IREC Rule No.1663: Regulation Of Traveling Allowance When Sanctioned Under The Exception To Rule 1662

1663.  Regulation of traveling allowance when sanctioned under the exception to Rule 1662:-

(1)   When traveling allowance is sanctioned under the exception to Rule 1662, it will be regulated by grade to which the railway servant would have belonged had he not proceeded on leave including leave preparatory to retirement.

(2)   The Head of Department may grant traveling allowance as on tour to a non-gazetted railway servant who is required to perform some public duty at a place other than the one where he is spending his leave provided that traveling allowance may not be granted for a journey while proceeding on or returning from leave.

(3)   The General Managers, Director General / Railway Designs and Standard Organization, Chief Administrative Officers and the other Heads of Office drawing a pay of Rs.7300 per month and above may, in consultation with the Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer, grant traveling allowance as on tour to Accounts Officers who are required to perform some public duty at a place other than one where they spend the leave, provided that traveling allowance may not be granted for a journey while proceeding on or returning from leave. These powers should be exercised personally by General Managers / Chief Administrative Officers etc. and should not be re-delegated.

[Authority: No.F(E)1/78/PW/7/2, 24.01.1979]

Note: The traveling allowance for a railway servant who is required to travel  on duty in consequence of  his re-employment during leave preparatory retirement, following the date of his compulsory retirement granted to him under Rule 540 or corresponding rule applicable to him which runs concurrently to his re-employment, should be regulated by the pay and grade of the post which he held immediately before proceeding on such leave; even though his pay in the post in which he is re-employed together with his leave salary in respect of refused leave may be less than the pay of the post held  by him prior to commencement of such leave.