IREC Rule No.1601: Extent Of Application

1601. Extent Of Application:-

The rules in this chapter apply to-

(1)   All railway servants other than those who have been permitted to be governed by the rules of the ex-Company Railways as amended from time to time;

(2)   Officers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service holding temporarily posts under the administrative control of the Railway Board; and

(3)   All employees of the Railway Audit Department, except that the authorities specially empowered shall exercise powers under these rules.

Note:

(1) In accordance with the above rules, the term ‘Indian Audit and Accounts Service’ should be substituted for ‘Railway Services, Group ‘A’ wherever they have to be applied in the Railway Audit Department.

(2) The term ‘Administrative Medical Officer of the State’ and  ‘Authorized medical Attendant’ should be read for ‘Chief Medical Officer of the Railway’ and ‘Railway Medical Officer’ respectively, wherever they occur in this Chapter in so far as the Railway Audit Department is concerned.

Audit Instructions: 

Rules applicable in respect of claims to travelling allowance:

A Government servant’s claim to travelling allowance should be regulated by the rules in force at the time journey, in respect of which it is made, was undertaken.