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CHAPTER-VII COMPENSATORY AND OTHER
ALLOWANCES 701.
General.—In order to facilitate the correct classification of a
compensatory allowance, the reasons for its grant should be briefly
recorded in the letter or memorandum conveying the sanction to it. In
cases where reasons are of confidential nature and cannot be embodied in
an open letter, they should be communicated confidentially to the Audit
authorities. 702.
Compensatory Allowance at rates and under conditions applicable to
gazetted railway servants will be admissible to non-gazetted railway
servants officiating in gazetted posts whether permanent or temporary. 703
Allowance
to Nursing Staff.—The
following allowances shall be granted to the nursing staff on railways
:—
*The
Laundry allowance rate came into effect from 1-6-1981 vide Boards Letter
No. E(PLA) 11-82/AL/1 dated 26-7-1982. **These
rates came into effect from 8-12-1982. NOTE
: (1) The Uniform allowances may be granted either on a monthly or an
annual basis at the discretion of the Railway Administration. (2)
Nursing staff for whom messing allowance is admissible should be allowed
to draw that allowance during leave to the extent indicated below :— (i)
If the period of leave is on average pay/full pay, messing allowance will
be at full rates admissible; (ii)
If the period of leave is on half pay/half average pay, average pay,
messing allowance will be at half of the normal rates admissible; (iii)
If the period of leave is without pay; no messing allowance
will be admissible; and (iv)
Messing allowance will be admissible on the basis indicated above during
leave on medical certificate or maternity leave. Note
: (3) Laundry allowance will not be admissible if the period of leave
exceeds 15 days at a time. (4) The Uniform Allowance will be admissible during leave and subject to the conditions mentioned in Rules. If the allowance is paid on annual basis proportion to reduction should be made if the total period of all kinds of leave exceeds four months at a time. Authority
: Railway Board's letters No. E(S) 1-57 CPC/AL/7 dated 26th October, 1959
and No. E(S) I-60/CPC/AL/19 dated 2nd July,
1970. 704.
Breakdown allowance.—(1) Non-gazetted railway servants employed in
running sheds and carriage and wagon depots who are earmarked for
attending to breakdown duties and Relief Train Electrical Staff shall be
allowed the following special concessions :— (i)
A breakdown allowance at the
following rates :—
(ii)
Supply of free food, departmentally or otherwise during the period they
are engaged in breakdown duties, and (iii)
Payment for overtime work in accordance with the normal rules, time taken
in traveling to the site of the accident and back shall also be reckoned
for payment of overtime. (iv)
Payment of full daily allowance to all staff without the stipulation that
they should be out of headquarters beyond 8 kms. for a period exceeding 12
consecutive hours, irrespective of whether they attend to breakdown duties
at the place of work/headquarters/station limits or outside their
headquarters station limits. [Board's
letter No. E (P&A) II-72/BDA-2 (Pt.) dt. 13-8-1979]. Note
1. The breakdown allowance will be treated as compensatory allowance for
all purposes. The controlling officer should review the payment of this
allowance to individuals in every case where a railway servant has failed
to turn out for breakdown duty within the stipulated time. Note
2. Staff earmarked for breakdown duties should be given priority for
allotment of quarters, particularly for quarters near the running sheds or
the carriage and wagons depots, as the case may be. Note
3. The supervisory
staff, holding posts in revised scales upto and including Rs.
------------may be granted the breakdown allowance at the rates prescribed
in item (i) above subject to the condition that the allowance shall not be
granted to the supervisor who is incharge of Carriage and Wagon
Depot/Loco Running Shed or the Electrical Relief Trains, as the case may
be. Note
4 : Gazetted officers attending to accident duties may also be supplied
free food supplied to staff. No special arrangements will be made for
gazetted officers separately nor will the cash reimbursement in lieu of
free food be permissible. [E.
(P&A) II/85/BDA-1 dt. 9-7-1985]. (2)
All other non-gazetted staff of all departments who are called out in
connection with accidents shall be allowed the following concessions— (i)
Supply of free food, departmentally or otherwise, during the period they
are engaged in breakdown duties; (ii)
Payment for overtime work in accordance with the normal rules; time taken
in traveling to the site of the accident and back shall also be reckoned
for payment of overtime; (iii)
Payment of full Daily Allowance to all staff without the stipulation that
they should be out of headquarters beyond 8 kms. for a period exceeding 12
consecutive hours, irrespective of whether they attend to breakdown duties
at the place of site their headquarters/station limits. [Board's
letter No. E(P&A) II-72/BDA(Pt.)
dated 13-8-1979]. Note
1. The concessions enumerated above are also admissible to the supervisory
staff who are not in receipt of the standing breakdown allowance in
accordance with sub-rule (1) above. [Rly.
Bd's letter No. E(S)51/CPC/179 dt. 10-11-1956 and No. PC-60/CA-5/1, dated 26-11-1962]. Note
2. Where it is not possible to make arrangements for the supply of free
food, as provided for under sub-rule 1 (ii) and
2(i) above, cash in
lieu thereof may be paid to the staff including Gangmen and Trolleymen
engaged in Breakdown duties, whether covered by sub-rule (1) or (2) at the
rates fixed by the General Manager in consultation with his FA&CAO.
Payment of cash in lieu of free food should, however, be resorted to only
in exceptional circumstances. (Ministry
of Rlys. letter No. E(P&A)II-71/FE2/4 dt. 3-1-1972). Government
of India's decision—The special concessions specified in sub-rule (1)
above are also applicable to the staff of the Perambur Workshops of the
Southern Railway and of the Tindharia Shop of the Northeast Frontier
Railway who are nominated for breakdown duties. [Rly.
Bd's letters No. E(S)51/CPC/179, dt. 2nd June, 1953 and 14th
September, 1954]. Railway
Board's decisions— (1)
For the purpose of sub-rules (1) and (2) above, a breakdown may be
any accident which involves the calling out of a breakdown train or engine
with special staff or equipment including MFD equipment and traffic cranes
from the nearest breakdown train depot or shed or a breach or wash away on
the line which interrupts normal traffic. (2)
The following events which interrupt normal traffic on running
lines should also
be treated as breakdown for purposes of sub-rules
(1) and
(2) above :— (i)
snapping of overhead electric traction lines which involve calling out of
tower wagon or breakdown lorry; (ii)
Damage/bursting of points requiring the attendance of a
breakdown/repair/maintenance gang; (iii)
breakdown of interlocked lifting barriers; (iv)
total interruption of telecommunication/communications of power supply. (Rly.
Bd's letter No. E(P&A)II-72/BDA-2(Pt.) dt. 13-8-1979 and 16-12-1980
and No. E(P&A)II-80/BDA-1 dt. 8-12-1980 and No. E(S)51CPC/179 dated
8-10-1954). 705.
Outturn allowance.—A telegraph signaller/teleprinter operator/wireless
operator may be paid additional remuneration per message worked in excess
of the specified number of messages during his eight or six hours duty on
a nominated circuit under the following conditions, viz. (i)
'Outturn allowance' is to be granted for all messages (including service
messages which are now to be classified as "T" messages) which are disposed
of (sent or received) during an eight hour (continuous) or six hour
(intensive) shift in excess of the minimum number of messages as indicated
in sub-rule (ii) below. (ii)
Telegraph Signaller/Teleprinter Operator/Wireless Operator working on an
'Outturn' allowance circuit will be required to handle the following
number of messages per term of eight or six hours duty either by
"sending" or "receiving" or both without any extra
remuneration. No.
of minimum messages
(iii)
The 'outturn allowance' will be paid at the rate of 2.5 paise for each
message handled over the minimum number of messages (as per sub-rule (ii
above) "sent" or "received" in eight or six hours
shift as the case may be. (a)
A message containing words up to 30 is to be counted as
one message.
Lengthy messages over 30 words should be counted at the rate of one
message for every 30 words or part thereof. (b)
In the case of multiple messages dealt with on 'net' working, only
the actual number of transmissions will be taken into account for working
out the outturn allowance. (c)
Where the wireless telegraphy circuits are also used occasionally
for radio Telephones, radio Telephones calls of 3 minutes duration should
be accounted for in terms of having worked one message of 30 words. (iv)
Subsidiary rules may be framed by individual Railways in consultation with
the Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer. Railway
Board's decision. When
senior signaller in Grade Rs. 1200—2040 (RS) are put to work on a partially
supervisory post of head signallers grade III in the same scale
viz. 1200—2040, they should be granted outturn allowance like other
signallers under the outturn allowance scheme. The limit beyond which
'outturn allowance' becomes admissible shall, however, be 40 instead of 80
messages. 706.
Washing Allowance- The
following categories of Group ‘D’ Staff
and the Staff Car
Drivers (Group
'C') have been
selected for the payment of washing allowance in
terms of Rule 1422 - RII (1990):- (i) Such of Class IV Railway servants in schools as are provided with uniforms. (ii)
Class
IV Railway servants in
hospitals and dispensaries,
such as dressers, X-Ray attendants, Laboratory
attendants, hospital peons, ayahs, sweepers and stretcher bearers. (iii)
Drivers of staff cars (iv)
Lift attendants
(Lift Men) (v)
All non-gazetted staff of
RPF/RSPF (vi)
Such of the casual
labour who are
employed as
peons and Motor
Drivers only in
Administrative Offices or personally attached to
the Divisional Engineers
in-charge of the construction units/projects in the Construction
Department of the Railways. (vii)
Ambulance car drivers. (viii)
Air conditioned Coach Attendants. (ix)
Waiting/Retiring Room Attendants/Ayahs (x) Station Lift Attendants. (xi)
First Class Coach attendants. (xii)
Group 'D' staff working in catering units either
at stations or in Running Trains. (xiii)
Safaiwalas working at Railway Stations
engaged in
sweeping/cleaning platforms/station buildings. (Authority Board's letters No.F(E)I/99/AL-29/4(A)
dated 06.01.2000) Note
:—It will be for the Controlling officers to satisfy themselves that the
allowance is actually spent for the purpose for which it is granted. No
deduction, whatsoever, of Washing Allowance need be made for the period of
any leave taken by the employee." (Rly.
Bd's letter No. F(E)I-68/AI-29/3 dt. 8-9-1981). 707.
Compensatory (Construction or Survey) Allowance to open line staff
employed on construction and survey projects.—Railway servants employed
on construction or survey projects may, subject to the following
conditions, be granted compensatory (Construction or Survey) allowance at
the rates shown below —
(Rly.
Ministry letter No. E(G)74/AL/12-18 Dt.5-12-1975). Note
:—The term 'pay' referred to above has reference to the revised scales
of pay as notified in the Railway services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1986 as
amended from time to time. For persons who have elected to retain the pre-revised
scales of pay Compensatory (Construction/Survey) Allowance will be
admissible at the above mentioned rates but in their case 'Pay' will
include dearness pay, dearness allowance and interim relief at the rates
in force on 31-12-1972. (ii)
For the purpose of calculating the compensatory (Construction/Survey)
allowance pay shall include special pay, as defined in Rule 103(35) RI and
not any kind of allowance. (iii)
The allowance shall ordinarily be sanctioned only for 'new lines' or
'restorations' or ('surveys'). (iv)The
allowance will not be admissible for 'doubling' except under very special
circumstances to be decided by the Railway Board. (v)The
case of 'projects' other than 'new lines' or 'restoration' or 'surveys'
will be decided by the Railway Board on merits. (a)
The allowance will be admissible also to temporary staff recruited through
Railway Recruitment
Board or otherwise by a competent authority, if they are not locally
recruited staff, as well as to staff engaged on re-employment terms as Group 'C staff as a rule are not recruited
locally and recruitment of Group 'D' staff also is not confined to only
the local Employment Exchange, this will exclude only such Group 'D’
staff as are recruited
locally (through the local Employment Exchange or otherwise).
Construction allowance will not be admissible to casual labor. (b)
Staff employed in connection with surveys, new lines under construction,
restoration of dismantled lines and such other projects as are
specifically approved by the Railway Board will be eligible for the
allowance wherever employed in connection with these works i.e., whether
residing within the project site or area or not. (c)
This allowance will not be admissible in localities where
compensatory and/or house rent allowances have been sanctioned to all
railway servants by general orders. As an exception to this general principle,
however, staff residing in 'C class Towns, most of whom draw relatively
very small amounts as house rent allowance, will be permitted to draw
compensatory (house rent)
allowance, whichever is higher. (d.) The staff employed partially on a survey/construction or other project approved by the Railway Board, for the purpose of drawing this allowance, and partially on other projects for which this allowance is not admissible, will be entitled to draw this allowance so long as they are closely associated with the construction/survey or other project work. Staff
transferred to the project even where such transfers involve promotion,
will be eligible for the allowance. The
allowance will be admissible during leave also, subject to the permission
of Rule 2211 of Indian Railway Establishment Code Vol. II (old), i.e. the
railway servant should certify that while on leave he continues to incur a
considerable portion of the expenditure for which the allowance had been
sanctioned. Survey,
construction and project staff and gazetted railway servants will draw
this allowance for the duration of sanction to the staff in connection
with the survey, & construction. In the case of surveys, however, the
allowance will be admissible only during the period of field work and not
during recess periods. Note
1—The allowance may be sanctioned by the General Managers but the
question whether a particular project/survey/new line construction will
qualify for the grant of construction/survey allowance or not should be
referred to the Railway Board for decision. Note
2—Railway servants governed by the ex-Company Railway rules or ex-Indian
States Railways Rules when employed on construction/survey/projects will
be eligible for construction or survey and consolidated traveling
allowance admissible to them under their respective rules. In case there
is no provision for compensatory (construction or survey) allowance under
their rules, the principles and the scales of allowance laid down in this
rule shall apply. Note
3—The staff of the construction organization, who are otherwise eligible
for it, may continue to get the allowance for a maximum period of 12
months after the opening of the lines/project for both goods and passenger
traffic, provided that— (i)
When a line/project is opened in sections, the opened section(s) would be
treated as a separate line/project for this purpose. (a)
Staff engaged in connection with the opened section (s) only will, therefore
be eligible for the allowance up to a maximum period of 12 months after
the opening of the section (s) to goods and passenger traffic. (b)
Staff engaged partly in connection with opened section (s) and partly in
connection with the rest of the line/project would be deemed to be engaged
in connection with the rest of line/project
for so long as they are closely associated with the rest of line/project;
such staff will, therefore, be eligible for the allowance up to a maximum
period of 12 months after the opening of the rest of the line/project to
goods and passenger traffic. (ii)
During the period of 12 months referred to above the allowance will be
paid only to those staff otherwise eligible for it who were a part of the
construction organisation were in receipt or as the case may be the section (s)
thereof for goods and passenger traffic. [Railway
Board's letter No. E(GR) 56RC2-42 dated 9-10-1956]. 708
Project Allowance I.
Conditions (i)
The project allowance is to be given only for large scale projects and not
for the construction of individual buildings. It will not be admissible
except in such projects which have been declared by special orders by
Government as qualifying for the grant of the same. Generally, the
allowance will be sanctioned only if the execution of the project involves
the establishment of a large construction organization and the
construction is spread over a number of years. The allowance is intended
primarily to compensate the staff for lack of amenities such as housing,
schools, markets and dispensaries etc. Where reasonable amenities already
exist, there would be no justification for the grant of the allowance.
Government would fix a time limit at the time of sanctioning the project
allowance initially, and it would be extended only if conditions warrant
the continuance of the same. (ii)
These orders would apply to Central Government employees working in
Central Govt. Projects, State Govt. projects and projects managed by
autonomous bodies/corporations, wholly or substantially owned or
controlled by Government and where entitlement is governed by Central
Govt. rules/orders. (iii)
The allowance will not be admissible to staff recruited on ad-hoc scales
of pay, such as daily rated or casual labor and paid from contingencies. (iv)
The
allowance will be admissible only to such staff as are employed on the
project and reside within the project area or in a nearby locality. The
allowance may also be granted to such Central Government staff of other
Departments as have their offices located in the project area for the work
of the project, provided they reside within the project area or in a
nearby locality. As an exception, the allowance may also be granted to an
employee residing outside the project area, subject to the following
conditions :— (a) He should be residing outside the project area due to the non availability of the residential accommodation in the area and not because such an arrangement is more convenient to him, and (b)
No facility of free or subsidised transport is available to such an
employee for journeys
to and from the project. Note
: The term 'project area' will be the area defined as such by Government
in respect of each project for which the project allowance is sanctioned. 2.
Central Government staff of other departments, whose offices have been
located in the project area
not specifically for the work of the project authorities may
be allowed project allowance at 50% of the rates admissible from
time to time to employees directly connected with the work of the project,
subject to the other conditions laid down. (v)
The continuance of the allowance would not be justified for the staff of
the project when reasonable amenities have been provided in the project
area. Hence, the allowance sanctioned originally for such staff shall be
reduced in stages after a review of the amenities provided, until it is
withdrawn finally. As an exception, in the case of temporary construction
staff who have not been absorbed in the project on a regular basis, the
allowance may be continued on a reduced scale until such staff are finally
discharged so long as constructions of any magnitude goes on. This
concession will, however, be allowed only for a reasonable limited period.
(vi) The allowance will not be admissible during the periods of transfer out of the project area exceeding two months or during leave for a period exceeding two months, provided that the allowance may be paid for another period not exceeding two months, if the extended period of leave is on medical certificate. During the period of suspension, the allowance will
be regulated in the same manner and subject to production of a
certificate, as prescribed for city compensatory allowance in the Ministry
of Finance O. M. No.
2(37)-E.II(B)/64 dated 27-11-65 as amended from time to time and will be
admissible only so long as the headquarters of the Government servant
under suspension continues to be located in the project area. During
the period of joining time, the allowance will be regulated in the same
manner as City Compensatory allowance. (vii)
In regard to State projects and projects managed by autonomous
bodies/corporations, the Central Government employees will be eligible,
subject to the conditions mentioned in these orders for the grant of
project allowance from the date they join their duties at the project
site, if the employees of the State Government/autonomous body/corporation
concerned are already getting it. (viii)
If the project is located at a place where compensatory city allowance
and/or house rent allowance or any other special compensatory allowance
are admissible, no project allowance will be admissible. Where, however,
the project is situated in the proximity of such a place, a project
allowance may be sanctioned if justified, but the ceiling for the project
allowance for such cases would be limited to 50% of the ceiling mentioned
below. In such a case, the individuals will have an option to draw either
the project allowance or CCA/HRA, as may be admissible. In cases where
rent free accommodation or HRA in lieu is given to an employee, as a
condition of service or a project concession, the project allowance will
be reduced by 25%. II.
Rate of Allowance (i)
The project allowance shall be subject to the following ceilings :—
Note
:—The term 'Pay' referred to above has reference to the revised scales
of pay as notified in the RS (RP) Rules, 1986 as amended from time to
time. For persons who have elected to retain the pre-revised scales of pay
or who are still drawing pay in the pre-revised scales of pay, the project
allowance will be admissible at the above mentioned rates, but in then
case 'pay' will include Dearness Pay, Dcarness
Allowance and Interim Relief at the rates in force on 31-12-1985. (ii)
For the purpose of calculating the project allowance pay shall be as
defined in Rule 103(35)RI. (iii)
The Government will fix the quantum of allowance at the time of
sanctioning it and also each time it is reviewed. III. Procedure for sanctioning the Project Allowance [E(G)
73/AL/12-27 dated 27-11-1978]. PROFORMA
FOR REFERRING PROPOSALS FOR GRANT OF PROJECT ALLOWANCE TO MINISTRY OF
FINANCE 1.
Brief particulars of the Project. 2.
For Central Projects (i)
Financial outlay on the project (Cost of machinery, if any, may be
excluded). (ii)
Date of commencement and likely date of completion of the project. (iii)
The period for which project allowance should be given. 2.
A. For State Projects/Public Sector projects (i)
Rates of project allowance sanctioned and conditions attached thereto. (ii)
The period for which the project allowance has been sanctioned. (iii)
Whether project allowance is admissible only to the project employees or
also to non-project employees stationed/residing alongside. N.B.—A
copy of the orders issued by the state Government/Public Sector concerning
point (i) to (iii) above may be appended. 3.
(i) Details of location of the project and the area it covers.
(ii) Whether the staff resides within the project area or
elsewhere. In the latter case particulars
of the place and its distance from the project area. (iii)
Whether the following basic amenities exist within the project area/nearby
locality. If not, the nearest point from the project/residential area at
which these are available inter-alia indicating approximate distance upto
these points. (a)
Market (b)
Dispensary (c)
Post Office (d)
Railway Station (e)
Publication facility (f)
School (if
possible enclose a sketch map showing the project area etc.) (iv)
Whether any CES/HRA or any other compensatory allowance is admissible? 4.
(i) Particulars of the offices and their staff for whom grant of
project allowance has been recommended and the annual financial effect
thereof. (ii) Whether the office and staff mentioned at Sr. No. 4(i) have been located in the project area at the specific request of Project authorities. If not, in what way is it associated with the project. (if so, a certificate
to the effect that the office (s) is/are, located within the project area
may be obtained from the project authorities and enclosed with the
proposal). (iii)
Date from which the offices referred to in 5.
Whether any other Central Government offices are located in the project area. If so, names
of such offices so far as are- known 6.
Whether any of the offices mentioned at Sl. No. 5 has been
sanctioned project allowance ? If so, names of the offices may be indicated. 7.
Will the grant of project allowance to the staff in Sr. No. 4(i)
have repercussions on those referred to in Sl. No. 5 ? Give reasons in either case. 8.
Any other information relevant for consideration of the case. 709.
Conveyance hire-The following rules govern the grant of conveyance hire to
railway servants at headquarters— (a)
Taxi hire—When a railway servant, gazetted or non-gazetted drawing pay
of not less than Rs. 1000 a
month, occasionally undertakes journeys on duty at or within a radius of
eight kilometers from his headquarters, he may be permitted to draw taxi
hire for the journeys subject to the following conditions :- (i)
Taxi hire shall not be allowed for road journeys from residence or
headquarters to railway stations or vice versa in continuation of journeys
on tour. However, taxi hire is admissible from duty point to railway
station/airport and vice versa either at headquarters or at outstation
only once at either end. (No.
PC. III/79/TA/1-8 of 20-2-1979) (ii)
Taxi hire shall not be granted in respect of journeys performed on a day
on which a railway servant draws daily allowance unless the journeys are
unconnected with the journey on tour. (iii)
No taxi hire is allowed if a Staff car is available. (iv) When a railway servant proceeds from his residence directly to perform official duties or returns to his residence directly after performance of official duties, he may be granted taxi hire, provided that when such journey forms part of or partly takes the place of usual daily journeys to and from office, such parts shall be excluded. (v) Taxi hire shall not be
allowed to a railway servant in receipt of permanent traveling allowance
or conveyance allowance of any kind. (vi)
When a railway servant drawing pay of not bss than Rs. 1000 a month uses (a)
When motor car is used—Rs. 2/- per Km of the journey performed. (b)
When Auto rickshaw is used-Re. 1/- per km. of the journey
performed. Road
kilometerage allowance admissible for journeys performed by sharing the
hire charges or by taking a single seat in taxi/auto rickshaw will be the
actual share of the hire charges limited to the amount calculated at half
the rates mentioned above. (c)
Own car—Rs. 1.30 per Km. of journey performed. (d)
Own motor
cycle/scooter Rs. 0.50 per km. of journey performed. [No.
F(E)1/85/AL-7/3 dt. 23-8-1985] (vii)
The total amount of taxi hire drawn for journeys on a particular day shall
not exceed the rate of daily allowance applicable to railway servants of
the same status for halting at that station while on tour. Note—The
intention of this clause is that the amount of taxi hire should not exceed
the rate of daily allowance admissible (proforma) to the railway
servant in the station where the journey by taxi is performed. (viii)
A statement of taxi hire actually paid or of journeys performed by the
railway servant in his own motor Car or motor cycle shall be submitted by
him at the end of each month for necessary sanction (and countersignature)
by the Head of his Department or office. Note—The
Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Railways) and
Chief Auditors have full power to sanction taxi hire to Government
servants of the Railway Audit
Department who are drawing pay of not less than Rs. 1000/- a month and are
entitled to privilege passes and are also governed by Railway Traveling
Allowance Rules for journeys on duty within a radius of 8 kilometers from
their headquarters. (b)
Conveyance charges—Subject to the conditions prescribed in clause (ii)
of Note (2) under rule 243 of the Indian Railway Establishment Code,
Volume I, and Clauses (i), (iii), (iv) Note
1—Gazetted Railway servants drawing pay below Rs. 1000/- a month may be
paid conveyance charges at the rates prescribed in Board's letter No.
PC/60/TAI/1 dated 30-12-1960, for their journeys at headquarters (within 8
kilometers radius) subject to the conditions (i) to (vii) of (a) above. 2.
If railway servant, gazetted or
non-gazetted drawing pay less than Rs. 1000/- a month uses his own
Motor Cycle/Scooter for the journey, he may in compensation of the actual
expenses incurred in so using his own vehicle, be granted an allowance at
the rate of 8 paise per kilometre of journey performed. 3.
The following types of journeys undertaken by Railway doctors may
also be treated as journeys performed on duty for the purpose of
calculating kilometreage allowance under rule 246-RI; (i)
Special trips performed by a Medical Officer from his residence to
hospital or vice versa to attend urgent cases; (ii)
In places like Delhi, Calcutta and Bombay or other places which may be
determined, by the General Manager in consultation with F.A. & C.A.O.
where residences are scattered at far off places, the journeys connected
with the visits to the residences, of patients in spite of the fact that
they charge the fees as prescribed in the code; (iii)
Kilometreage preformed in connection with treatments at the residences of
the Officers, Class III and Class IV servants when they are confined to
bed and in emergent cases in the case of family of class III and IV
servants where no fees are chargeable by the doctors. In
case of those doctors who are not maintaining their own cars they may be
paid actual conveyance charges for the types of journeys mentioned above. 4.
Road Kilometreage 710.
Traveling allowance in
respect of journeys to airports.—Where a gazetted railway servant
is directed to proceed
to the airport to meet the
visiting/departing Minister, &c., or
where a senior
gazetted railway servant
himself proceeds to meet him
at the airport in order to
discuss matters
connected with his official work, the journeys to and
from the
airport can legitimately be treated as on duty justifying the grant of
travelling allowance in respect of
such journeys should be supported
by a
certificate from the respective controlling officers that
journeys were undertaken for official purposes and that
a staff car was not available for the use
of the
gazetted railway servant. Gazetted
railway servants, who are their own controlling officers, will themselves
record a similar
certificate if they propose to claim traveling allowance for such
journeys. OTHER
ALLOWANCES 711.
(a) Laundry Allowance : Laundry
allowance will not be admissible if the period of leave exceeds 15 days at
a time. (b)
Messing allowance : (i)
If the period of leave is on average pay/full pay, messing allowance will
be at full rates admissible. (ii)
If the period of leave is on half average pay/half pay messing allowance
will be at half of the normal rates admissible. (iii)
If the period of leave is without pay, no messing allowance will be
admissible. (iv)
Messing allowance will be admissible on the basis indicated above during
leave on Medical Certificate or maternity leave. (c)
Uniform Allowance : During leave on full or half pay etc.
Uniform Allowance will be admissible subject to the conditions
mentioned in Rule 2025
(a)-RII and 2211-RII (old). If
the allowance is paid on annual basis, proportionate reduction should be
made if the total period of all kinds of leave exceeds four months at a
time. (No.
E(S) I-57/CPC/AL/7 dt. 26-10-1959 and E(S)
I-60/CPC/AL/19 dated 2-7-1970).in
addition to those referred to in rule 425 R. I. (No. F(E)
I-72/AL-29/1 dated 17-3-1972). 712.
Hutting allowance during epidemics of plague— Railway
servants living outside railway premises who, on the outbreak for plague
in epidemic forms, are compelled to vacate their houses and to erect
temporary huts on railway land or elsewhere, shall be eligible for hutting
allowance at the prescribed rate subject to the conditions that if the
railway servant concerned desires to build a hut on railway land, he and
the members of his family must be inoculated before he is permitted to
draw the allowance or build the hut. ....................*******....................*******................................******** |
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