IREC Rule No.1677: Traveling Allowance On Journey For Mental Illness

1677. Traveling Allowance On Journey For Mental Illness:-

(1)   A railway servant suffering from mental diseases, when sent for consultation / treatment in a Mental Hospital referred to in Rule 644-RI on advice of the authorized Medical Attendant, may be given free passes for the outward and return journeys to the Mental hospital as admissible under the rules but no daily allowance is to be paid.  For the road portion of the journey, traveling expenses incurred, subject to a maximum at half the rate of mileage allowance calculated for the road journey, may be reimbursed.

(2)   If the authorized Medical attendant certifies in writing that in the case of railway servant suffering from mental disease it is unsafe for the patient to travel unattended and that an attendant is necessary to accompany him to the place of consultation/treatment, a free railway pass by the same or lower class may be allowed for the attendant for both ways. For the road journey of the attendant, same concession as for the railway servant may be allowed.

Note:

(i)   The outward journey should be deemed to have commenced from the headquarters of the railway servant or from which the patient actually travels, which is nearer to the place of consultation / treatment. Likewise, the return journey will be deemed to have ended at the headquarters or at the place to which the patient actually travels whichever is nearer.

(ii)    As regards traveling expenses for the road portion of the journey or for the journey between stations connected by road only claimed by an attendant, he / she may be allowed the actual cost of transit not exceeding the traveling allowance admissible to the railway servant concerned. This will cover journey not only to the nearest railway station but also long journey by road to the nearest railway station or the hospital concerned where there is no rail link.