IREC Rule No.1641: Journey At Or Near Headquarters
1641. Journeys At Or Near Headquarters:-
(1) when a Railway servant, gazetted or non-gazetted, in Grade Pay Rs.4600 (PB-2) & above and drawing pay not less than Rs.18050 in the Pay Band (excluding Grade Pay) under Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008, undertakes a on duty journey at or Near Headquarters, within a radius of 8 kilometres from his headquarters, he may be permitted to claim reimbursement of taxi hire / conveyance charges as follows:-
[Authority: RBE No.123/2010, No.F(E)I/2008/AL-28/42, 19.08.2010, And, RBE No.49/2013, No.F(E)I/2010/AL-28/36, 23.05.2013, ACS No.60]
(i) If a taxi is engaged / own car is used, the rate prescribed by the Director of Transport for taxi;
(ii) If an auto-rickshaw is engaged / one’s own motor cycle or own scooter is used the rates prescribed by the Director of Transport for auto-rickshaw.
(2) Railway servants not entitled to engage a taxi in terms of Rule 1641 (1) may be permitted to claim conveyance hire as follows;-
[Authority: RBE No.123/2010, No.F(E)I/2008/AL-28/42, 19.08.2010, And, RBE No.49/2013, No.F(E)I/2010/AL-28/36, 23.05.2013, ACS No.60]
When an auto-rickshaw is engaged or own motor car / motor cycle / scooter is used, the rate prescribed by the Director of Transport for auto-rickshaw.
(3) The conveyance charges admissible for Journeys At Or Near Headquarters performed by sharing the hire charge or by taking a single seat in a taxi / auto-rickshaw, will be the actual of hire charges limited to the amount calculated at half of the rates prescribed by the Director of Transport for taxi / auto-rickshaw.
(4) The total amount of taxi hire / (reimbursement of) conveyance charges drawn for journeys on a particular day, shall not exceed the rate of Daily Allowance applicable to the Railway servant for ordinary locality.
(5) The conveyance allowance / taxi hire shall not be granted in respect of journeys At Or Near Headquarters performed on a day on which a railway servant draws daily allowance unless the journeys are unconnected with journeys on tour.
(6) Taxi hire shall not be allowed to a railway servant in receipt of permanent traveling allowance or conveyance allowance of any kind.
(7) Deleted.
[Authority: RBE No.59/1999, No.F(E)I/99/AL-7/1, 26.03.1999 ACS No.39]
(8) Taxi hire shall not, in any circumstances, be allowed for journeys from residence to office or vice versa.
(9) A statement of taxi hire conveyance charges actually incurred shall be submitted by the Railway servant at the end of each month for sanction (and counter-signature) of the Head of his Department or office.
(10) The Rules do not apply to Railway doctors who draw conveyance allowance under different orders issued by the Railway Board.