IREC Rule No.1661: Traveling Allowance When Called From Casual Leave To Attend Selection

1661. Traveling Allowance When Called From Casual Leave To Attend Selection:-

(1)   A Railway servant on casual leave when called upon to attend a Selection Board in connection with a post in the normal line of promotion, shall be treated as on duty and allowed traveling allowance as on tour. In other cases i.e. in case of selection to posts which are outside the cadre to which a railway servant belongs or which are outside the normal line of promotion of the person concerned, the period involved should be treated as casual leave.

(2)   A Railway servant when called upon by other Ministries / Department / Offices / Public Sector undertakings for interview in connection with appointment on deputation/foreign service to posts which are not advertised, and with which the Union Public Service Commission is not concerned, may be treated as on duty and they should be allowed return journey duty passes and Daily Allowance for to and for journey period. No Daily Allowance shall be payable for the period of halt in connection with such interviews. If any traveling allowance in the form of cost of journey, mileage etc. is paid by other ministries / departments / offices / public undertaking, the same should be credited to the railway revenues.

(3)   No traveling allowance will be paid to those persons who themselves apply for interview direct.

(4)      In cases where railway servants are called for interview for filling up posts by non-Government agency, each case would be considered on merits by the Railway Board as when a reference in the matter is received.