts in the special tract irrespective of whether the journey is performed entirely in the special tract or partly in the special and partly in the ordinary tract.

Ruling No. 2

A Government servant whose headquarters is situated in a hilly tract may claim half daily allowance admissible under Rule 63 for the day of arrival at and for the day of departure from a place in Class I or II hilly tract at the enhanced rates applicable to the class of the hilly tract where he halted, provided his absence from the headquarters exceeded eight hours.

This ruling shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 20th July 1960.

Ruling No. 3

*The area between Dehra Dun and Mussorie in Uttar Pradesh will be treated as Class I hilly tract for purposes of Note 1 to Rule 44, Part II, K.S.R.

Note 2..-The rate of daily allowance of an officer who spends part of a day in a hilly tract and part in a place to which the ordinary rates apply is determined according to the place where he halts after the journey.

 Note 3.-Officers travelling or halting outside the State may be given daily allowance at the following rates :¬

(i) Officers of the First Grade              ➤ ₹550 a day

(ii) Officers of the Second Grade (a)   ➤ ₹450 a day

(iii) Officers of the Second Grade (b)  ➤  ₹450 a day

(iv) Officers of the Third Grade           ➤₹350 a day

(v) Officers of the Fourth Grade          ➤₹350 a day

45. When an officer of a grade lower than the first grade is required by the order of a superior authority to travel by special means of conveyance, the cost of which exceeds the amount of the daily allowance or mileage allowance, admissible to him under the ordinary rules he may draw the actual cost of travelling in lieu of such daily or mileage allowance. The bill for the actual cost must be supported by a certificate, signed by the superior authority and countersigned by the controlling officer, stating that the use of the special means of conveyance was absolutely necessary and specifying the circumstances which rendered it necessary.

SECTION II

JOURNEYS ON TOUR
SUB-SECTION I

General Rules

46. The headquarters of an officer shall be in such place as Government may prescribe.

†[G O(P) No. 391/2002/Fin., Dated 19/06/2002]

47. The Government may define the limits of the sphere of duty of any officer.

The powers reserved to define the limits of the sphere of duty of any officer is entrusted with
A:-The HoD
B:-The Head of Institution
C:-The Government
D:-The PSC
Correct Answer:- Option-C

Note 1.- The Heads of Departments and District Collectors are empowered to sanction journeys of subordinate officers to the adjoining districts of neighbouring States.

            Effective from 30th August 1979.

Whose sanction is required by the District Collector, Palakkad to visit the neighbouring district of Coimbatore in public interest?
A:-Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Revenue Department
B:-The Minister, Revenue
C:-The Chief Secretary
D:-No sanction is required from any authority
Correct Answer:- D:-No sanction is required from any authority

Note 2.- The Heads of Departments and District Collectors will be competent to undertake journeys outside the State in the adjoining districts of neighbouring States in public interest.

# Note 3.-The Board of Revenue is empowered to sanction journeys of Potdars outside the State accompanying remittances to the Reserve Bank of India agencies in accordance with instructions from the Currency Officer.

Effective from 14th February 1962.

Note 4.- The Inspector-General of Police is empowered to sanction the journeys outside the State of all officers of his department below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police/Deputy Superintendent of Police. *He is also empowered to sanction journeys outside the State of all officers below the rank of Superintendent of Police in the Crime Branch in connection with investigation of cases.

48. An officer is on tour when absent on duty from his headquarters either within or, with proper sanction beyond his sphere of duty.

49. In case of doubt the Government may decide whether particular absence is absence on duty for the purpose of Rule 48.

†[G O(P) No. 454/1980/Fin., Dated 16/07/1980] 

# [G O(Ms.) No. 157/Rev., Dated 14/02/1962]

* [G O(P) No. 440/1967/Fin., Dated 05/10/1967]

50. The Government may impose such restrictions as it may think fit, upon the frequency and duration of journeys to be made on tour by any officer or class of officers.

51. If the Government declares that the pay of a particular officer or class of officers has been so fixed as to compensate for the cost of all journeys, other than journeys by rail or steamer, within the officer’s sphere of duty, such an officer may draw no Travelling Allowance for such journeys though he may draw mileage allowance, for journey by rail or steamer. When travelling on duty, with proper sanction beyond his sphere of duty, he may draw Travelling Allowance calculated under the ordinary rules for the entire journeys, including such part of it as is within his sphere of duty.

52. The Travelling Allowance drawn by an officer on tour ordinarily takes the shape of either Permanent Travelling Allowance or daily allowance, if either of these is admissible to him. Permanent Travelling Allowance and daily allowance may, however, in certain circumstances, be exchanged for mileage allowance or for the whole or part of the actual cost of travelling. In certain other circumstances, actual cost may be drawn in addition to daily allowance or for journeys for which no daily allowances is admissible.

SUB-SECTION  II
Officers in Receipt of Permanent
Travelling  Allowance

53. A Permanent Travelling Allowance is intended to cover the cost of all journeys within the sphere of duty of the officer who draws it, and such an officer may not draw any other Travelling Allowance in place of or  in addition to Permanent Travelling Allowance for such journeys provided that:

(1) a class of officers to whom Government may extend this concession may draw, in addition to Permanent Travelling Allowance single fare for a journey by rail, and

(2)   the Government may, by general or special order, permit an officer whose sphere of duty extends beyond the limits of a single district to draw, in addition to Permanent Travelling Allowance, whenever his actual travelling expenses for a duly authorised journey by public conveyance exceed double the amount of his Permanent Travelling Allowance for the period occupied in such journey, the difference between such double Permanent Travelling Allowance and the mileage allowance calculated for the journey.

54. When an officer in receipt of Permanent Travelling Allowance travels on duty, with proper sanction, beyond his sphere of duty,  he may exchange his Permanent Travelling Allowance for the mileage allowance for the entire journey including such part of it as is within his sphere of duty and may draw in addition Permanent Travelling Allowance for any day of his absence for which he doesnot draw mileage allowance. This rule does not apply to an officer who travels beyond his sphere of duty in the course of a journey from one place within that sphere to another such place, or to an officer who makes, by road alone, a journey not exceeding 32 kilometres.

Note.-All officers in receipt of Permanent Travelling Allowance will be allowed to exchange Permanent Travelling Allowance for regular Daily Allowance for days of halt at places outside the area of jurisdiction for the performance of official duty at such places under specific orders of competent authority subject to the normal rules for the drawal of Daily Allowance.

 The above benefit will also be extended to officers who are in receipt of Permanent Travelling Allowance and who are deputed for training at an outstation beyond their area of jurisdiction.

 The amendment in the first paragraph shall be deemed, to have come into force with effect from December 15, 1970 and that in the second para from January 15, 1971.

 Government Decision.

*Deduction of proportionate Permanent Travelling Allowance for the day on which Permanent Travelling Allowance is exchanged for mileage allowance will be made in accordance with the formula specified below.

If ‘X’ is the number of days of tour performed in a month (i.e., including the days for which Permanent Travelling Allowance is exchanged for mileage) and ‘Y’ the number of days on tour for which Permanent Travelling Allowance is exchanged for mileage,  Permanent Travelling Allowance to be deducted will be Y/X x PTA admissible  for the month for ‘X’ days of tour.

(Permanent Travelling Allowance admissible for  ‘X’ days has to be calculated in accordance with the Decision No. 2 under Rule 6, Kerala Service Rules, Part II.)

SUB-SECTION III
Officers Not In Receipt Of Permanent
Travelling   Allowance

 SUB DIVISION I
Daily Allowance

55. Except where otherwise expressly provided in these rules, an officer not in receipt of Permanent Travelling Allowance draws Travelling Allowance for journeys on tour in the shape of daily allowance.

56. Daily allowance may not be drawn except during absence from headquarters on duty.  A period of absence from headquarters begins  when an officer actually leaves his headquarters and ends when he actually returns to the place in which his headquarters are situated whether he halts there or not.

Note.-If an officer of a vacation department combines tour with vacation i.e. proceeds on tour and avails of vacation without returning to his  headquarters, he should be granted tour Travelling Allowance under these rules for the onward journey only.

Ruling

 *When two journeys are performed within a period of 24 hours, the period of absence from headquarters will be treated as one day irrespective of the fact that the journey was performed on two calendar days and the drawal of daily allowance will be regulated accordingly.

57. †Daily allowance may not be drawn for any day on which a Government servant does not reach a point outside a radius of eight kilometres from the duty point (i.e. the place or office of employment) at his headquarters or return to it from a similar point.

Note 1.- The term ‘radius of eight kilometres’ means a distance of eight kilometres by the shortest route by which a person can reach his destination by the ordinary modes of travel.

Government Decision

 # In the case of an Officer having his headquarters at Ernakulam, no daily allowance is admissible for journey to Mattancherry/Fort Cochin and vice versa, as he does not reach a point outside the radius of 8 Kms. This takes effect from 16th March 1964.

Note 2.-The Malabar Special Police and the District Armed Reserve Personnel stationed at Malappuram who have to halt for a period of ten days at Melmuri Rifle Range situated within eight kilometres from Malappuram in connection with the annual firing course there, shall be exempted from the operation of the above rule.

* Note 3.-Civilian staff of N.C.C. Department attending N.C.C. Camps within a radius of eight kilometres from their headquarters shall be exempted from the operation of the above rule.

 This amendment shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1st April 1960.

58. Subject to the conditions laid down in Rules 59 and 60, daily allowance may be drawn during a halt on tour or on a holiday occurring during a tour.

Note 1.-An officer who takes casual leave while on tour is not entitled to draw daily allowance during such leave.

Note 2.-   Daily allowance is not admissible for any day, whether Sunday or holiday, unless the officer is actually and not merely constructively in camp.ഓഫീസർ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ മാത്രമല്ല ,കേവലം ക്രിയാത്മകമായി ക്യാമ്പിലല്ലാതെ, ഞായറാഴ്ച അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അവധി ദിവസമായ ദിവസേനയുള്ള അലവൻസ് ഒരു ദിവസത്തിനും അനുവദനീയമല്ല

 †Note 3.-In the case of enforced halt occurring en route on tour journeys necessitated by break down of communication due to blockade of roads and railways on account of floods, rains, landslides and other acts of God or delayed journeys or cancellations of schedules of motor conveyances, trains or air crafts, such periods of halts shall be treated as duty and the Government servant granted daily allowance at three-fourths of the rate applicable to him at the station in which the enforced halt takes place for the entire period of enforced halt after excluding the first day of such halt for which no daily allowance shall be allowed. Government in the Administrative Department in respect of Heads of Departments and the Heads of Departments in the case of their subordinate officers will be the authority competent to declare the periods of enforced halts as duty.

Note 4.-In respect of journeys involving an overnight halt at an intermediate station either due to non-availability of connecting service or due to the cancellation of connecting air service, half daily allowance will be allowed at the rate applicable to the intermediate station for each overnight halt (in addition to the allowance for incidental expenses admissible for air journeys) if the Indian Airlines Corporation does not provide at its expense any facility for boarding and lodging. Half Daily Allowance will also be given for similar enforced halts occurring between air and rail/road journeys on duty.

 The above amendment shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 24th December, 1970.

 *Note 5.-No daily allowance is admissible to a Government servant for the day on which he avails himself of a restricted holiday while on tour.

59. A daily allowance may not be drawn for more than ten days of a halt at one place. But Heads of Departments in the case of their subordinates and the Government in the case of Heads of Departments, may grant exemption from the operation of this rule where they are satisfied :

➧(a) that prolonged halts are necessary in the interest of the public service, and

➧(b) that such halts necessitate the maintenance of camp equipage, or where no camp equipage is maintained entail extra expense on the officer after the first ten days.

 In such cases the daily allowance admissible will be ¬

(a) full rate for the first ten days;

(b) three-fourth rate for the next 20 days; and

(c) half-rate thereafter.

 But no allowance will be given for halts exceeding three months.

,*Note 1.- Officers deputed for training to Trivandrum, Ernakulam, Kozhikkode, and city outside the state of Kerala shall be paid daily allowance at full rate for the first 30 days and at ¾ of the rate for the next 60 days, in relaxation of the restriction imposed in the above rule.

As a rule DA is not admissible for halt exceeding 10 days at a place  whereas officer deputed for training will be eligible for DA at full rate for first thirty  days and 3/4 for the remaining 60 days if the training is conducted at

A:-Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Kozhikode and outside state B:-Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and outside state 

C:-Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Kannur 

D:-Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and outside state 

Correct Answer:- Option-A 

 †This Rule shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1st August, 1982.

# Explanation.-This note shall apply to the officers deputed for training to Delhi, Bombay and Calcutta with effect from the 1st December, 1978 and to those deputed for training to other cities outside the State with effect from 10th July 1979.

Note 2.-Periods of absence on leave (including casual leave) will be included in computing the limits prescribed in this rule.

Exception.-The Circle Commander, No. 11 Circle Cadet Corps, Trivandrum will be competent to sanction Daily Allowance under the above rule, to the civilian staff of the establishment of the National Cadet Corps deputed for duty to camps.

 This exception shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 20th October 1962.

Ruling No. 1

The sanction of competent authority for admitting daily allowance in excess of ten days would be necessary only when the number of full daily allowances drawn inclusive of the half daily allowance under Rule 63 exceeds ten; but the daily or half daily allowances, if any, admissible for the days of travel covered by Rule 60 (c) should be excluded in calculating the daily allowances.

Ruling No. 2

Daily allowance will be allowed for the first three months at the rates specified in this rule even in cases of halts on tour exceeding three

months.

60. For the purposes of Rules 57 to 59

➧(a) After a continuous halt of ten days’ duration, the halting place shall be regarded as the officer’s temporary headquarters.

➧(b) A halt is continuous unless terminated  by an absence on duty at a distance from the halting place exceeding eight kilometres for a period including not less than three nights.

➧(c) In calculating the duration of a halt, any day on which the officer travels or halts at a distance from the halting place exceeding eight kilometres shall be excluded. On such a day the officer may draw daily allowance or exchange it for mileage allowance, if admissible.

Note.-If an officer proceeds on earned leave after a halt on duty at an outstation and on termination of the leave resumes duty directly at the same halting station and remains thereon halt for some more days, the absence on leave should not be treated as interruption of halt, but the whole period should be treated as one continuous spell of halt, leaving out the leave period from the calculation of daily allowance.

SUB DIVISION  II
Mileage Allowance and Actual Expenses in 
Place of or in  Addition to Daily Allowance

61. The Government may by general or special order and on such conditions as they think fit to impose, permit any officer, or class of officers to draw mileage  allowance instead of daily allowance for the whole period of any absence from headquarters, if they consider that the nature of the officer’s duty is such that daily allowance is not sufficient to cover his travelling expenses.

62 ➧(a) Subject to any conditions which Government may by general or special order impose, an officer may exchange his daily allowance for mileage allowance on any day on which ¬

(i) he travels by railway or steamer or plane or by any two of them or by all of them;

(ii) he travels more than 32 kilometres by road, provided that, if a continuous journey extends over more than one day, the exchange must be made for all such days and not for a part only of them.

Note .-Short journeys within a radius of eight kilometres from headquarters may not be added to other journeys, when calculating the distance travelled by road or the amount of mileage allowance admissible for road journeys.

➧*(b) When a journey by road is combined with a journey by railway or steamer or plane under clause (i) of sub-rule (a) of this rule, mileage allowance may be drawn on account of such journey by road, but such mileage will be limited to the amount of daily allowance unless the journey by road exceeds thirty-two kilometres.

 Note.-If an officer halts at the outstation, and the place or places of duty visited be within the radius of 8 kilometres road mileage should always be from the Railway Station to the Chief Public Office, no matter where he proceeds first to the temporary residence or the place of duty.

*[G O(P) No. 16/1965/Fin., Dated 06/01/1965]

Government Decision

*If an officer performs a direct journey by road between two places connected partly by road and partly by rail he will be entitled to T.A. at the following rates. Road mileage for the road portion upto the nearest railway station plus road mileage at the rates as provided in Rule 21, Part II, K.S.Rs for the portion connected by rail.

 Eg; If an officer travels from Neyyattinkara to Quilon directly by road, he will be entitled to the admissible road mileage for the distance from Neyyattinkara to Trivandrum which is connected by road only and from Trivandrum to Quilon which is connected by rail at the rates as provided in Rule 21, K.S.R., Part II.

63. †Daily allowance for halt on tour at an outstation will be calculated on the basis of the period of halt which will begin from the time the forward journey ends at the outstation and will end at the time the return or further journey commences. The rate of daily allowance will be calculated as follows :¬

1 Halt up to six hours:  Nil

2 Halt exceeding six hours but not Half daily allowance exceeding twelve hours

3 Halt exceeding 12 hours but not Full daily allowance exceeding twenty four hours

4 Halt exceeding twenty four hours One daily allowance for every 24 hours. 

For fraction of 24 hours at the end of halt, daily allowance will be calculated as indicated above.

Note 1.-This concession is also admissible to officers who are entitled to daily allowance for halts on tour but whose journeys are regulated by Rules 103, 105 and 107.

*Note 2.-Officers and men of Fire Force Department are exempted from the operation of the above rule. They will be eligible to draw full daily allowance whenever they make a journey to a place more than 8 km. from the fire stations in fire service vehicles in an emergency or to attend an ambulance call, irrespective of time limit or absence.

Government Decision.

(i) The daily allowance admissible for halt at an outstation under this rule and the daily/mileage allowance admissible for the journey should be calculated separately, irrespective of whether the halt is preceded or followed by a journey which qualifies for daily or mileage allowance.

(ii) Rule 62 (a) refers to travelling by a Government servant on any day for a total distance exceeding 32 kilometres. The number of journeys in a day or whether any one or more of the journeys exceed 32 kilometres or whether each or the several journeys is less than 32 kilometres is not material. If the total travelling in a day exceeds 32 kilometres, he can exchange daily allowance for mileage allowance. If he does not so exchange he gets only one daily allowance for that day to cover all the journeys.

(iii) Daily allowance for halt under this rule is to be calculated after computing the total number of hours of halt at an outstation, irrespective of the total number of days of halt and whether or not the daily allowance is exchanged for mileage allowance.

(iv) In a case whether the Government servant, while on tour returns on the same day, to the first halting station from another outstation.  Daily allowance, if admissible for the journey, may be exchanged for mileage allowance, subject to the provisions of Rule 62 but in addition to this allowance, no daily allowance for halt under Rule 63 is admissible even if the halt at another outstation exceeds six hours.

  (v) If a Government servant halts at more than one station on the same day, daily allowance for halt may be calculated after computing the total hours spent on halt at all the outstations taken together. This proviso applies only if the halts at more than one station begin and terminate within the duration of 24 hours. If the duration of halt at the second station extends beyond 24 hours from the commencement of halt at the first outstation, daily allowance admissible for halt at the second station is to be reckoned separately.

 *(vi)    When a Government servant, on tour, visits various outstations on duty over a number of days, the total daily allowance admissible under this rule should not exceed the total daily allowance calculated on the basis of the total number of hours between the time of arrival at temporary residence duty point at the first outstation and the time of departure from the temporary residence/duty point at the last station of tour.

❤Rule 63 Part II K.S.R. is defining the
A:-PTA
B:-Daily allowance
C:-Conveyance allowance
D:-Millage allowance
Correct Answer:- Option-B

SUB DIVISION III
Travelling Allowance  Admissible for 

Journeys And Halts
 Within  Eight Kilometres of Headquarters

64. Government may, by general or special, order permit any officer or class of officers to draw the actual cost of hiring a conveyance on a journey for which no Travelling Allowance is admissible under these rules.

Note 1.-When a non gazetted or last grade officer is despatched on duty to a place at some distance from his office, or is summoned to his office by special order, of a gazetted officer outside the ordinary hours of duty, the expenditure involved may be paid by Government and charged to contingencies provided¬

➧(a) That the head of the office certifies that the expenditure was actually incurred, was unavoidable, and is within the scheduled scale of charges for the conveyance used.

➧(b) That the officer concerned is not entitled to draw Travelling Allowance under the ordinary rules for the journey, and that he is not granted any compensatory leave and does not and will not otherwise receive any special remuneration for the performance of the duty which necessitated the journey.

Note 2.-The teaching staff in all Government Training Schools and Government Training Colleges who undertake journeys for practice teaching will be paid allowance at the following rates per day for the actual number of days on which they perform journeys for practice teaching :¬

(i) When the distance is less than two kilometres no conveyance allowance will be allowed.

(ii) When the distance is two kilometres or more but less than four kilometres -   2.

(iii) When the distance is four kilometres or more but less than six kilometres -   3.

(iv)When the distance is six kilometres or more and no regular Travelling Allowance is admissible -   4.

Note 3.- Last grade officers deputed for treasury transactions within a radius of 8 kilometres will be paid an allowance at the rate of 5 per day by debit to the contingencies of the Department concerned, when the distance to the treasury from the headquarters exceeds two kilometres or more but does not exceed 8 kilometres subject to following :

(i) The allowance will be paid to such officers who are required under Article 284 of the Kerala Financial Code, Volume I to be engaged for cashing bills or remitting money into the treasuries when they are required to carry    500 or more.

(ii) The allowance will be paid only for journeys to or from the treasury which actually involve the carrying of money and not otherwise.

(iii) The allowance will be paid only if no regular T.A. or other remuneration is payable for the day.

(iv) The allowance will not be paid for more than three visits in a week with reference to a particular office.

(v) The allowance will be admissible only if the officer is using his own conveyance or engaging one for hire, if conveyance is used no allowance will be payable.

(vi) The payment of the allowance will be extended to cases in which the officers have to travel more than two kilometres from the office to the State Bank for collection and remittance of cash even though the treasury is situated at a place within a distance of less than two kilometres from the headquarters.

Explanation. -For the purpose of determining the distance of two kilometres from headquarters, the duty point at the headquarters should be taken as the place or office where the Government servant normally remains on duty.

SECTION III
JOURNEYS ON TRANSFER

65. Travelling Allowance may not be drawn under this section by an officer on transfer from one station to another unless he is transferred for the public convenience and is entitled to pay during the period occupied by the journey. A transfer at his own request should not be treated as a transfer for the public convenience unless the authority sanctioning the transfer, for special reasons which should be recorded, otherwise direct.

Note 1.-An officer appointed to a post under Government as a result of selection by the Public Service Commission should be granted T. A. as on transfer for joining the post if he already holds a substantive appointment under Government, the Government of India or any other State Government.

Note 2.-The Travelling Allowance of officers for journeys on temporary transfers and relieving duties of not more than two months’ duration will, however, be limited to the allowances  that would have been admissible if such journeys were journeys on tour.  Daily allowance as for halt on tour will also be allowed for halts, at the new temporary headquarters in such cases. When, however, the period of transfer is subsequently prolonged to more than two months, the officer concerned will be allowed to draw the Travelling Allowance otherwise admissible for journeys on transfer, deducting that had been drawn already.  Where, however, the amount already drawn is larger than what is admissible for journeys on transfer, no refund need be made.

 “Temporary transfer” means a transfer to duty in another station which is expressed to be for a period not exceeding two months.

Government Decision No.1

*A transfer which is not specifically stated to be temporary will be treated as permanent. All transferring authorities in cases of temporary transfers of relieving duties should specify in the order of transfer, the nature of the transfer.

Government Decision No. 2

In the case of temporary transfers all transferring authorities should specify in the order itself that the transfer, is temporary not exceeding two months.

Note 3.-In cases where husband and wife are both State Government employees and one of them is transferred at the same time or within six months of transfer of the other, from  one and the same old station to one and the same new station, transfer T.A. will not be admissible to both of them as independent Government servants. Either of them will be allowed to claim transfer T.A. the other being treated as a member of his/her family not in the State Government’s employment on furnishing the following certificate. :¬

‘Certified that my wife/husband who is employed under the State Government and who has been transferred from………… to ………… within six months of my transfer has not already claimed any transfer T.A. consequent on her/his transfer.’

66. An Officer may draw mileage allowance for journey on transfer.

67. ➧(a) Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in these rules, an officer is entitled for a journey on transfer to the following:

  I. FOR JOURNEYS BY RAIL OR STEAMER

(i) If the journey is by rail he may draw mileage allowance at twice the rate applicable to him under sub-rule (a) of Rule 20 and if the journey is by steamer three fares of the class of accommodation to which he is entitled, the fares being limited to the lowest rate of such class of accommodation. If the journey is actually performed by first class by a First Grade or Second Grade Officer and the necessary certificate to this effect is produced, the officer may claim a single railway fare and three times the incidental expenses admissible to him under sub-rule (b) of Rule 20.

  (ii)He may draw additional mileage allowance at the rate applicable to him under Rule 20 or Rule 44 as the case may be, if two adult members of his family accompany him, and at twice that rate if more than two members accompany him. If the journey is actually performed by first class by members of the family accompanying a First Grade or Second Grade Officer, he may draw an extra fare for each adult member of his family for whom full fare is actually paid and one half fare for each child for whom such fare is actually paid.

 (iii) He may draw the actual cost of carriage by goods train, steamer or other craft, of personal effects upto the following maxima :¬

➧(a) Officers whose actual pay is ₹3000 and above and 2240 Kilograms officers belonging to the All India Services.

➧(b) Officers whose actual pay is ₹2500 and above but 1120 Kilograms below ₹ 3000

➧(c) All other officers 560 Kilograms ** effective from 1st September, 1995

In addition to the above concession, loading and unloading charges of personal effects to officers transferred in public interests will be allowed as specified below :¬

  (1) Officers of the First Category.— Actual charges for packing and loading of personal effects at one end and for unloading and unpacking at other end subject to a maximum of *   100 at each end.

  (2) Officers of the Second Category.—Actual charges for the above purpose subject to a maximum of *  50 at each end.

  (3) Others.—Actual charges for the above purpose subject to a maximum of *    30 at each end.

Note 1.-In the case of journeys on transfer performed by First or Second Grade Officers by Mail/Express Train and actual First class fares for travel by such trains are claimed, a certificate to the effect that the journey was performed by First class by Mail/Express Train should be recorded by the claimant on the Travelling Allowance bill.

Note 2.-If an officer carries his personal effects by passenger instead of by goods train he may draw the actual cost of carriage upto a limit of the amount which would have been admissible had he taken the maximum number of kilograms by goods train.

Note 3..-An officer who carries his personal effects by road between places connected by rail may draw actual charges upto the limit of the amount which would have been admissible had he taken the same quantity by goods train. Loading and unloading charges as well as packing and unpacking charges will be allowed in such cases also. In cases where the actual expenses claimed exceed the limit mentioned above, the controlling authority may, for valid reasons, allow such claims subject to the limit of the amount which would have been admissible, if the maximum number of kilograms had been transported by goods train.

Note 4..-The claim for transport of personal effects between places connected partly by road and partly by rail shall be regulated as follows:¬

(1) For the rail portion.- As in Rule 67 (a) I (iii) and Note 2  or 3 of Rule 67 (a) I (iii)

(2) For the road portion.- As in Rule 67 (a) II (iii).

Ruling

Places where a railway station is situated within eight kilometres from the central point of the respective localities, will be treated as places connected wholly by rail, for purposes of calculation of charges for transport of personal effects on transfer.

Note 5..-Subject to the prescribed maximum number of kilograms an officer may draw the actual cost of transporting personal effects to his new station from a place other than his old station (e.g., from a place where they are purchased en-route or have been left on the occasion of a previous transfer) or from his old station to a place other than his new station, provided that the total amount drawn including the cost of transporting these personal effects shall not exceed that admissible had the maximum admissible number of kilograms been transported by goods train from the old to the new station direct.

 (iv) Provided that –

(1) the distance travelled exceeds 150 kilometres;

(2) the officer is travelling to join a post in which the possession of a conveyance is advantageous from the point of view of his efficiency, or is travelling after being relieved from a post in which the possession of a conveyance was advantageous from the point of view of his efficiency; and

(3) Conveyances are actually carried by rail, steamer or other craft; he may draw the actual cost of transporting at owner’s risk conveyances, on the following scales:¬

I Grade Officers A motor car.

II Grade Officers in receipt of actual pay of *   3000 and above II Grade Officers whose actual pay is below *   3000 A motor car or a motor cycle. A motor cycle.

III Grade Officers An ordinary cycle

Note 1..-In the case of the motor car, the cost of transporting a chauffeur or cleaner may also be drawn.

Ruling 

When the officer transports his motor car by rail he may draw one railway fare for III class accommodation in respect of the chauffeur or cleaner, provided he certifies that the chauffeur or cleaner actually travelled by rail on the section for which the transportation charges of motor car by rail are claimed.

Note 2..-When an officer transports his motor car or motor cycle by road under its own power between stations connected by rail or steamer or partly by rail and partly by steamer he may draw an allowance of *14 paise per kilometre in respect of the motor car and *7 paise per kilometre in respect of the motor cycle, the distance to be reckoned for the purpose of the concession being limited to the distance between the stations by rail or steamer or both combined, as the case may be. If the officer himself travels by car or motor cycle he may draw the fares admissible under clause (a)1 (i). For any member of his family who travels by the car or motor cycle, the officer may draw the extra fare or half fare which should have been admissible under clause (a) I (ii) if the member had travelled by rail or steamer.

 *Effective from 1st September 1985.

Ruling 

When the motor car is transported by road under its own power, no railway fare for chauffeur or cleaner is admissible. The allowance of 14 paise per kilometre for the motor car transferred under its own power includes the travelling expenses of the cleaner or chauffeur travelling in the car.

II. FOR JOURNEYS BY ROAD

(i) He may draw mileage allowance at twice the rate applicable to him under Rule 31 and Rule 44 or any rate applicable to him, which has been fixed under Rule 32, as the case may be.

(ii) He may draw additional mileage allowance at the rate applicable to him under Rule 31 or Rule 44 or any rates applicable to him, which has been fixed under Rule 32, as the case may be, if two members of his family accompany him, and at twice that rate if more than two members accompany him.

Note ..-Officers of the First Grade on transfer from one station to another shall be entitled to the higher rate of mileage for all journeys irrespective of the distance travelled per day or the nature of the conveyance used, except in the case of journeys on temporary transfers and relieving duties of not more than two months’ duration.

Government Decision

# Children below five years can be counted as members of a family for the purpose of claiming road mileage under the rule referred to above.

(iii) For the transportation of personal effects within the limits prescribed in sub-clause I (iii) of this clause he may draw the actual cost of transport limited to the mileage allowance at thrice the rate applicable to him.*

➧(b) The following explanations are given for the terms employed in clause (a) of this rule:¬

  (i) The term ‘personal effect’ is not subject to definition, but the controlling officer must satisfy himself that a claim to reimbursement on account of transportation is reasonable.

  (ii) The term ‘motor cycle’ includes a side car.

(iii) A member of an officer’sfamily who follows him within six months from the date of his transfer or precedes him by not more than one month may be treated as accompanying him.  If such member travels to the new station from a place other than the officer’s old station the officer may draw the actual fare for the journey made by such member by rail or steamer plus the road mileage, if any, at the rate and subject to the conditions prescribed in clause (a) II (ii), for the actual distance of the road journey performed by such member, provided that their sum shall not exceed the total mileage allowance that would have been admissible had such member proceeded from the old to the new station. For the purposes of this rule, the grade of an officer should be determined with reference to the facts on the date of his transfer while the number of fares admissible should be determined with reference to the facts on the date of the journey in respect of which the allowance is claimed.

Ruling No. 1

   *In case an officer’s family performs the journey to the new station from a place other than the old station by a lower class of accommodation than the class of entitlement (in the case of journeys by rail or steamer), the mileage that would have been admissible had the member proceeded from the old station to the new station would be reckoned on the basis of the class by which the journey was actually undertaken.

Ruling No. 2

 If the members of his family have joined the Government servant at the new station, within six months after the date of his transfer, they will be eligible for Travelling Allowance for their journey from the old station to the new station though they may later on decide to proceed to some other station.

(c) An officer who claims higher Travelling Allowance on the ground that members of his family accompanied him on transfer must support his claim by a certificate showing the number and relationship of the said members.

*(d) An officer claiming the cost of transporting personal effects must support his claim by a certificate that the actual expense incurred was not less than the sum claimed and that only goods belonging to him and his family were carried. All vouchers claiming transporting charges of personal effects by road should invariably mention the number of the lorry or other conveyance by which, and the number of the house from and to which the personal effects were transported. The officer should also state in the certificate the weight of the personal effects actually carried and the amount actually paid for their transport separately by rail, road, steamer or other craft and the controlling officer should record a certificate that he has scrutinised the details and satisfied himself that the claim is reasonable. The payees’ receipt for the charges paid for the transport of personal effects should be attached to the bills.

(e) An officer claiming the cost of transporting a conveyance by rail or steamer must support his claim by railway or steamer receipt. He should also produce a certificate that the conveyance belonged to him. The receipt shall be attached to the bill.

(f)‘Family’ for the purpose of these rules includes the officer’s wife, children and step-children residing with and wholly dependent on him. Not more than one wife is included in a family for the purpose of these rules. In the case of a female officer the ‘family’ will include the ‘husband’ also provided he is residing with and wholly dependent on her (the female officer).

Note 1..-Charges for the transport of personal effects of an officer on transfer may be admitted in audit, if they do not for good and sufficient reasons accompany him but are carried within a reasonable time before or after the date of his journey on transfer.

*, † [G O(P) No. 279/1967/Fin., Dated 15/07/1967]

Note 2.-The expression ‘date of his transfer’ occurring in the first sentence of Rule 67 (b) (iii) means the date on which the officer takes over charge at the new station in case his family follows him or the date on which he hands over charge at the old station in case his family precedes him.

Note 3..-Claims preferred under this rule for the carriage of personal effects should be admitted in all cases at the lowest available rates for “smalls,”

 “Smalls” are defined as goods which of themselves do not constitute a working load for the unit of railway transport, the wagon. The minimum load constituting a wagon load is specified, by each of the railways who quotes reduced rates for wagon loads, in its tariffs.

Note 4..-In cases where an officer is transferred from Station A to Station B and again transferred within a reasonably short time to Station C he may be allowed to recover the cost of carriage of personal effects from Station A to Station C subject to the conditions—

  (1) that the total weight carried from Station B to Station C and from Station A to Station C does not exceed the maximum limit prescribed in the rule, and

  (2)    that the total cost of transporting the effects from Station A to Station B, from Station B to Station C and from Station A to Station C  does not exceed the amount admissible from Station A to Station B plus that admissible from Station B to Station C.

Note 5..-When an officer transports more than the maximum quantity admissible by a cheaper route, he can draw actual charges not exceeding the amount admissible for the maximum quantity by the normal recognised route.

Note 6..-A motor car may be treated as a part of personal effects in cases where an officer is not entitled to its free transport in addition to personal effects.

68. An officer transferred from one post to another who under the orders of competent authority is permitted to hand over charge of his old post or to take over charge of the new post at a place other than the headquarters is entitled to ¬

(i) Travelling Allowance as on tour from his old headquarters to the place of handing over charge and from the place of taking over charge to the new headquarters.

(ii) all concessions admissible under sub-rule (a) of rule 67 for journey from the old to the new headquarters minus what will be admissible to the Officer, for journey as on tour from the old to the new headquarters.

69. An officer whose headquarters are changed while he is on tour, and who proceeds to his headquarters without returning to his old, is entitled to—

(i) Travelling Allowance as on tour for his journey up to the new headquarters;

(ii) *all concessions admissible under sub-rule (a) of rule 67 from the old to the new headquarters minus what will be admissible to the Officer for a journey as on tour from the old to the new headquarters.

70. If the family of an officer, in consequence of his transfer, travels to a station other than the new headquarters; Travelling Allowance for the journey of the family may be drawn subject to the conditions that it does not exceed the Travelling Allowance that would have been admissible if the family had proceeded to the new headquarters station.

71. An officer appointed to a new post while in transit from one post to another is entitled to draw Travelling Allowance under this section for so much of the journey on transfer as he had accomplished when he receives the fresh orders and for the journey from the place at which he receives such orders to his new station.

72. An officer, who goes on leave not exceeding four months after he has given over charge of his old post and before he has taken charge of his new post, is entitled, whether the order of transfer is received before or after the commencement of his leave, to Travelling Allowance under this section as for a journey from his old to his new post.

72A. *When a Government servant whose case is not covered by Rule 72 is posted to a station other than that at which he was stationed before he went on leave, the controlling officer may permit him to recover the Travelling Allowance under sub-rules I (iii) and (iv) or II (iii), as the case may be, of Rule 67 (a) as for a journey from his old to the new station.

73. When an officer of the Government is transferred to the administrative control of another Government which has made rules prescribing amounts and conditions of Travelling Allowances, his Travelling Allowances for the journey to join his post under that Government and for the return journey will be governed by the rules of that Government regulating Travelling Allowances on transfer.

Note ..-The controlling officer for the purpose of Travelling Allowance for the journey of an officer to join his post under a borrowing Government as well as for the return journey will be the controlling officer in regard to his post under that Government.

SECTION IV
JOURNEY TO JOIN NEW APPOINTMENT

74..Except as otherwise provided in these rules Travelling Allowance is not admissible to any person for the journey to join his first appointment in Government service.

75. When a pensioner, or an officer who has been thrown out of employment owing to a reduction of establishment or the abolition of his post, is reappointed to Government service, the Government may permit him to draw Travelling Allowance.  Travelling Allowance under this rule should be calculated as for a journey on tour, but no allowance may be drawn for halts on the journeys.

76. When mileage allowance is drawn under Rule 75 the rate admissible is that of the grade to which the officer will belong after joining his post.

SECTION V
JOURNEY TO ATTEND  AN EXAMINATION

77. An officer is entitled to draw Travelling Allowance for the journey to and from the place at which he appears for an obligatory departmental examination, provided that Travelling Allowance shall not be drawn under this rule more than twice for any particular examination.

Note 1..-If a Government servant actually performs the journey to the place of examination, but is not able to appear for the examination because of its cancellation at the last moment Travelling Allowance may be sanctioned to him by the Government/the Head of Department concerned after due verification of the facts. This concession will be admissible only if the intimation regarding the cancellation did not reach the Government servant before the commencement of the journey and the journey did not commence too early, i.e. the date of its commencement was not in advance of the schedule date of the examination by more than the minimum number of days required for performing the journey.

Note 2.-If the place where the Government servant works is a centre for the departmental examinations, he shall not be eligible for Travelling Allowance for appearing for the examinations at another centre under this rule, except in case where he has to appear for the examination at that centre owing to reasons beyond his control.

78. The Government may permit an officer to draw Travelling Allowance for the journey to and from the place at which he appears for an examination other than those specified in Rule 77.

79. Travelling Allowance under this section should be calculated as for a journey on tour but no allowance may be drawn for halts on the journeys.

SECTION VI
JOURNEY WHEN PROCEEDING ON OR 
RETURNING FROM LEAVE

80. Except as otherwise provided in these rules, an officer is not entitled to any Travelling Allowance for a journey made during leave or while proceeding on or returning from leave.

81. The Government may, for special reasons which should be recorded, permit any officer to draw, for a journey of the kind specified in  Rule 80 Travelling Allowance as for a journey on tour.

82. (a) When an officer is compulsorily recalled to duty before the expiry of his leave and the leave is thereby curtailed by not less than one month, he is entitled to draw mileage allowance for the journey from the place at which the order of recall reaches him. If the period by which the leave is curtailed is less than a month, mileage allowance may be allowed at the discretion of the authority recalling the officer.

(b) If the officer recalled to duty is entitled to Travelling Allowance under Rule 72 he may not draw mileage allowance under clause (a) unless he abandons his claims to the mileage allowance specified in Rule 66, Rule 67 (a) I (i) and Rule 67 (a) II (i).

83. If a nongazetted officer, on compulsory recall from leave exceeding four months, is posted to a station other than that from which he went on leave, he may, if his new station is distant more than 80 kilometres from his old station, draw in addition to the allowance admissible under sub-rules I (ii) and (iv) and II (iii) of Rule 67 (a) Travelling Allowance for his family under Rule 67 for the journey from the place at which the order of recall reaches him to the new station; provided that the amount so drawn shall not exceed the amount admissible under Rule 67 for the journey from the old to new station.

SECTION VII
JOURNEY FOR JOINING  FIRST APPOINTMENT

84.In the following cases Travelling Allowances are admissible for joining a first appointment:¬

(1) To any person appointed to the Public Works the Medical or any other department in any capacity requiring technical skill or knowledge for which he has been specially trained.

(2) To recruit constables enlisted for service at the other district headquarters, for joining their first appointment at Trivandrum.

Note .-Teachers deputed for training from Departmental Schools are entitled to Travelling Allowance under the ordinary rules, for their journey to and from the Training School or College.

SECTION VIII
JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION OR TO GIVE 

EVIDENCE OR TOATTEND A  
COURT OF  LAW AS  ASSESSOR OR JUROR OR INCONNECTION 
WITH THE DEFENCE OF A CASEINSTITUTED AGAINST 
AN  OFFICER FOR ACTSDONE IN HIS OFFICIAL  CAPACITY

85. (a) *(i) An officer under suspension who is required to perform any journey for attending any departmental enquiry (other than police enquiry) or called upon to appear before the Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal may be allowed, for the onward and return journeys, Travelling Allowance as for a journey on tour from his head quarters to the place at which the departmental enquiry or disciplinary proceedings, as the case may be, is or are held or from the place at which he has been permitted to reside during suspension to the place at which the departmental enquiry or disciplinary proceedings, as the case may be, is or are held, whichever is less. No Travelling Allowance will, however, be admissible if the enquiry or disciplinary proceeding as the case may be, is or are held at an outstation at his own request.

(ii) An officer under suspension, if reinstated in service, pending finalisation of the enquiry or disciplinary proceedings initiated against him, and posted to a station other than the one where he was working at the time of his suspension may be allowed Travelling Allowance for his journey to the new station as for journey on transfer from the old station or from the place where he has been permitted to reside during suspension whichever is less. The grade of the officer and his Travelling Allowance for the journey shall be determined on the basis of his pay in the post he was holding at the time of his suspension or the pay in the post to which he is reinstated whichever is lower.

(iii) If an accused officer, whether under suspension or not, against whom disciplinary proceedings have been initiated retires from service in the course of the proceedings or if an officer against whom disciplinary proceedings are initiated after his retirement and is called upon to appear before Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal/Disciplinary Authority/Enquiry Authority properly constituted under competent authority for holding the enquiry will be allowed for the onward and return journey Travelling Allowance as for a journey on tour from his place of residence to the place where the enquiry is held.

Note ..-His Travelling Allowance will be regulated by the grade to which he belonged prior to his suspension/retirement.

(b) An accused officer, if not under suspension, when called upon to appear before a Disciplinary Proceedings Tribunal/Disciplinary Authority/Enquiry Authority, properly constituted under competent authority for holding the enquiry, may be allowed, for the onward and return journeys, Travelling Allowance as for a journey on tour from his headquarters.

In case the accused officer is on leave and is permitted to reside  at a place other than his headquarters during the leave, he may be allowed Travelling Allowance as for a journey on tour from his headquarters or from the place of his residence whichever is less. No Travelling Allowance will, however, be admissible if the enquiry is held at the outstation at his own request.

Note.-In the cases covered by Rule 85, no allowance for halts on journeys or at the outstation where the enquiry is held will be allowed.

86. The following provisions apply to an officer who is summoned to give evidence :¬

➧(a) In a criminal case, a case before a court-martial, a civil case to which Government is a party or a departmental inquiry held by a properly constituted authority within the State :

(i) He may draw Travelling Allowance as for a journey on tour attaching to his bill a certificate of attendance given by the Court or other authority which summoned him.

(ii) When he draws such Travelling Allowance, he may not accept any payment of his expenses from the court or authority.  Any fees which may be deposited in the court for travelling and subsistence allowance of the witness must be credited to Government.

(iii)If the court in which he gives evidence is situated within eight kilometres of his headquarters and no Travelling Allowance is therefore admissible for the journey he may, if he is not in receipt of Permanent Travelling Allowance, accept such payment of actual travelling expenses as the court may make.

➧(b) Officials employed by the Central Government or by the Government of any of the States appearing in cases in which the State is a party, as witnesses on summons before the Criminal Court of this State to give evidence regarding facts of which they have official knowledge, will, on production of certificates of attendance issued by the courts before which they appear as witnesses, be paid Travelling Allowance by the Government by whom they are employed at their own rates. In cases where the State is not a party, such officials will be paid Travelling Allowance by the summoning court according to its own rules and the charges will be borne by the State within whose limits the summoning court is situated.

 When any of the Governments requisitions the services of an official of a commercial department as a witness or any other official as a technical or expert witness within the meaning of section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the pay of the official concerned for the period of his absence from his headquarters and Travelling Allowance and other expenses due to him will be borne by the requisitioning Government. The Travelling Allowance in such cases will be regulated by the Travelling Allowance Rules applicable to the official summoned. The charges will, in the first instance, be borne by the Government under whom he is employed and will be passed on after audit for payment to the requisitioning Government.

➧(c) A person formerly in the service of the Government summoned to give evidence under the circumstances mentioned in clause (a) above shall be entitled to receive Travelling Allowance (as for journeys on tour) at the rate admissible to the person, when last in the service of the Government or if he is at the time employed under a fund administered by the Government at the rates admissible for the appointment under the fund. He will be paid batta and Travelling Allowance by the court which summoned him as witness from the allotment under ‘Witness batta’ according to the rule of the court, but if he is entitled under this clause to more than what is allowed by the court, the difference will be paid by the department in which the officer was last serving. Bills for such claim should be supported by certificate similar to that referred to in clause (a) (i) above and showing the amount of the allowances paid by the court.

Note 1..-An officer summoned to give evidence while on leave is entitled to Travelling Allowance under this rule from and to the place from which he is summoned as if he were on duty.

Note 2.-The T.A. claims of officers summoned by Civil Courts in any other State will be settled in accordance with the reciprocal arrangements entered into between this State and such other State.

Note 3..-T.A. claims of officers summoned as witnesses in departmental enquiries in other States are regulated by the reciprocal arrangements made with the respective State Governments. Government have accordingly entered into the following reciprocal arrangements with the Governments of Mysore and Tamil Nadu in this regard.

In departmental enquiries to which the State is a party, a Government servant giving evidence regarding facts of which he has official knowledge will on production of a certificate of attendance by the summoning authority,  be paid T.A. by the Government under whom he is serving.

In departmental enquiries to which the State is not a party, a Government servant giving evidence regarding facts of which he has official knowledge will be paid T.A. by  the summoning authority according to the rules under which the Government servants draws his Travelling Allowance or a journey on tour on production of a certificate signed by the Controlling Officer showing the rates of T.A. and D.A. admissible to him for a journey on tour. If the Government servant is his own controlling officer, the certificate will be signed by him as such. The expenditure on account of T.A. and D.A. paid by the summoning authority will be borne by the Government within the territory of which that authority is situated.

86A. If an officer undertakes a journey in connection with a civil or criminal case instituted against him or acts done in his official capacity and the defence of such case has been sanctioned by the competent authority such an officer may be granted Travelling Allowance admissible to an officer of his grade while on tour.

87. An officer summoned to give evidence in circumstances other than those described in Rule 86 or to serve as an assessor or juror in a court of law is not entitled, by reason of his position as an officer, to any payments other than those admissible by the rules of the court. If the court pays him any sum as subsistence allowance or compensation, apart from payment for travelling expenses, he must credit that sum to Government before drawing full pay for the day or days of absence.

87A. *If an Officer undertakes a journey on a summons from an investigating Police Officer, in a criminal case, such Officer may be granted Travelling Allowance admissible to him while on tour if he is not an accused in the criminal case.

This amendment shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 2nd April 1981.

SECTION IX

JOURNEYS TO  OBTAIN  MEDICAL TREATMENT,  

ADVICE OR CERTIFICATE  OR TO APPEAR BEFORE A MEDICAL BOARD

88. Travelling Allowance is not admissible for a journey undertaken to procure health certificate on first appointment to Government service.

89. If, in order to obtain anti-rabic treatment, an officer is compelled to leave a station at which he falls ill and at which anti-rabic treatment is not available, and travels to the nearest station where the treatment is available he may on production of a certificate from his authorised medical attendant that the journey was in his opinion absolutely necessary, draw Travelling Allowance for the journey.  This concession is admissible also to an officer on leave.

89A.†A Government servant suffering or suspected of suffering from tuberculosis may on production of a certificate from a T. B. Specialist that the journey was in his opinion absolutely necessary, draw Travelling Allowance in accordance with the rules for his journey to the nearest Government Medical Institution and back in connection with his medical examination and periodical check-up. This concession is admissible also to an officer on leave.

90.    If an officer, being stationed where there is no medical officer, of Government, is required to obtain a medical certificate from a medical officer of Government in support of an application for an original grant of leave he may draw Travelling Allowance for the journey undertaken to obtain that certificate.

  Note.-Travelling Allowance is not admissible for a journey to obtain a medical certificate in support of an application for an extension of leave.

91.If an officer, having obtained a medical certificate in support of an application for an original grant of leave, is required to appear before a medical board, or to appear before a nominated medical officer of Government for further opinion as to the necessity for the leave recommended in that certificate, he may draw Travelling Allowance for the journey undertaken to obtain that opinion.

Note ..-Travelling Allowance is not admissible for a journey to obtain a second medical opinion in support of an application for an extension of leave, but Travelling Allowance is admissible for a second or subsequent journey, if necessitated, to obtain the certificate for the original grant of leave.

92. The journeys contemplated by Rule 90 and Rule 91 should not be undertaken without the previous permission of the controlling officer, if such permission can be obtained without risk to the officer requiring medical service.

93 (a) An officer who is directed by his official superior in the interests of the public service, to apply for an invalid pension, may, if he is required to make a journey in order to appear before a medical board, draw his actual travelling expenses, subject to a maximum of the amount of Travelling Allowance calculated for the journey.  If it is necessary for him to return to his headquarters after appearing before the medical board he may draw his actual expenses subject to the same maximum. In both cases his Travelling Allowance bill must be supported by a certificate that he was directed to apply for an invalid pension in the interests of public service and that he did not voluntarily ask to retire.

(b) A competent authority may allow actual expenses, as limited by clause (a) of this rule, to be drawn by an officer who voluntarily applies for an invalid pension, provided that the authority is satisfied that the circumstances of the applicant are such as to justify the concession.

94. Except as provided for in Rule 91 and Rule 93 no Travelling Allowance is admissible for a journey undertaken in order to appear before a medical board.

95. (a) Travelling Allowance under Rules 89 to 94 should be calculated as for a journey on tour, but no allowance may be drawn for halts on the journeys.

(b) (i) All India Service Officers who perform journeys to seek medical advice/ treatment under the All India Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1954 will be given Travelling Allowance for the journeys, as on tour.

(ii) No daily allowance will be allowed for the halts made in this connection.

(iii) The family members of these officers will be allowed single first class railway fare (i.e. the class of accommodation to which the officers themselves are entitled) or single fare of any lower class by which the patient actually travels for consulting a Government Specialist on the advice of the authorised Medical Attendant.

SECTION X

JOURNEYS IN ATTENDANCE ON

 AN INCAPACITATED OFFICER 

OR MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY

96. A medical officer of Government who considers that an officer on whom it is his duty to attend professionally should leave his station to obtain medical advice or treatment or to proceed on leave, and that it is unsafe for him to travel unattended, may if he does not himself accompany him, arrange for an attendant, to do so; and the attendant (a) if an officer, shall be deemed to have been travelling on duty and may draw Travelling Allowance for the onward and return journey as for a journey on tour, and (b) if not an officer, may draw actual expenses.

When the medical officer’s opinion as to the necessity for the journey and for an attendant during it, cannot be obtained before its commencement, a certificate from him that the journey with an attendant was necessary is sufficient for the purpose of this rule.

SECTION XI

JOURNEYS ON A COURSE OF TRAINING

97. When an officer or a student not already in government service is selected to undergo a course of training, Government may decide the scale, if any on which he shall draw¬

  (a) Travelling Allowance for the original journey to and the last journey from the place of training, and for halts at such place;

  (b) in the case of training at a school, college or similar institution, Travelling Allowance for similar journeys on the occasion of holidays and vacations; and

  (c) Travelling Allowance for journeys during the course of training:

Provided that the scale so fixed shall not exceed that admissible to officers of similar status on duty at the place of training.

98. (a) An officer deputed to undergo a course of training, if the course of training exceeds three months, may draw Travelling Allowance under the rules for journeys on transfer irrespective of whether the training is at a fixed centre or not. If the course of training does not exceed three months, the rules which govern journeys on tour shall apply.

Note .- Omitted.

 (This amendment shall be deemed to have come into force on 2nd March 1990)

(b) If in a training school, a vacation is allowed, no Travelling Allowance is admissible for journeys from and to the school unless for the purpose of a practical course of training which is required to be undergone at another station during such vacation.

SECTION XII

JOURNEY  OF THE  FAMILY  OF AN  OFFICER WHO DIES IN SERVICE

99. (1) If an officer dies while in service,  members of his family will be granted Travelling Allowance for the journey to his home or to any other place where they may wish to reside whether it is inside or outside the State either from his headquarters or from the place of his death, provided that the amount shall not exceed what would be admissible for a journey from the officer’s headquarters to his home.

Note.- For the purposes of this rule the headquarters of an officer on leave shall be considered to be the place of his headquarters where he was last on duty.

(2) The rates of Travelling Allowance shall be those which would be admissible under the rules for a journey on transfer less that admissible to the officer.

(3) The family should perform the journey within three months of the death of the Government employee and the Travelling Allowance should be claimed as soon as possible after the journeys is over.  The Travelling Allowance may be drawn in advance if the officer drawing the bill is satisfied that the journey will be made.

(4) Bills will be drawn and countersigned by the officers authorised to deal with the bills of the deceased Government employee, if the deceased officer is a non gazetted officer and if the officer is a gazetted officer, the bill will be countersigned by his superior officer.

(5) # [Deleted]

Ruling

The term “Travelling Allowance” mentioned in this rule includes cost of transportation of personal effects also.

SECTION XIII

JOURNEY  OF AN  OFFICER AFTER RETIREMENT

99A. Travelling Allowance will be allowed to an officer on retirement to enable him to proceed to any place within or outside* the State where he proposes to settle down after retirement subject to the following conditions :¬

(i) The concession will be given only in cases of retirement on superannuation, or on invalid, retiring or compensation pension, or with effect from 30th July 1975, in cases of compulsory retirement under Rule 60 A, Part I of these rules, but will not be given in other cases of compulsory retirement or cases of removal or dismissal from service.

(ii) The Travelling Allowance will be given as for a journey on transfer from the last headquarters to the place of residence, where he proposes to settle down. For regulating the claim accordingly, every Government servant should furnish to his controlling officer before his retirement, a declaration indicating the station where he intends to reside after retirement. The officers compulsorily retired under Rule 60-A, of Part 1 of these rules shall furnish the declaration within one month after such retirement.

(iii) The journey shall be performed within one year of the date of retirement:

Provided that officers who are re-employed under the Government of Kerala and whose re-employment is ordered while on leave preparatory to retirement or within one year of the date of retirement, can avail themselves of the benefit of this rule, if the journey is performed within one year from the date of expiry of the period of re-employment.

(iv) If Travelling Allowance advance is allowed it should be restricted to 75 per cent of the Travelling Allowance admissible for the journey and a declaration should be obtained from the Government servant giving his consent for recovery from his pension, if need be. The detailed T.A. bill should be presented **within two months of the date of drawal of the advance to the last controlling officer for adjustment and counter signature. If the Government servant is a Gazetted Officer the bill should be sent to the office of the Accountant General for pre-audit before payment.

This amendment shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 8th January 1970.

The journey for claiming travelling allowance under Rule 99A Part II KSR shall be performed within _______ years of retirement.
A:-One month
B:-Three months
C:-Six months
D:-One year
Correct Answer:- D:-One year

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