SECTION XIII –JOURNEY WHEN PRCEEDING ON OR RETURING FROM LEAVE OR WHILE UNDER SUSPENSION.

 

2.75.    General rule - Except a s otherwise provided in these Rules, a Government employee is not entitled to any travelling allowance for a journey made during leave or while proceeding on or returning from leave or while under suspension.  A competent authority may, for special reasons which should be recorded permit any Government employee to draw for such a journey, travelling allowance as for a journey on tour.  For this purpose a Government employee under suspension shall be regarded as in the grade to which he belonged before suspension.

 

Note:   Travelling allowance under this rule will be regulated by the pay and grade of the post which a Government employee would have held had he not preceded on leave.

 

Exception 1:    Once in every three years, Warders of the jail department in service on 1st April, 1950, may be granted, when proceeding on and returning from earned leave not exceeding 120 days single fare of the class to which they are entitled, each way to and from their homes for themselves only, provided their conduct has been uniformly good.

 

Note:   This concession is admissible also to Warders appointed on contract base.

 

Exception 2:    Members of the Punjab Railway Police whose homes lie in areas not served by the Northern Railway and who were in services on 1st April, 1950, may, when proceeding on leave to their homes, and returning from such leave be granted warrants for the fare by rail to which they are entitled, provided that-

 

1        they would be eligible for free passes if they were living within an area served by the Northern Railway, and

2        the number of warrants shall not exceed three return warrants per man in one year.

 

Note:   The intension underlying this exception is the Railway Police Officers who live within the areas served by foreign lines should have the same facilities as are enjoyed by officers who live at stations on the Northern Railway.  Railway warrants should, therefore, be granted not only to Railway Police Officers living at stations, on foreign lines but also to members of their families.

 

2.76.    Omitted.

 

2.77 (a) Government employees recalled to duty from leave - When a Government employee is compulsorily recall 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 or, if the return journey involves travelling by sea, from the port at which he lands in India, to the station to which he is less than a month, mileage allowance may be allowed at the authority recalling the Government employee.

           

(b)        If the Government employee, recalled to duty is entitled to travelling allowed under rule 2.64, he may not draw mileage allowance under clause (a) of this rule, unless he abandons his claims to the mileage allowance for himself specified in rule 2.59 (a) and II (i).

 

2.78     Travelling allowance during joining time when joining time when proceeding to or returning from a place in remote locality from or to a specified station - A Government employee entitled to joining time when proceeding from a specified station to join a post in place in a remote locality which is not easy of access or when returning from such a place in a remote locality to a specified station, may draw travelling allowance for the journey as for a journey on transfer.

 

Note:   This rule governs travelling allowance admissible in the case of leave or leave cum-transfer of a Government employee to whom rule 9.1(d) of the Rules in Volume I of these Rules applies.  The travelling allowance in the case of a straight transfer of such a Government employee is regulated by the rules in Section IX  (journeys on transfer) of this Chapter.

 

SECTION XIV –JOURNEY BY THE FAMILY OF A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE ON HIS DEATH

 

2.79.    1.         A competent authority may grant to the family of a Government employee who dies while in service the concessions for the transport at Government expense of the family as defined in rule 2.17 of the Punjab civil Services Rules, Vol. I, Part-I and personal effects, provided the journeys is completed within one year after the death of the Government employee.

 

            2.         Travel expenses will be admissible by the shortest route from the last headquarter of the Government employee to his normal place of residence which shall be the permanent home as entered in his service book or record or such other place as might have been declared to the permanent home by the Government employee, while in service.

 

3.                  The amount of travel expenses payable to the members of the family will be : -

 

(a)                for journeys by rail: -

 

(i)                  Actual fare (without the incidentals ) of the class of accommodation  to which the deceased Government employee was himself entitled for each member of family.

(ii)                Actual cost of transportation of personal effects on the scale as admissible under rule 2.59 (a) I (iii).

 

(b)               for journeys y road: -

 

(i)                  One mileage allowance for one member of family, a second mileage allowance it two other members or family and a third mileage allowance if two other members family travel, at the rate applicable to the deceased Government employee.

(ii)                Actual cost of transportation of personal effects on the scale as admissible under Rule 2.59 (a) II (ii).

 

4.                  If at the time of the death of a Government employee a member of his family happens to be at a station other than the Government employee’s last headquarters or being there proceeds to a station other than the normal place of residence such member may draw the actual fare for the journey made by rail or steamer, road mileage for the actual distance fare for the journey made by rail or steamer, road mileage fro the actual distance of road journey and cost of transport of personal effects from the place where he was at the time of the Government employee’s death to the place to which he actually travelled provided that the total expenses shall not exceed the total mileage allowance and cost of transportation of personal effects up to the prescribed limit that would have been admissible had such member travelled from the headquarters of the government employee to the normal place of residence.

 

5.                  This rule will not apply to : -

(a)                Government employees engaged on contract and those who are not in the whole time employment of Government.

(b)               Government employees paid out of contingencies.

(c)                Government employees who die while on leave preparatory to retirement.

(d)               Retied Government employees who have been re-employed.

(e)                Temporary Government employees who have been re-employed.

 

6.                  An advance to meet travelling expenses may be sanctioned subject to the following terms and conditions: -

 

(i)                  An advance may be sanctioned the authority who would have been competent to countersign the Travelling Allowance claim if the officer were alive.

 

(ii)                The amount of the advance may be limited to 3/4th of the probable amount of travelling expenses that may be admissible.

 

(iii)               The advance will be admissible to only one member of the family of the deceased Government employee on behalf of all .  it should be the widow/widower or any other member of the family (within the definition of term “family” ) who is a major and of sound mind.  The decision of the sanctioning authority as to whom the advance may be given shall be final.

 

(iv)              Only one advance will be admissible irrespective of the fact that members of the deceased Government employee’s family travel in separate batches from the same or different stations.

 

(v)                The account of the advance drawn should be rendered within one month of the completion of the journey if the family travels in one batch.  In case the family travels in more than one batch the account may be rendered within one month after the completion of the journey by the last batch.  In any case the journey must be completed before the stipulated period of one year and the account of the advance rendered within one month of the expiry of the stipulated period at the latest.  The advance should, however, be refunded forthwith if the journey is not completed within the stipulated period.

 

(vi)              The surety of permanent Government employee of status comparable to or higher than that of the deceased Government employee should be obtained in the prescribed from before the advance is sanctioned.  The person receiving the advance should also give an undertaking in that prescribed form in writing to the effect that h/she would abide by the provisions contained in clause (v) above.  This is necessary in order to enable the sanctioning authority to effect recovery of over payments resulting from non-performance of journey within the stipulated period or non-submission of the adjustment bill with the prescribed period.

 

(vii)             The advance will be interest free and will be treated as an “advance recoverable”.  The Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements) will watch the adjustment of the advance through Objection Book.

 

SURETY FORM

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT WE (1) * ____________________ (hereinafter called the (‘obligor’) and (2)  _____________________________________

________________________(hereinafter called the surety ) are held and fully and firmly for the sum of _________________________________________________, to the payment of which amount will and truly to be made, we jointly and severally bind ourselves and our respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives and assigns by these presents.

            WHEREAS the Government has paid to the obligor a sum of Rs .________________________________ (receipt of which sum the obligor hereby acknowledges)on account of advance of travelling expenses to the family of the ________________deceased (hereinafter referred to as the ‘family’) for their journey toll ______________________and for the transport of the personal effects of the said __________________deceased to __________________________________________.

 

            Now the CONDITION OFTHE ABOVE-WRITTEN BOND is such that if the said obligor shall account to the satisfaction of the Government within one month of the completion of the journey to _______________________ by the family if the family if the family travels in one batch, or when the family travels in more than one batch, within one month of the completion of the period of six months after the date of receipt of this advance whichever is earlier, for the proper expenditure of the aforesaid advance, then the above written bond shall be void and of no effect but otherwise the bond shall remain in full force, effect and virtue.  These presents further witness that: -

 

(a)                any forbearance, extension of time, or indulgence on the part of the Governor of Punjab or any officer to the obligor whether with or without the knowledge or consent of the surety, shall not in any way release the said surety, his heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives and assigns from his or their liability under the above-written bond;

 

 

·        herein insert the name of the individual to whom the advance is paid.

·        Herein insert the name of the surely.

·        Here specify the amount of advance paid.

·        Insert the name of the deceased Government employee.

·        Insert the normal place of residence of the Government employee a journey to which is admissible under the rules.

           

(b)        that the stamp duty on this bond shall be borne by the Government.

 

                        Signed and delivered by the above-named obligor in the presence of : -

1.                  ..................................................................................

2.                  ..................................................................................

 

Signed and delivered by the above-named surety in the presence of : -

1        ......................................................................................

2        ....................................................................................

 

Accepted for and on behalf of the Governor of Punjab in the presence of:-

 

            1.            ........................................................................................

            2.            ........................................................................................

 

SECTION XV – JOURNEY ON RETIREMENT

 

2.80     (1)        A Government employee on retirement may be granted travelling allowance on the scale and the conditions set out in the succeeding paragraphs to enable him to proceed to the place where he intends to reside permanently after retirement.

 

            (2)        The travelling allowance referred to will be admissible in respect of the journey of the Government employee and members of his family from the last station of his duty to his home town or from his home town to the last station of his duty; provided he intends to settle down there permanently and in respect of the transportation of is personal effects between the same places.  The precise entitlement under the concession will be as follows: -

 

            (a)        For journeys by rail and /or steamer: -

 

(a)                Actual fares including the tax on fares, of the class of accommodation to which the Government employee was entitled on the date when he was last on duty in respect of self and members of his family, as defined in rule 2.17 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I. No. Allowance for incidental expenses would be admissible.

 

(b)               Actual cost of transportation of personal effects on the scale admissible under rule 2.59 (a) (ii).

 

(b)        For journeys by road: -

 

(i)                  Actual fares including the tax on fares, of the class of accommodation to which the Government employee was entitled on the date when he was last on duty in respect of self and members of his family, as defined in rule 2.17 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I. No allowance for incidental expenses would be admissible.

 

(ii)                Actual cost of transportation of personal effects on the scale admissible under rule 2.59 (a) II (ii)

 

(c)        For journeys partly by one mode of travel and partly by another: -

 

            As admissible under sub-paras (a) and (b) above, in so far as they are respectively applicable.

 

Note1              The actual cost of transporting a motor car or other conveyance maintained by a Government employee before his retirement not reimbursable under these orders, but the motor car or conveyance may be treated as part of the personal effects for the purpose of application of the scale referred to in clauses (a) to (c) above.

 

Note 2             No mileage allowance will be admissible for journeys between residence and the Railway Station or Bus Terminals as the case may be at either end.       

           

(d)             For journeys performed in the Officer’s own car or in a private car between stations connected by rail/steamer :

 

As admissible under sub-para (b) limited to Railway /steamer fares admissible under sub-para (a).

 

            (3)        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 shall be regarded as his hometown for the purposes of these orders also.  Failing a declaration by the Government employee of his hometown for the purpose of the leave travel concession, up place entered in his service book or other service record may be treated to be his hometown.

(ii)                Where a Government employee wishes to settle down not in his ‘home town ‘ but at another place, he may be permitted to avail of the concessions up to the later place.  In that event the amount reimbursable to him would be that which would have been admissible had he actually proceeded to his hometown, or the amount reimbursable had the latter place been the ‘home town’ whichever is less.

(iii)               The concession may be availed of by a Government employee who is eligible for it, at any time during his leave preparatory to retirement, or during refused leave, or within 6 months of the date of his retirement.

(iv)              The concession will be admissible to permanent Punjab Government employees who retire on retiring pension.  It will not be admissible to Government employees who quit service by resignation or who may be dismissed or removed from service or compulsorily retired as a measure of punishment.

(v)                The concession will also be admissible to (i) Quasi-permanent employee, and (ii) temporary employees who retire on attaining the age of superannuating or are invalided or are retrenched from service without being offered an alternative employment: provided that they have put in a total service of not less than 10 years under the Punjab Government at the time of retirement/impalement/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 by admissible up to the airport of implement for himself and members of his family and up to the port of dispatch for his personal effects.

(vii)             Where an officer is re-employed under the Punjab 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 the availed of by him within six months of the expiry of the period of his re-employment.

(viii)           In the case of a Government employee who availed of the Leave Travel Concession during one year preceding the date of retirement or commencement of leave preparatory to retirement, as the case may be the amount of travelling allowance admissible under this rule will be reduced by the amount t reimbursed to him on account of the leave travel concession as above.  The amount to be deducted shall be the amount paid to him in respect of only the forward journey(s) to the home town performed by himself and /or the members of his family during the period of one year, mentioned above.  Also in the case of a Government employee who avails of the leave travel concession for one way journey to home town during his leave preparatory to retirement, the amount of leave travelling concession , if any reimbursed to him shall be deducted from the amount of travelling allowance admissible under this rule.  Controlling Officers may, at their discretion, waive the condition of recovery in deserving cases of invalidment from service.  The recovery may not be made in respect of leave travel concession availed by the Government employee himself during the period of one year stated above, if owing to the exigencies of public service, he was not enabled to avail of the concession on the last occasion preceding the said period.

 

(ix)              In case of the family of a retiring Government employee, who don’t actually accompany him the provisions of rule 2.59 (b) (iii) may be applied mutatis mutandis.  A member of a Government employee’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 , counted from the date the retiring Government employee himself actually movies. 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.

 

These conditions may be waived of by the Controlling Officer in the case of invalidment from service.

 

            (4)        The travelling allowance claims admissible under this rule will be drawn on Travelling Allowance Bill forms like Transfer Travelling Allowance claims.  The claims of the officers who were their own controlling officers before retirement, will, however, be countersigned by the next superior administrative authority.  The certificates 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 for Travelling Allowance under this rule.

 

            (5)        Before reimbursing the Travelling Allowance admissible under this rule the countersigning authority should satisfy themselves, as far as possible, that the claimant and members of his family actually performed the journeys 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.

 

            6.         payment of Travelling Allowance claims under this rule may be made by the Treasury Officer concerned in relaxation rule 23 of Punjab Treasury Rules, i.e. he 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.         In regard to the grant of an advance of travelling allowance to such retiring Government employees it has been decided that such an advance may be

sanctioned by the authorities competent to do so in cases of journeys performed during the leave preparatory to retirement or during refused leave but not in cases of journeys performed after the date retirement.

 

            8.         the concession admissible under this rule shall be admissible to all persons who retire on and after 5th January , 1961.

 

            9.         This rule does not apply to persons who :

 

(i)                  are not whole-time employees of the Government or are engaged on a contact; or

(ii)                are paid from contingencies,

 

 

SECTION XVI

 

JOURNEY TO GIVE EVIDENCE OR TO ATTEND A COURT OF LAW AS ASSESSOR OR JUROR, OR TO OBTAIN MEDICAL TREATMENT. ADVICE OR CERTIFICATE, OR TO APPEAR BEFORE A MEDICAL BOARD, OR IN ATTENDANCE ON AN INCPACTITATED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE OR MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.

 

2.81 (1)            Journey to give evidence.

 

A Government employee whether he is on duty or on leave, who is summoned to give evidence of facts that have come to his knowledge in the discharge of his duties in any criminal case, or in any civil or revenue case, to which Government is a party, or in a case before a court martial or in a departmental enquiry held by a properly constituted authority, may draw travelling allowance as for a journey on tour attaching to his bill, a certificate of attendance granted by the court or other authority summoning him.  When he draws such travelling allowance, he may not accept any payment of his expenses from the court or the authority.  Any fees, which may be deposited in the court for the travelling and subsistence allowance of the witness, must be credited to Government.  If the court in which he gives evidence is situated within 8 kilometres of his headquarters and no travelling allowance is, therefore, admissible for the journey, he may, if he be not in receipt of permanent travelling allowance, accept such payment of actual travelling expenses as the court may make.

 

Note1              A Government employee of a Vacation Department, when summoned to give evidence during vacation from a place other than his headquarters, is entitled to travelling allowance as on tour from his headquarters or from the place where he might be enjoying his vacation, whichever is less.

 

Note 2             When a Government employee summoned as a witness in a criminal case, or in a civil case to which Government is a party, claims travelling allowance under this rule, a certificate from the court should be attached to the bill showing the amount of travelling or subsistence allowance which he has been paid under rules of the court.  This certificate is required to enable the Audit Officer to determine the amount of travelling allowance due under these Rules.

 

Note 3             This State Government have entered into reciprocal arrangements with State Governments of Orissa, H.P. Bihar, Assam, U.P., Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Mysore, Kerala, Gujarat, J& k. West Bengal and with the Government of India, for the payment of expenses of Government employees who are summoned by the criminal court to give evidence in their official capacity on the following lines: -

 

(i)                  In criminal cases to which the State is a party a Government employee giving evidence regarding facts of which he has official knowledge will, on production of a certificate of attendance issued by the summoning court, be paid travelling allowance by the Government under whom he is serving.

(ii)                In criminal cases to which the State is not a party a Government employee giving evidence regarding facts of which he has official knowledge will be paid travelling allowance by the summoning court according to the rules under which such Government employee draws his travelling allowance for a journey on tour.  In order to enable the court to assess the amount admissible to him, the Government employee should carry to the court a certificate duty signed by the Controlling Officer of the Government employee showing the rates of travelling and daily allowance admissible to him for a journey on tour.  If the Government employee is his own Controlling Officer, the certificate will be signed by him as such.

(iii)               When a Government employee serving in a Commercial Department or when any other officer is summoned to give evidence as a technical or expert witness the pay of the Government employee concerned for the period of his absence from his headquarters and travelling allowance and other expenses due to him will first be borne by the Government under whom he is serving and subsequently will be recovered from the requisitioning government.

 

Note 4             A Government employee 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 5             This State Government have entitled into reciprocal arrangement with the State Government of Haryana for the payment of expenses of Government employees of one State who are summoned to appear in their official capacity in departmental enquiries pertaining to the pre-recognised Punjab to be held in the other State.

 

(2)        A Government employee summoned to give evidence under any other circumstances, or to attend a court of law as assessor or juror, by reason of his position as a Government employee, is not entitled to any payments other than those admissible by the rules of 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.

 

(3)        A Government employee who is proceeded against under rule 8(2) of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules 1970 and is required to appear before an inquiry authority may be treated on duty for the period so involved.  If, during the course of the enquiry he is on leave, then he will be allowed travelling allowance as admissible for journey on tour subject to the condition that the amount thereof shall not exceed the amount admissible to him had he undertaken journey from his headquarters:

 

Provided that he will not be allowed any allowance for halts on journeys or at the station from the headquarters of the employee or from the any place where the employee might be spending his leave.

 

Provided further that it is certified by the Head of Office that the journey was performed with his approval.

 

3-A(1) A Government employee whether on duty or on leave or under suspension against whom disciplinary proceedings are instituted shall be allowed travelling allowance as for a journey on tour including daily allowance for halts (restricted to a maximum of three days only) for the journeys undertaken by him to the stations where the official records relating to the disciplinary proceedings are available.  The travelling allowance shall be allowed from the headquarters of the Government employee or from any other place where the Government permitted on his own request to reside, but not exceeding what could be admissible had the journey been undertaken from the headquarters of the Government employee. The grant of the travelling allowance will be subject to the following further conditions: -

 

(i)                  the enquiring officer certifies that the official records to be consulted are relevant and essential for the preparation of the defence statement;

(ii)                the competent authority certifies that the original records could not be sent to the headquarters station of the Government employees or that the bulk of the documents rules out the possibility of copies being made out and sent to the headquarters station of the Government employee ; and.

(iii)               the head of office under whose administrative control the Government employee is, certifies that the journey was performed with his approval.

 

(2)        In the case of a Government employee not under suspension at the time of undertaking of the journey, the period spent in transit to and from and the minimum period of stay required at the place where official records are made available for perusal, shall be treated as duty or leave, as the case may be .

 

            (3)        In the case of a Government under suspension, who is subsequently reinstated in service, the period referred to in clause (2) above shall be treated as duty, leave or otherwise in accordance with the order passed by the competent authority under rule 7.3 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I.”

 

(4) (i)   Where a retired Government employee is required to appear before an enquiry officer or in a court of law, as the case may be, the department at whose instance the enquiry is conducted or the judicial proceedings are instituted shall ,on the spot, grant him travelling allowance and daily allowance as admissible on tour for the journey and halts calculated under the rules on the basis of last pay drawn by him from the place of his residence or,, any other place whichever  shorter in distance to the place where the retired Government employee is required to appear;

 

            Where a retired Government employee against whom judicial proceedings are instituted by the Government after retirement and he has to attend such cases in a court of law from out stations, he shall be allowed travelling allowance and daily allowance as admissible on tour for the journey and halts he has to perform from the place of his residence or from any other place to the place of judicial proceedings, whichever is shorter, in distance: -

 

Provided that travelling allowance and daily allowance for appearing in a court of law shall be paid only if the retired Government employee is honorably acquitted by the court.

 

Provided further that it is certified by the Inquiry Officer or the Court, as the case may be, that the journey was performed under appropriate orders and it was in the interest of public service;

 

            (ii)        It will be the sole responsibility of the retired government employee who is called for evidence to satisfy the department referred to in clause (i) about the last pay drawn by him by showing the copy of last pay certificate given to him at the time of his retirement by the Drawing and Disbursing Office of the office from where he retired.  It will be the responsibility of the Head of Department or Head of office or the Drawing and Disbursing Officer to ensure that copy of the last pay certificate dully signed by a competent authority is given to the retired Government employee for production, where necessary.

 

            (iii)       the expenditure will be dubitable to and paid by the Department, at whose instance the enquiry is being conducted or at  whose instance  the judicial proceedings have been instituted.

 

2.82.    A competent authority may sanction travelling allowance under clause (1) of rule 2.81 in case in which Government employees are compelled to answer criminal or civil cases brought against them in respect of acts done by them in the discharge of their official duty and in which Government has decided to undertake their defence at the public cost.

 

2.83 (a)            Journey to obtain medical advice or medical certificate - If, in order to obtain medical advice a Government employee is compelled to leave a station at which he is posted and at which there is no medical officer of Government and travels to another station, he may, on production of a certificate from the Medical Officer consulted that the journey was, in his opinion absolutely necessary, draw travelling allowance for the journey.

           

(b)        If a Government employee, being stationed at a place where there is no medical officer of Government is required to obtain medical certificate from a medical officer of Government 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 the original grant of leave or an extension of leave. 

 

(c)        If, having obtained such a certificate, he is required to appear before a medical board or committee 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.  He may draw travelling allowance for the second and subsequent journey also, if any, provided that he produces a certificate from the medical officer concerned or the medical board or committee that he was required to undertake such journey or journeys at the behest of that authority. 

                       

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.

 

            (d)        The journey contemplated by this rule should not be undertaken without the previous permission of the Controlling Officer, if such permission can be obtained without risk to the Government employee requiring medical advice.

 

2.84.    Journey to appear before a medical board preliminary to retirement-(a)- A Government employee, who is directed by his superior, in the interests of the public service, to apply for an invalid pension may, if he be 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 be 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 interest of the public service and that he did not voluntarily seek retirement.

 

(b)        A competent authority may allow actual expenses, as limited by clause (a) of this rule to be drawn by a government employee, 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.

 

(c)        A Government employee, who has been directed to apply for or is in receipt of a wound or disability pension from State revenues, may for the journeys made to obtain a certificate from a medical board for the grant of or the continuance of his pension, draw his actual expenses, subject to a maximum of the amount of travelling allowance calculated for the journey from his headquarters to the place where the medical board is held, and back.

 

            (d)        Except as provided in this rule, no travelling allowance is admissible for a journey undertaken in order to appear before a medical board.

 

 

2.85.    Rates of Travelling allowance under this section - Travelling allowance under the rules in this section should be calculated as for a journey on tour but no allowance may be drawn for halts on the journeys.  In case of a patient who is a family member of the Government employee he /she will be allowed single railway fare of the class to which Government employee is entitled or the fare of the class in which he/she actually travels and in case of journeys by bus single fare of the bus, whichever is less.

 

2.86.    A medical Officer of Government who considers that a Government employee on whom it is his duty to attend professionally, should leave his station to obtain further 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)        This rule also applies to the attendants on duty, and may draw travelling allowance for the outward and return journey as for a journey on tour; and.

 

(b)        If not a Government employee, 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.

 

            This rule also applies to the attendants on members of Government employee’s family.  The travelling allowance in their case will be the same as is admissible under rule 2.85 to members of Government employee’s family.

 

2.87.    in case of a Government employee entitled to free medical relief who is seriously ill, and the local medical officer in attendance is of opinion that a consultation is necessary, it is open to him to move the Director of Health Services to necessary, it is open to him to move the Director of Health Services to depute another medical officer for the purpose of consultation, and if an officer is so deputed, Government will bear his travelling expenses.  In selecting an officer, the Director of Health Services should pay due regard alike to considerations of propinquity and to the interests of the patient.

 

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