IREC Rule No.1614: Conditions For Daily Allowance

1614. Condition For Daily Allowance:-

(1)   Daily allowance may be drawn by a railway servant who is not in receipt of a permanent traveling allowance on any day on which he proceeds on tour beyond a radius of 8 kms. from his headquarter or returns to his headquarter from a similar distance.

(2)   Daily allowance as in sub-rule (1) would be admissible even if the place of temporary duty falls in the same municipality as (or in a municipality contingious to) that in which the railway servant’s Headquarter is situated and the term ‘radius of 8 kms’ should be interpreted as meaning a distance of 8 kms. by the shortest practicable route by which a traveler can reach his destination by the ordinary modes of traveling.

(3)   The headquarters of a railway servant belonging to the category of gangmen, keymen and mates, for the purpose of Daily Allowance should be the hut or the place where the tool box is kept.

Government Of India’s Decision:

A person, who uses a cycle supplied at the expense of Government for taking dak to offices situated beyond the radius of 8 kms. from his headquarter, may draw daily allowance of his grade, if the journey involves an absence of at least one night from his headquarter, but he may not exchange it for mileage allowance.

These orders applies in the case of all the messengerial staff, irrespective of whether in the course of their normal duties, they are allowed to use of departmental cycle or Government jeeps/cars, or any other Government conveyance.