Recommendations of the Tenth Pay Revision Commission - Travelling Allowance on Tour
GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
ABSTRACT
ALLOWANCES
- Civil Services (Travelling Allowance) Rules –
Recommendations
of the Tenth Pay Revision Commission - Travelling
Allowance
on Tour - Orders - Issued.
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FINANCE (HRM.IV) DEPARTMENT
G.O.MS.No.
60 Dated:02-05-2015.
Read
the following:-
1.
G.O.Ms.No.129, Finance (TA) Department, dated: 17.04.2010.
2.
G.O.Ms.No.25, Finance (HRM.IV) Department, dated: 18.03.2015.
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ORDER:
The
Tenth Pay Revision Commission has reviewed the existing
Travelling
Allowance Rules as per the orders issued in the G.O. first
read
above and recommended on the following items:
1.
Revision of Pay ranges of Grades according to Revised Pay
Scales,
2015.
2.
Enhancement of rates of Daily Allowance payable to
Government
Servants while on tour within the State and
outside
the State.
3.
Enhancement of the maximum rates of reimbursement of
Lodging
Charges within State and outside the State in
specified
places.
4.
Enhancement of rates of Conveyance Charges payable to
Government
Servants at places outside the State, while on
tour.
5.
Enhancement of rates of Mileage Allowance for travel by own
Motor
Car / Motor Cycle.
6.
Revision of eligibility to travel by train in first class.
7.
Revision of eligibility to travel by A.C. buses of T.S.R.T.C.
2.
Government after careful consideration have decided to accept
the
recommendations of the Tenth Pay Revision Commission and
hereby
issue the following orders.
3.
Grades & Rates of Daily
Allowance:
3.1
The classification of officers into grades and the rates of Daily
Allowance
admissible within and outside the State shall be as
indicated below:
3.2
The Pay Scales assigned for Automatic Advancement Scheme in
respect
of Government servants/Non-teaching Staff and the Career
Advancement
Scheme in respect of Teaching Staff shall not be taken
into
account for determination of Grades indicated in this para. Only
the
Pay Scales attached to the posts shall be taken into account for
determination
of the Grade of such employees who perform the tours.
3.3
All Government Employees are eligible to draw full daily
allowance
for the entire duration of their official tour.
4.
Enhancement of the maximum amount
of reimbursement of
Lodging charges at various places within the State and
outside the State.
4.1
As per the G.O. first read above, Government servants visiting,
Warangal
and Hyderabad/Secunderabad on official duty shall be
reimbursed
the actual Lodging Charges paid by them subject to the
maximum
limits as indicated below.
Rates of reimbursement
a)
Grade-I Not exceeding Rs.500/-
b)
Grade-II Not exceeding Rs.300/-
c)
Grade-III not exceeding Rs.200/-
4.2
Similarly the Government servants visiting places outside the
State
on official duty are eligible, as per Government order first read
above,
for the reimbursement of lodging charges, actually paid by
them, subject to
the maximum limits indicated below.
4.3
Government, hereby, order that the Government servants
visiting
various places either with in the State or out side the State on
official
duty shall be eligible for reimbursement of Lodging Charges
actually
paid by them subject to the maximum amounts as indicated
below.
4.4.
The reimbursement of Lodging Charges is subject to the
following
conditions.
(i)
On certification by the concerned touring officer that
Government
accommodation was not available.
(ii)
Production of the original receipt from the Lodging
House.
5.
Travel by Train:
5.1.
Government servants drawing pay in the revised pay scale of
Rs.28940-78910 (corresponding to the
existing scale of Rs.14860-39540) and
above
shall be eligible to travel by first class. All other employees
shall
be eligible to travel by second class.
5.2.
The Pay Scales assigned for Automatic Advancement Scheme in
respect
of Government servants/Non-teaching Staff and the Career
Advancement
Scheme in respect of Teaching Staff shall not be taken
into
account for determination of the eligibility to travel by train.
Only
the Pay Scales attached to the posts shall be taken into account
for
determination of the eligibility to travel by train.
5.3.1.
As the railways have dispensed with first class in several
trains,
it is hereby ordered, that wherever first class is available in the
train,
the employees, who are eligible to travel by first class, may
travel
either in 1st class
or in 2nd A.C.
or in 3rd A.C.
or in A.C. Chair
car.
If there is no first class in the train the employee may travel
either
in 2nd A.C.
or in 3rd A.C.
or in A.C. Chair car.
5.3.2.
The employees who are eligible to travel by second class may
also
travel by sleeper class.
5.3.3.
Government also hereby decide, not to
allow the Tatkal charges
except in cases of journeys between the originating station
and the
terminating station, that too in cases where there was no
sufficient time for
the employee to purchase the tickets in advance which should
be certified
by the controlling officer.
5.3.4.
Government also hereby permit to reimburse the service charges
actually
spent by the employee, on production of proof of incurring of
the expenses.
5.3.5.
The employees subject to their eligibility, are permitted to travel
by
all types of express trains i.e., Super Fast, Sampark kranti,
Rajdhani,
Satabdi, Garib Rath, ‘Duranto’ etc.
5.3.6.
These eligibilities are applicable in the case of journeys
performed
either on official tour or on transfer or in the case of
journeys
on official tour/transfer/Leave Travel Concession (LTC).
6.
Travel by Buses of T.S.R.T.C. :
6.1.
The employees belonging to Grade-I of Annexure-I of T.A. Rules,
are
hereby, permitted to travel by Air-conditioned buses of T.S.R.T.C.,
irrespective
of whether the places are connected by rail or not.
6.2.
Similarly, the employees belonging to Grades-II and III are
hereby
permitted to travel by T.S.R.T.C. buses of any type, except by
A.C. buses,
between the places connected by train also and claim the
bus
charges actually paid, without restricting the claim to the train
fare
by the eligible class.
6.3.
The Pay Scales assigned for Automatic Advancement Scheme in
respect
of Government servants/Non-teaching Staff and the Career
Advancement
Scheme in respect of Teaching Staff shall not be taken
into
account for determination of eligibility to travel by A.C. buses of
T.S.R.T.C..
Only the Pay Scales attached to the posts shall be taken
into
account for determining the eligibility.
6.4.
The journeys performed by private buses or hired taxies will not
be
entertained.
6.5.
These eligibilities are applicable in the case of journeys
performed
either on official tour or on transfer or in the case of
journeys
connected with Leave Travel Concession.
7.
Payment of Conveyance Charges
outside the State:
7.1
Taxi / Auto charges incurred by the Government employees
while
on tour to any place outside the State, from the arrival point to
the
place of stay and ‘vice-versa’ are reimbursable to them subject to
production
of actual vouchers or a certificate of payment (vide Rule-40
(6)
of T.A. Rules).
7.2
Government servants shall also be eligible to claim actual taxi
or
Auto fare subject to a maximum of Rs.600/-
per day for visiting the
offices
of the Government of India and Ministries or any other office,
situated
at the places outside the State, while on tour. A certificate to
the
effect that Government vehicle was not provided to them and they
have
engaged Taxi/Auto, shall be appended to the bill claiming the
amount.
8.
Mileage Allowance for using own
conveyances :
8.1.1.
Annexure-IV of Civil Services (TA) Rules, specifies the category
of
employees entitled to maintain and use their own Motor Car, Motor
Cycle
/ Scooter. Consequent on the revision of scales from time to
time,
the following table indicates the categories of employees, who are
eligible
to use and maintain their own Motor Car, Motor Cycle /
Scooter,
while on tour.
8.1.2.
The Pay Scales assigned for Automatic Advancement Scheme in
respect
of Government servants/Non-teaching Staff and the Career
Advancement
Scheme in respect of Teaching Staff shall not be taken
into
account for determination of categories indicated in this para.
Only
the Pay Scales attached to the posts shall be taken into account
for
determination of the category.
8.2.
The rates of Mileage Allowance payable to the employees who
are
entitled to maintain and use their own conveyances are revised as
follows.
8.3.
Daily Allowance shall not be paid to the Government servants
claiming
the Mileage Allowance for their tours.
9.
The existing Civil Services (Travelling Allowance) Rules, 1996
and
orders issued from time to time shall continue to apply except as
provided
for in this order.
10.
Application of these orders to
Officers of All India Services,
employees drawing pay in the Revised Pay Scales 2010
and
employees drawing pay in the U.G.C. scales, 2006.
10.1
In so far as officers belonging to All India Services who are in
Central
Scales of pay, the classification of Grades shall be as follows:-
(a)
Officers of AIS in Junior Time scale shall be under
Grade
II under these orders.
(b)
Other officers belonging to AIS shall come under Grade I
under
these orders.
10.2
For the employees continuing in the Revised Scales of Pay,
2010,
the classification of Grades shall be the same as was in force
prior
to the introduction of Revised Scales of Pay, 2015, i.e. in the
G.O.
first read above.
10.3
For the employees drawing pay in the U.G.C. Pay Scales of
1996/2006,
the classification shall be as follows :-
(a)
Government Servants drawing Pay in the Pay Scales of
Rs.10000-15200
and Rs.15600-39100 + AGP 7000 and
above
in the U.G.C.Pay Scales of 1996/2006 respectively
shall
be under Grade-I under these orders.
(b)
Other Government Servants drawing pay in the U.G.C.
Pay
Scales, 2006 shall come under Grade-II under these
orders.
11.
These orders shall come into force with effect from 01.05.2015
i.e.,
in respect of the journeys performed on or after 01.05.2015 or
commenced
prior to 01.05.2015 and continued beyond 01.05.2015.
12.
Necessary amendments to the Civil Services (Travelling
Allowance)
Rules, 1996 shall be issued in due course.
13.
The G.O. is available on Internet and can be accessed at the
addresses
http://www.goir.telangana.gov.in and www.finance.
telangana.gov.in
(BY
ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA)
N.SIVA
SANKAR
SECRETARY
TO GOVERNMENT
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