IREC Rule No.1615: Period Of Absence For Claiming Percentage Of Daily Allowance
1615. Period Of Absence For Claiming Of Percentage Of Daily Allowance:-
Full daily allowance will be granted for each completed day of absence from the headquarters reckoned from mid-night-to mid-night i.e. for each calendar day for the day of departure from his headquarter or return to his headquarter or when the journey commences and ends on the same calendar day, the railway servant shall be granted under-mentioned proportion of the daily allowance;
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For absence from headquarter does not exceed 06 consecutive hours | @30% of the daily allowance |
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For absence from the headquarter exceeding 06 hours but does not exceed 12 consecutive hours. | @ 70% of the daily allowance |
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For absence from the headquarter exceeds 12 consecutive hours | Full daily allowance |
If the period of absence from the headquarter falls on two calendar days, it shall be reckoned as two days, even when the absence does not exceed 24 hours, and the daily allowance for each day shall be granted separately in terms of the above.
Note: Each spell of absence from Headquarters shall constitute a complete journey and daily allowance allowed separately in respect of it. The total daily allowance allowed for journey performed on any calendar day shall, however, be subject to a maximum of the full daily allowance admissible for each completed day of absence from mid-night to midnight.