1. Settlement
at a station other than last station of duty. - It has been decided to sanction
the grant of travelling allowance to retiring Government servants on the scale
and the conditions set out below. The travelling allowance referred to will be
admissible in respect of the journey of the Government servant and members of
his family from the last station of his duty to his home town or to the place
where he and his family is to settle down permanently even if it is other than
his declared home town and in respect of the transportation of his personal
effects between the same places.
(a) For journeys by different modes. -
Entitlement as for transfer.
EXPLANATION. - In regard to the question as to how the
travelling allowance in respect of the members of the family of a retiring
Government servant, who do not actually accompany him is to be regulated, it
has been decided that the provisions of SR 116 (b) (iii) may be applied mutatis
mutandis in all such cases. A
member of a Government servant's family who follows him within six months or
precedes him by not more than one month may, therefore, be treated as
accompanying him. The period of one month or six months, as the case may be,
may be counted from the date the retiring Government servant himself actually
moves. The claims of travelling allowance in respect of the family members will
not be payable until the head of the family himself or herself actually moves.
The time-limits of one month and six months mentioned above
may be extended by the competent authority prescribed in SR 116 (b) (iii) in
individual cases attendant with special circumstances.
(b) The Government
servant shall, besides the fares, be also eligible to composite transfer grant
equal to one month's basic pay, if the distance from the last station of duty
is more than 20 km.
(c) Transportation
of personal effects at the scale of allowance laid down in Order below SR 116
is allowable. The Government servant will also be entitled to claim the cost of
transportation of personal effects between railway station and residence at
either end of the journey as in the case of transfer.
(d) The actual cost
of transporting a motor car or other conveyance maintained by the Government
servant before his retirement is reimbursable as per Order below SR 116.
EXPLANATION. - In regard to the time-limits applicable for
the transportation of personal effects on availment of the concession, it has
been decided that the time-limits prescribed in the Explanation below sub-para.
(a) above in the case of members of the family, namely, one month anterior and
six months posterior to the date of the move of the retiring Government servant
himself, should apply in the case of transport of his personal effects. These
limits may, however, be extended by the competent authority prescribed under SR
116 (b) (iii) in individual cases attendant with special circumstances.
2. The grant of the
concession will be further subject to the following conditions, clarifications
and subsidiary instructions :-
(i) The
concession will be admissible by the shortest route from the last place of duty
of the Government servant to his home town or to the place where he and his
family are to settle down permanently even if it is other then his declared
home town.
(ii) ***
(iii) The concession may be availed of by a
Government servant who is eligible for it, at any time during his leave
preparatory to retirement, or within one year of the date of his retirement.
Power to extend the time-limit of one year will be exercised
by the Administrative Ministries/Departments with the approval of the F.A.
concerned, in individual cases attendant with special circumstances.
(iv) The concession will be admissible to
permanent Central Government servants who retire on a retiring pension or on
superannuation, invalid or compensation pension.
(v) The concession will also be admissible
to temporary employees who retire on attaining the age of superannuation or are
invalided or are retrenched from service, without being offered alternative
employment, provided that they have put in a total service of not less than 10
years under the Central Government at the time of
retirement/invalidment/retrenchment.
(vi) In the case of a person whose domicile is
elsewhere than in India or who intends to reside permanently outside India
after retirement, the concession will be admissible up to the railway station
nearest to the port of his embarkation. In the case of such a person who travels
by air, the concession of travelling allowance by rail/road under these Orders
will be admissible up to the airport of emplanement for himself and members of
his family and up to the port of despatch for his personal effects.
(vii) Where an officer is re-employed under the
Central Government while he is on leave preparatory to retirement or within six
months of the date of his retirement, the concession admissible under these
orders may be allowed to be availed of by him within one year of the expiry of
the period of his re-employment.
(viii) A Government servant will be eligible to
the retirement travelling allowance concession in full, notwithstanding the
fact that he had availed of leave travel concession to home town or any place
in India during one year preceding the date of retirement or commencement of
leave preparatory to retirement.
3. Not admissible to.
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The concession is not admissible to Government servants -
(a) who quit
service by resignation; or
(b) who may be dismissed or removed from
service; or
(c) who are compulsorily retired as a measure
of punishment; or
(d) who are temporary employees with less
than ten years of service retiring on superannuation/invalidation/retrenched.
4. The Travelling
Allowance claims admissible under these Orders will be drawn, on Travelling
Allowance Bill forms like Transfer Travelling Allowance claims. The claims of
officers who were their own controlling officers before retirement, will,
however, be countersigned by the next superior administrative authority.The
claim of an officer who before retirement was employed as the Comptroller and
Auditor-General or as a Secretary to the Government of India may be
countersigned by his successor in office. The certificate required to be
furnished by the officers in respect of Transfer Travelling Allowance claims
will also be required to be furnished in respect of claims of Travelling
Allowance under these orders.
5. Before reimbursing the Travelling Allowance
admissible under these orders, the countersigning authorities should satisfy
themselves, as far as possible, that the claimant and members of his family
actually performed the journey to the home town or the other place to which he
might have proceeded to settle there, e.g., by requiring the production of
original railway vouchers relating to transportation of personal effects,
conveyance, etc.
[Clarification. - The checks prescribed on retirement
travelling allowance claims would be with reference to duties and powers of the
controlling officers enumerated under SR 195 and no separate set of guidelines
would be necessary vide G.I., M.F., D.O., Dy. No. 1914-IV/89, dated the 7th
December, 1989, in reply to C. & A.G., U.O. No. 1009-A.I./82-86, dated the
1st November, 1989.]
6. Payment of Travelling Allowance claims
under these orders may be made by the Treasury Officer in relaxation of Rule 21
of the Central Treasury Rules, i.e., may make the payment of such claims even
after the issue of a last pay certificate which will be required for the
purpose of the finalization of his pension.
7. These orders do not apply to persons who -
(i) are not in
the whole-time employ of the Government or are engaged on contract ;
(ii) are paid from contingencies ;
(iii) are Railway servants ;
(iv) are Members of the Armed Forced; and
(v) are eligible for any other form of
travel concession on retirement.
[G.I., M.F., O.M. No. 5 (109)-E. IV/57, dated the 11th July,
1960 as amended from time to time including O.M. No. 102/98/IC &
19030/2/97-E. IV, dated the 17th April, 1998.]
NOTE. - The provisions of these orders, as amended from time
to time, apply mutatis mutandis to industrial employees in the Government
industrial establishments also.
[G.I., M.F., O.M. No. F. 5 (30)-E. IV (B)/65, dated the 27th
August, 1965.]
II. For settling
down at the last station of duty/at a station not more than 20 km. from the
last station of duty. - It has been decided that in cases where the Government
servant wishes to settle down permanently at the last station of duty,
travelling allowance may be allowed to the extent indicated below, provided the
Government servant concerned is required to change his residence as a result of
his retirement -
(a) Self and
family. Actual cost of conveyance
but not exceeding the road mileage allowance admissible under SR 116 (a) II (i)
and (ii).
(b) Personal effects. Actual cost of transportation not exceeding the amount
admissible under SR 116 (a) II (iii).
(c) Transportation of conveyance. An allowance for car/scooter/motorcycle
at the rates notified by the concerned Directorate of Transport for
taxi/autorickshaws. Where the above allowance is claimed, mileage allowance
will not be admissible to the Government servant/ members of family travelling
by the conveyance. If they travel otherwise than by the conveyance they will be
entitled to the mileage allowance as per SR 116 (a) II (i) and (ii).
(d) Composite Transport Grant Equal to one-third of basic pay.
NOTE. - For the purpose of this Order, the term `last station
of duty' will be interpreted to mean the area falling within the jurisdiction
of the Municipality or Corporation, including such of suburban municipalities,
notified areas or cantonments as are contiguous to the named municipality,
etc., where the Government servant was posted immediately before his
retirement.
The admissibility of travelling allowance as above will also
be subject to other conditions for the grant of travelling allowance on
retirement as contained in Order (1) above as amended from time to time.
[G.I., M.F., O.M. No. 19016/1/81-E. IV, dated the 13th
August, 1981 read with O.M., dated 17-4-1998.]
(2) Concession
extended to employees of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration. - It has been
decided that the concession, vide Order (1) above be extended to the employees
of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration on their
retrenchment/invalidment/retirement subject to the conditions laid down
therein. Accordingly, application of the provisions of SR 150 will now be
restricted to such of the Central Government employees of the Andaman and
Nicobar Administration as are not eligible for the concession granted in
decision referred to above.
[G.I., M.F., O.M. No. 5 (5)-E. IV (B)/61, dated the 20th
February, 1961.]
(3) T.A. for
journeys to attend departmental enquiry by Government servants after
removal/dismissal or compulsory retirement from service. - The question was
under consideration whether and, if so, at what rates, travelling allowance
should be allowed to a Central Government servants who is removed/dismissed or
compulsorily retired from service as a penalty in cases, where, under the
orders of the appellate or reviewing authority, it is decided to hold a
further/de novo departmental enquiry and the Government servant is required to
attend such enquiry. It has been decided that the Government servant concerned
may be allowed travelling allowance as for a journey on tour from the place
where the summons to attend to enquiry reaches him to the place of enquiry and
back but not exceeding that to which he would be entitled, had he performed the
journey from his home town to the place of enquiry and back. The travelling
allowance may be regulated in accordance with the pay of the post held by the
Government servant immediately before his removal/dismissal or compulsory
retirement.
[G.I., M.F., O.M. No. 19012/1//80-E. IV, dated the 19th
April, 1980.]
(4) T.A. for
retired Government servant for attending departmental enquiry/judicial
proceedings against him. - See Government of India's Order below SR 153-A.
(5) No advance of
T.A. in case of journeys performed after retirement. - A question has been
raised whether an advance of travelling allowance under the normal rules can be
given in the cases covered by Order (1) above. It has been decided that an
advance of travelling allowance may be sanctioned by the authorities competent
competent to sanction such an advance in cases of journeys performed during
leave preparatory to retirement but not in case of journeys performed after the
date of retirement.
[G.I., M.F., O.M. No. F. 16-A (10)-E. II (A)/60, dated the
30th November, 1969 and Rule 224, G.F.R.]
