There are certain categories of senior officers who are eligible to use official cars for private purposes.
I.A.S. officers, certain categories of judges and a few advisors to government ect., are eligible for certain milage in a month free of charge. Should they exceed such limits of eligibility, they are charged per kilometre basis.
The ineligible officers can not use government vehicles for their person use. If it happens and controlling officers get to know of the act, one way or other, it is treated as misuse of power and the concerned officer is charge sheeted.If the officer is found guilty after enquiry, punishment will be awarded as per rules.
PERSONAL USE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
An employee should recognize her responsibility to protect and conserve government property and resources, and to make an honest effort to use official time and government property only for official business. 5 C.F.R. § 2635.704 through .705 Use of Government property, and Use of official time.
An employee may not use the official time of another employee for anything other than official business. The use of any government property, including computers and the Internet, for any partisan political activities is always prohibited.
Department of Justice employees are generally authorized to make minimal personal use of most office equipment and library facilities where the cost to the Government is negligible and on an employee's own time. 28 C.F.R. § 45.4. This is the Department's de minimis use policy, and would permit an employee to send a short, personal electronic message to another individual. However, personal messages sent to large groups of people and messages sent to disseminate information on non-Governmental activities, such as charitable events and causes, commercial activities such as personal businesses, and religious observances, are prohibited.
A Gujarat high court judgement says in
S.K. Parmar vs Director Of Employment
A commented on 07th July 2004
6.3 The third contention raised by Mr. Supehia is misconceived in as much as the Class-IV employees will never be allowed to take Government vehicles even with permission. Therefore, even if the Government servant has misused the Government vehicle with the permission of his superior, as per law, he is not entitled to use the Vehicle.
