New Children Education Allowance Scheme

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

This article is posted in 6CPC Matters category and has 143 Comments so far.

While we are very busy in calculating the our New Pay and Arrears, Govt has come up with another sweet surprise. The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for enhancing the Children Education Allowances and merger of the same with Reimbursement of Tuition Fees has been accepted by the Govt as such.

As a result, all Central Government Employees are to be given a reasonable reimbursement of Educational Expenses unlike earlier restriction like reimbursement of only tuition fees of up to Rs. 40 per month.

Salient Features of reimbursement of children education allowance are :

Children Education Allowance and Reimbursement of Tuition fees have been merged and the new scheme is known as Children Education Allowance Scheme.
This scheme can be availed by Government employees upto a maximum of Two Children
This is applicable for School going children only (nursery to 12th Std including 11th and 12th std conducted by Junior colleges)
The Scheme has no nexus with the performance of the children in the class.
The reimbursement is applicable for admission fees, laboratory fees, special fee charged for agriculture, music, electronics or any subject, fee charged for practical work, fees for use of any aid or appliance by the child, library fees, games/sports fees, fees for extra curricular activities, purchase of one set of text books and notebooks, two sets of uniforms and one set of school shoes.
The annual ceiling for reimbursement of children education allowance is fixed at Rs.12,000/-.
Hostel subsidy will be reimbursed upto maximum limit of Rs.3000/- per month per child. However, both hostel subsidy, and children education allowance can not be availed concurrently.
The maximum limits in Children Education allowance and Hostel subsidy would be automatically raised by 25% every time the dearness allowance on the revise pay structure goes up by 50%.
This scheme is effective from 01-09-08.
Reimbursement of the children education allowance and Hostel subsidy would be made on production of original receipts self certified by the employee.

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143 Responses to “New Children Education Allowance Scheme”

A P Singh said on Saturday, January 24, 2009, 7:35

vidyalaya vikash nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not.

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m.kumarswamy said on Monday, January 26, 2009, 13:19

The relevant portion of income tax is given below which clearly stipulates any amount of payment which is in the nature of develpment ( vidyalaya vikas nidhi(vikas= development), sir in my opinion VVN is not allowable for claiming reimursement of tuition fees.

(13) Tuition fees, whether at the time of admission or thereafter, paid to any university, college, school or other educational institution situated in India, for the purpose of full-time education of any two children of the employee.

Full-time education includes any educational course offered by any university, college, school or other educational institution to a student who is enrolled full-time for the said course. It is also clarified that full-time education includes play-school activities, pre-nursery and nursery classes.

It is clarified that the amount allowable as tuition fees shall include any payment of fee to any university, college, school or other educational institution in India except the amount representing payment in the nature of development fees or donation or capitation fees or payment of similar nature.

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MADAN LAMTURE Reply:
March 4th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
It is clarified that the amount allowable as tuition fees shall include any payment of fee to any university, college, school or other educational institution in India except the amount representing payment in the nature of development fees or donation or capitation fees or payment of similar nature.

THIS IS THE MEANING OF TUTION FEE I HAVE PAIED SOPRT FEE,LIBRARY FEE,MUSIC FEE, COMPUTER FEE IN THE SCHOOL FOR MY SCHILED CAN ALL ABOVE FEES GOES UNDER 80C IN TAX , OR SECTION 10. ANOTHER ONE THE AMOUNT IS REMBRUES IN THE SCHOOL CAN IT A PART OF SALARY PLEASE REPLY ME IMMEDIATELLY

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admin Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
dear madan lamture
As per Children Edu. assistance Rules your definition of Tuition fee is absolutely Right. Whereas as per Sec.80 C of IT Act Tuition fee means only Tuition Fee. If the School authorities gave the receipt for all other items like music/computer fees etc under one nomenclature Tuition Fee then it is okay. However, Whatever reimbursed to you under CEA should have to be included as income of that year

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Manojit Saha said on Monday, February 16, 2009, 11:19

Whether transportation fee charged by the school is reimburseable or not in the head of Children Educational Allowance.

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R.K. Bhandari said on Thursday, March 5, 2009, 10:47

vidyalaya vikash nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not

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DARBARI LAL Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
As per latest order No. 12011/16/2009/Allawance dt. 13.11.09 issued by Min. of Pers. PG & Pensions, VVN charged by Kendriya Vidyalaya is reimbursable subject to other conditions of the order

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asit saha said on Monday, March 23, 2009, 16:57

Is the amount reimbursed through Children education allowance scheme taxable?

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sanjay kapoor said on Monday, March 23, 2009, 22:16

Children education allowance is for nursery to class XIIth. What is definition of nursery? Does it include pre-nursery, as in Delhi Public School pre-primary starts with pre-nursery followed by nursery, prep and then 1st while other institutions start with nursery followed by Lower KG, Upper KG and then 1st, taking exactly the same number of years before child reaches class 1st. However as per Govt. 6th pay commission, reimbursement in latter case is possible but same is not in case of DPS as it has termed its lowermost pre-primary class as pre-nursery – not specified in the 6th pay commission notification. Please clarify

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Sathyanarayana said on Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 12:59

Sir,

My children are studyng in Kendriya Vidyalaya. Are they eligible for scout uniform along with two sets of shool uniform? My children travel by state transport? Can that be reimbursabed?

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Trivedi said on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 11:37

If original fee receipt are to be submitted to office for CEA under simple procedure what will be produced to Income Tax authorities for claiming rebate on tution fee under income tax 80 CCC?

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Sreenath said on Friday, April 17, 2009, 12:56

Photocopy of tuition fee is enough for claiming rebate.

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MANOJ ARORA said on Monday, April 20, 2009, 14:23

WHY CHILDREN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE IS RESTRICTED UPTO 12 .EDUCATION HAS BECOME A COSTLY BEYOND 12. THIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE LEVEL.EVEN PROFESSIONAL COURSES SHOULD ALSO BE REIMBURSED AT ENHANCED AMOUNT.

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knmurthy Reply:
July 20th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
we need those who are studying in IIT colleges they are eligible for reimbursement of CEA

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admin Reply:
July 25th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
We assume that you are referring to PU college after 10th std that coaches for IIT as well as provide PU degree. Then this is a special situation. We have posted this question in GConnect discussion Board. Please check the following link for answers from other members.

http://gconnect.in/forums/showthread.php?p=8446#post8446

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kalyan iyer said on Monday, May 4, 2009, 12:53

Whether children education allowance can be simultaneously availed for reimbursement alongwith claiming of rebate under IT Act?

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R.N. Gumgaonkar said on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 13:33

The Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi charged by Kendriya Vidyalaya is not admisable under new children Education Allowance Scheme.

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R.N. Gumgaonkar said on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 13:37

The Transportation fee charged by the school is not reimbursable under new children education allowances scheme.

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R.N. Gumgaonkar said on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 13:47

The Children education allowance can be simultanusly availed for reimbusement alongwith claiming of rebate under IT Act. Moreover the Tution fees & other fees chargeg by school or college can also be claimed except the amount represenging payment in the nature of Development fees or donation or capitation fees

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pointsystem in delhi schools said on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 15:00

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A.S. Prasad said on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 22:04

Is RS 8200/-in first quarter of 2009-10 admissible for reimbursement?

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ravi said on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12:51

Kindly send the format of new CEA form to patil_ravindra@rocketmail.com

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Roy Jose said on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:10

vidyalaya vikash nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not.

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Julfkar Ali said on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:01

I claimed for cea for nursery but my office refused becuase age of my sone was below 5 that time. kinldy inform what is the starting age for nurseary. sixth did not clarify it. please clarify

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M.K.Thusoo Reply:
March 29th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
whether children below starting age of 5 admissible for children education scheme

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admin Reply:
March 29th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
CEA is not based on Age. CEA is applicable to school going children. Children studying in Pre-KG to 12th std will be covered by this scheme. Please check GConnect circular corner for more details

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N.R. Suresh said on Monday, August 3, 2009, 17:29

Sir, Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not.

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Sujit Burman said on Sunday, August 9, 2009, 13:32

Is the session fee charged by the school reimbursable?

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JOHN said on Monday, August 10, 2009, 16:22

julfikar Ali, The CEA order do not stipuate any age restrictions.

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JKMANNA said on Monday, August 10, 2009, 18:01

Sir,
my son is a student of a unaided polytechnic (Three year coarse)after ssc (after 10 th.) Is tution fees, lab fees charged in polytecnic are reimburseable?

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Julfkar Ali said on Monday, August 17, 2009, 17:19

My office refused claim for cea for my son because he was below 5. Is my office right kindly clarify?

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g sengupta said on Monday, August 17, 2009, 22:19

all claims paid by an officer to the school authority from the purse is payable, if it is on school book./. fee slips ,except donation (. including any item of expenditure which paid at every month or at regular interval) it may be development fees, session charges, annual charges, as there are different nomenclature for different school .we sholud not read much on them. but donation and bus fare is not payable

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J.L.MEENA said on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 12:39

Sir, Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not.

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Jitendra C. Bamania said on Friday, August 21, 2009, 17:08

Can anybody clarify the the reimbursement of One Text Book and Note Book. the reimbursement on Work Book and Grammer Book can be claimable ?

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Md. A. Haque said on Monday, August 24, 2009, 13:58

Sir, kindly clerify that the annual charges claimed by the school is reimburseable under the scheme of New Children education allowances of 6th cpc.

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A M Khan said on Friday, August 28, 2009, 15:23

Sir, Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not.

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A M Khan said on Friday, August 28, 2009, 15:26

Is RS 8200/-in first quarter of 2009-10 admissible for reimbursement?

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Md. Rizwan Reply:
May 30th, 2010 at 12:24 am
yes, Rs 8200/- will be reimbursered in first quarter.

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Rajesh Kumar said on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 17:29

i am getting Rs 400pm for remote area allowance and Rs. 12000 per annum as reimbursement to tuition fee. Out of this, how much is taxable and how much is exempted from IT

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V K Singh said on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 17:31

i am getting Rs 400pm for remote area allowance and Rs. 12000 per annum as reimbursement to tuition fee. Out of this, how much is taxable and how much is exempted from IT

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RAJEEV.K said on Monday, September 28, 2009, 11:37

Sir, Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not

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P.S.BHAT said on Sunday, October 4, 2009, 21:46

As per instructions tution fee paid say Rs.8200 or more paid in the first quarter can be reimbursed. However it has to be ensured that total amount reimbursed during the year does not exceed Rs.12000. Further it has also to be ensured that in case of dies not period appropriate recovery is made.

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Rajesh said on Thursday, October 15, 2009, 14:13

Is the amount reimbursed through Children education allowance scheme taxable? Moreover tution fee actually paid can be claimed for IT rebate?

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admin Reply:
October 15th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
children education allowance is taxable. It has to be shown as income. On the other hand tuition fees paid (up to 2 children) can be deducted under Section 80C. As you might be aware 80C deduction has a limit of Rs. 1 lakh. So if your regular savings such as GPF, LIC, PPF, ULIP etc exceeds Rs. 1 lakh there is no point in claiming exemption for tuition fees

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Laxman Kumar Sahoo said on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 13:58

vidyalaya vikash nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not.

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Sanjay jumar said on Thursday, November 5, 2009, 21:27

transportation charge can also be reimbursed as it is part of education. Some school include it in their fee also while in some cases parents have to pay to the private bus or van operator. Items mentioned in the order are just illustrative and not exhaustive . Hence odd should interprete in good self

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anil said on Sunday, November 8, 2009, 14:19

Sir, Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to kendriya vidyalaya is reimburseable or not.

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pawan said on Friday, November 13, 2009, 14:38

Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to Kendriya Vidyalaya is re-imbursible or not as per new CEA orders

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anil said on Saturday, November 21, 2009, 20:52

Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to Kendriya Vidyalaya is re-imbursible or not as per new CEA orders

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Md. Rizwan Reply:
May 30th, 2010 at 12:17 am
yes this is reimbursible.

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Mahesh said on Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 11:49

Is amount reimbursed through children education allowance is taxable?

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admin Reply:
December 30th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
@Mahesh

yes

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UTTAM CHAND said on Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 13:58

I am central givt employ and my child is boarder, away from my workinging area as well as residential area. Can i reimburse hostel subsidy or what are the conditions to reimburse hostel subsidy

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deens said on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 12:47

Fees paid for extra currucular activities, viz. Abacus, Chess coaching, and some Private Coaching for IIT JEE, AIEEE paid to the outside authorities (other than school) is reimburseable ? Can anybody clarify.

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s.v.giri said on Friday, January 15, 2010, 22:45

I incurred Rs.12,000/- for my son’s education. The payment was made in June’2009. I want to know whether is it reimbursable in single payments or in quarterly payments.

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admin Reply:
January 16th, 2010 at 6:37 am
@S.V.Giri
Yes. Reimbursement can be in a single payment. For example if you have paid the school fees of your son for the entire year 2009-10, in June 2009, it can be reimbursed by the admin as a single payment (not exceeding Rs.12000)

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G.C. ROY said on Monday, January 18, 2010, 11:35

Please inform the date of effect in respect of V.V.Nidhi

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G.C. ROY said on Monday, January 18, 2010, 11:44

Please intimate the date from which V.V.Nidhi is applicable

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Madhavan said on Friday, January 22, 2010, 11:35

//Fees paid for extra currucular activities, viz. Abacus, Chess coaching, and some Private Coaching for IIT JEE, AIEEE paid to the outside authorities (other than school) is reimburseable ? Can anybody clarify.//

In fact, re-imbursement is possible only if the institution is recognized by central / state govts. Obviously private coaching / tuition etc. cannot be reimbursed.

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rajesh said on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 23:18

my daughter studying in ix class. she lives in hostel. her hostal fee Rs-18000 PA,

tution fee-RS 32000 PA and devlopment fee is Rs-8000.
I want to know how much fees is reimbursable . 1—hostal subsidy RS -3000 PM or RS-1500 PM. If 1500 pm then tution fee is reimbursable or not.

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admin Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
@Rajesh
Hostel subsidy of Rs.3000 per month can be claimed in your case, since the hostel fee and tuition fee put together exceed Rs.36000/- per year

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rajesh said on Thursday, January 28, 2010, 21:41

Hostel subsidy will be reimbursed upto maximum limit of Rs.3000/- per month per child. However, both hostel subsidy, and children education allowance can not be availed concurrently.

but my department (railway) reimburs only 1500 PM as per upper clause.” both hostel subsidy, and children education allowance can not be availed concurrently.” Please clear it,or avlabile any suportive document.

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rajeswari thiagarajan said on Sunday, January 31, 2010, 13:08

My son completed his 12th Std during 2008-2009 from Our Own High School, which is located in Dubai,UAE. The school is cbse recognised school. I applied for cea during apr 2009 and my claim was sent to audit department during may 2009. Our audit people rejected the claim without any remarks. Since, the school is a CBSE approved school, it should also be treated like any other CBSE school in India.How do I claim this amount and what is the reference covering these schools also

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admin Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 7:36 am
@rajeswari thiagarajan
OMs relating to CEA talk only about reimbursement of various fees paid to a recognized school. There is no specific bar on the locality of the school. Ask your employer to reject your application in writing along with sufficient reasons

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Sanjoy Ganguly said on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 10:17

Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to Kendriya Vidyalaya is re-imbursible or not as per new CEA orders

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s.v.giri said on Saturday, February 6, 2010, 23:03

My son, 3yrs. old, studying in pre k.g.. I paid Rs.11,300/- as admission fees for the year 2009-10. The bill issued by the school also mentioned this payment as admission fees. No further fees was paid under any head or in any manner. It was paid in June 2009. When I filed the application for the reimbursement I was told by the Accounts people that it should be filed only in Sep 09 (end of the quarter). I filed it in Sep 09. Now, they are saying that the entire amount will not be reimbursed in single payment and it will be divided into 4 equal portion that too will be reimbursed at the end of the each quarter (i.e)Sep,Dec,Mar, June. I want to know whether I am eligible for single payment immediately or have to wait upto the year end. Is there any rule provision for the above issue, kindly give it in your reply.

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kishore sharma said on Monday, February 8, 2010, 10:46

I have three childen and Iam getting cea for two . Now I want to know whether I would get cea for the my two younger children as the elder child is going to complete class XII .

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admin said on Monday, February 8, 2010, 13:01

@kishore sharma

CEA will be applicable to two children at any point of time and it is not related to number of children the employee has been blessed with. In your case, you can apply for CEA for your two younger children once the eldest enters into college

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Jennifer Reply:
March 25th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
It may be stated that as per DoPT OM No.12011/16/2009(Allowance) dt.13.11.2009 Para-II, it is clarified that “CEA is admissible for the two eldest surviving children only, except when the number of children exceeds two due to second child birth resulting in multiple births”. In nowhere it is mentioned that “CEA can be claimed for two younger children once the eldest enters into college”.

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admin Reply:
April 20th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Thank you Mr.Kishore Sharma

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vikas verma said on Monday, February 8, 2010, 13:27

My office refused claim for cea for my son because he was Study in non-affiliated convent school. Is my office right kindly clarify?

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admin said on Monday, February 8, 2010, 22:24

reply from Admin: @vikas verma

Check this clarification for CEA issued by Govt.

No. 1201 1 /03/2008-Estt.(Allowances) dated 23.11.2009

Check http://gconnect.in/service-circulars for reading this circular

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admin said on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 8:45

Reply from Admin: @s.v.giri

You are entitled to claim the entire CEA amount (no exceeding Rs.12000) for a particular year if you had paid the said amount. The provisions of CEA say, claim can be made once in three months. It does not mean that the amout paid has to be divided into four equal portion

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admin said on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 8:53

Admin reply : @Sanjoy Ganguly

Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi paid to Kendriya Vidyalaya can be claimed under CEA. Check the relevant OM in GConnect Circular corner under the head CEA

http://gconnect.in/service-circulars

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vikas verma said on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 14:47

Admin has send clerification on 08.02.2010, on reply to Sh kISHOR sharma question that whether two younger childrens can apply for cea if elder child enters into the college. But as per OM No. 12011/16/2009-(Allowance) dated 13/11/2009 that Children Education Allowance is admissible for the two eldest surviving children only, Kinldy clerify it.

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ramakrishnan said on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 22:38

I have incurred more than the amount of Rs.15,270/- towards tuition fees for my child. (Tuition fee including admission fee Rs.13,600/- ; purchase of 1 set of books Rs.370/- ; purchase of note books Rs.140/- and purchase of uniforms Rs.160/-) (For the I term Rs.8100/- paid on 26-02-2009, II term Rs.3200/- paid on 08-08-2009 and for the III term Rs.3200/- paid on 07-12-2009). However, I made a claim only for Rs.12,000/- on 18-12-2009 with enclosing all receipts. Even after such payments have been made for the full academic year, the ACCOUNTS PEOPLE have restricted bill, passed it to the amount of Rs.6,335/- and issued the cheque without giving any written detail for such restrictions. I refused to accept the payment. Kindly clarify, whether my claim for the whole amount in single payment is genuine or not.

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admin said on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 23:48

@Bhupinder Pathak

@ vikas verma | madhav4307@gmail.com | http://

Admin has send clerification on 08.02.2010, on reply to Sh kISHOR sharma question that whether two younger childrens can apply for cea if elder child enters into the college. But as per OM No. 12011/16/2009-(Allowance) dated 13/11/2009 that Children Education Allowance is admissible for the two eldest surviving children only.

Mr. Vikas Verma is correct. CEA is applicable for the two eldest surviving children only

http://www.persmin.nic.in/writedata/CircularNotification/ScanDocument/12011_16_2009-%28Allowance%29.pdf

We thank Mr.Vikas Verma for the effort taken by him in bringing out the correct position

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ramakrishnan said on Saturday, February 20, 2010, 8:28

My question on Feb. 9 , 2010 is awaiting reply. Many of us facing such problem of claiming children education allowance reimbursement. The Accounts People, as usual, viewing on their own way and restricting the claims beyond the instructions given in the OM. They are dividing the amount for 4 quarters and sanctioning accordingly. They refuse to sanction the full amount even if we have paid the entire fees for the academic year. On showing the other replies from the gconnect.in, they are challenging the reliability and authentication of the site and not obliging. Please guide us WHAT WE CAN DO FURTHER? Please note, this is not the problem of an individual.

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admin Reply:
February 22nd, 2010 at 7:47 am
Dear Mr.Ramakrishnan,
We opined that CEA claimed in a particular quarter can be more than Rs.3000/- subject to maximum of Rs.12,000 in a year. This is very clearly given in in Para 1(g) of original order.

http://gconnect.in/pages/circular_page/6cpc24.pdf

Please show this portion of the order to your administration

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ramakrishnan said on Monday, February 22, 2010, 8:04

Thank you very much for your valuable reply. We can now proceed ahead with the moral support given by your end.

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karthikeyan said on Monday, February 22, 2010, 10:39

Is that the amount of Rs.1500/- is exempted from the Income Tax on Children Education Allowance for the AY 2010-11?

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admin Reply:
February 22nd, 2010 at 8:40 pm
CEA to the extent of Rs.1200 per year is exempted

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s.s.kosrabe said on Monday, March 8, 2010, 18:01

I have three child. Eldest son is going on BE-iv year and second son is going to BE-Ist year., and third child is going on vii class. I was claimed of children education allowance for 2nd & 3rd child. 2nd child is out of a beneficials due to he has joined BE course. Remaing 3 rd child is claimed to rebursement of CEA but my office is denied to grant CEA for 3rd child and said it is as per clarification issued by DOPT in which it is mentioned that only eldest 2 child are admissible for benefit. whether pl. clarify I got benefit or not

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admin Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 7:24 am
Dear kosrabe
your admin is correct. As per CEA clarifications dated 13/11/09 two eldest surviving school going children are only eligible.

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Suman Ghosh said on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 23:19

Is Annual Charges reimbursable?

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admin Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:36 am
no

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Pradeep Kumar Mallick said on Thursday, March 18, 2010, 13:01

a employee has submitted hostel bill for his son studying 10 k.m. away from the station(where employee is serving). the residential college & station of the employee comes under the same municipality. is it possible to reimburse the amount of education allowance as hostel subsidy.

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admin Reply:
March 18th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
check this gconnect article for more details

http://gconnect.in/gc/orders-in-brief/important-clarification-on-hostel-subsidy.html

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S.M.Amanullah said on Saturday, March 20, 2010, 16:53

May children education allowance be given to sopmeone whose children are studing out of india ?

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Pradeep, AIR, BALANGIR,ORISSA said on Monday, March 22, 2010, 20:25

Please clarify which amount of childrens education allownce comes under the taxeable income.

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admin Reply:
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Tuition fees reimbursed is exempted to the extent of Rs.100 per month

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V Umashankar Rao said on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 22:20

Sir,
Whether PT shoes and PT uniforms that is white shirt and white trousers are covered in uniform or not please clarifiy

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admin Reply:
March 25th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Since physical training forms part of education curriculum, PT shoes and PT uniforms are nothing but school uniforms

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V Umashankar Rao said on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 22:21

Sir,
Whether PT shoes and PT uniforms that is white shirt and white trousers are covered in uniform or not under the children education allowance.

Please clarify

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sanjeev bansal said on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:42

I submitted bills for CEA but the accounts people have not cleared the payment as he has mentioned that it is not reimbursible as the payments have been made before the notification ie 2.9.2008. i had deposited the fee on 1.4.2008 and purchased the books also. Please clarify whether these are payable on pro rata basis or not

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admin Reply:
March 24th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
If the amount paid is meant for whole year i.e 2008-09 not withstanding the fact that the fee is paid in advance, you are entitled to claim the fees relates to the period from 1.9.2008 to end of academic year in 2009. These are practical issues involved which can not be covered in the CEA order. The persons implementing the rule should see the intention of the govt

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sanjeev bansal said on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:54

even though I ojected to the deduction, but they have made the payment after deducting the relevant part, without even specifying the reason

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J.L.MEENA Doordarshan Gwalior said on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 13:01

I claimed CEA last year 2008-09 on 28.02.2009 of my younger children and I claimed CEA current year 2009-10 on 12.02.2010 of one of elder and one of my younger children(middle children). My office asked to me only one elder child cea can be reimburseble only. The GOI restricted to children from 01.01.1999. My all children burn before 01.01.1999. Please inform that to me immidite about my CEA claim.

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admin Reply:
March 25th, 2010 at 8:52 am
“The GOI restricted to children from 01.01.1999.” — This is your observation. We could not make out anything from this. In general, there is no linkage between birth date and CEA. CEA could be availed for payment of school fees, school items such as shoes, uniforms, text books etc and other admissible fees for first two children, who are studying from Kinder garden to 12th std

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Kamal said on Thursday, March 25, 2010, 9:29

Please tell me whether Annual Charges/fund paid to school is reimburseable or not

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admin Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Please give the details of the said annual charges/fund

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V. Patel said on Monday, March 29, 2010, 16:52

Is term fee comes under CEA? Can i claim term fee charged by school in CEA?

Mostly all schools are charging term fee in each half(term), twice in a year. Tution fee can be claim in CEA, other such fees can be claimed for CEA. Why term fee is not claimed as CEA?

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admin Reply:
March 30th, 2010 at 7:47 am
dear patel
Term fee paid is also eligible under CEA. For the details, what constitutes the term fee of your school, you just give a copy of your school’s fee brochure/fees schedules etc generally nowadays given by schools, so that your admin confirms that whether the term fee is included with Donation/building fund which are in eligible . In any case but for the donations term fee is eligible for CEA

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kishore sharma said on Monday, March 29, 2010, 21:48

I have three children and I am getting child education allowance for the two children .Now my eldest child going to complete class XII so may I apply for the younger child . If, yes then please mention in details e.g circular order no. , original circular etc .

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admin Reply:
March 30th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Dear kishore
It is not possible. As per OM CEA is available only for the two eldest children. Please go to circular corner of Gconnect for the original CEA.

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PC Panda said on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 15:35

Sir,
Reimbursement of Children Education Allowance (CEA) is admissible for three children if they are born before 31.12.1987 and for two children born after 31.12.1987. I have two daughters born in 1979 and 1984 (before 31.12.1987) and one adopted girl child born in 1994. It may kindly be clarified whether I am entitled to reimbuse CEA for the third child born in 1994.

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admin team Reply:
March 31st, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Dear panda
Sorry sir you cannot claim CEA for the 3rd child as it is restricted to eldest two children only as per clarificatory OM dated 13/11/09

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Venu said on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 18:58

Sir last year i have claimed CEA for my KG-I going son Rs 1120/- only. This year i have changed my sons school and the school have again admitted him in KG-I due to age factor. This year the fee is 12000/-. Sir can i claim CEA this year too for the same class (i.e KG-I). is there any provision? Also if there is no such provision can i claim CEA for the remaining amount for this acedamic year. Plz reply.

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admin Reply:
April 13th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
We are of the opinion that there is no bar in claiming CEA when the child is studying in the same class again. Also, you need not deduct the amount already received by you.

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Venu Reply:
April 14th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Thank you very much. But little more help is requested. I am also of the same opinion as you but my office says that one cannot claim. They say that one can claim CEA for the same class if the child fails and not in the case such as mine. I would appreciate if you could intimate the rule no or memo No to support the opinion. With due respect: Venu

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admin Reply:
April 14th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
For your situation, that is in the case of children studying in the same class again, there is no specific clarification issued by govt yet. Since there is no bar for this situation in the original order your office ought to have allowed this. We request you to post this matter in the GConnect discussion board where the other members can also share their views on this aspect
brij bhushan sharma said on Thursday, April 15, 2010, 10:23

sir, tell me what is the defination of “Uniform” and cover under these items and meaning of two set of uniforms

thanks

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admin Reply:
April 17th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Clothing prescribed by the school is referred to as uniform (for example trouser, shirt, tie, belt, batch etc). Schools would normally supply or prescribe to buy these clothing in two numbers for alternate use. As such we feel the order for CEA should be read in common parlance

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Ashish Kumar Sarkar Reply:
May 19th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
What does two set of uniform means? Does it means that two set of uniform of summer as well as two set of uniform of winter OR one set of summer uniform and one set of winter uniform?

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admin team Reply:
May 20th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Dear sarkar
No specific mention in the CEA Rules. Thus it can be derived you can purchase what ever kind of uniform as per your requirement.
j p mishra said on Sunday, April 18, 2010, 13:38

sir i have 3 children ,2 already paas out class 12th, i did nt claim any consession

my 3rd child in class 6th, plz reply i entitled CEA .

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admin Reply:
April 20th, 2010 at 8:25 am
CEA is admissible to first two surviving children only

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gautam said on Thursday, April 29, 2010, 19:00

dear sir,

i have three childern but i have not claimed for my two eldest childern because they are in college and not eligible for CEA. my 3rd child is in school who is eligible for reimbursement for CEA but i am not getting it due to govt latest order. is it not anomoly as i am deprived of a right as ihave not got CEA for any of my child . As i have not received any CEA. The orders should be effective giving some cut off dates

gautam rp

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admin Reply:
April 30th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Yes. Your case is genuine. However, there is no provision to avail CEA for 3rd child

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Monica said on Thursday, April 29, 2010, 20:54

Is this scheme applicable to KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA’s students???

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admin Reply:
April 30th, 2010 at 11:47 am
It is applicable to children of central government employees

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PURSHOTAM OHIR said on Thursday, April 29, 2010, 21:41

Sir/Madam, May i claim admission fee aprt from tuition fee every year as being charged by the schools in every new session. I have been refused by my office that you can not claim admission fee of my children who was promoted from class 9 to 10 in this year.

Purshotam Ohri

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admin Reply:
April 30th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Please refer to the original order for children education allowance. It says Tuition Fee Means Tuition fee, Admission fee, lab fee, special fee charged for agriculture, electronics, music or any other subject, Fee charged for practical work under the programme of work experience, fee paid for the use of any aid or appliance by the child, library fee, games/sports fee and fee for extra curricular activities.

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PURSHOTAM OHIR Reply:
April 30th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND REPLY.

Sir/Madam, Pl. give me your verdict about my quarry that whather I can claim admission fee of my son who has been promoted from 9th class to 10 and school is charging admission fee for class 10th but on the other hand my office has rejected this admission fee on the ground that admission fee is reimbursed only once not every year or in every new session. pl. clarify. Purshotam Ohri.

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admin Reply:
May 1st, 2010 at 4:41 pm
You are entitled for admission fee every year as per the definition for tuition fee in the CEA order
shyam said on Thursday, May 20, 2010, 21:26

i have 4 children 3 are daughters and 1 son. girls are going in college and i never claimed for there cea but now i want to claim cea for my son studing in class 8 in KV. Can I get benifit of cea for my son.kindly give me the full detail on this matter.

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admin Reply:
May 21st, 2010 at 8:06 am
CEA is applicable to first two surviving children only

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VC Tapkir said on Monday, June 14, 2010, 11:51

The Amount of Admission Form reimbursable?

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prema narayan dash said on Saturday, June 26, 2010, 13:08

what actually means one set of text books and note books

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admin Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 8:00 am
text books and note books prescribed for the child for the academic year

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HARINARAYAN.R.NAIR said on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 13:06

LEASE CLARIFY AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITYOF SCOUT UNIFORM ALONG WITH ITS ACCESSORIES IN ADDITIONTO THE 2 SETS OF UNIFORM ADMISSIBLE IN THE CHILDREN’S EDUCATION ALLOWANCE. IS THERE ANY LIMIT TO THE COST OF SHOES PURCHASED. IS SCHOOL BAG, RAINCOAT ADMISSIBLE

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admin team Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 8:37 am
Dear harinarayan nair
only 2 sets of school uniforms are allowed. But no cost ceiling for each item is prescribed but overall limit is Rs.12000/- pa per child

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sgwaikar said on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:30

Sir, I had claimed CEA. PAO, NSI, Ministry of Finance, Nagpur has raised objection for Socks, drawing copy, practical book, Misc. fee (which is for Lib.fee, Laboratory fee). INspite of my clarification and point out the OM , He repeatedly refuse the bill by raising objection that your reply is not satifactory. What is to be done? INspite of clear instruction if some PAO is refusing the bill what is to be done ? Please guide me.

Thanking you

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admin team Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 8:33 am
dear sgwaikar
CEA includes reimbursement of for books and note books, uniforms . Your claim for socks (if for uniform of your child) & drawing note etc are well within the common nomenclature of book,note books and uniforms.For misc fee -you may get a certificate/evidence from your school detailing what fees are comprising the “misc fee”. Any how, all administrators/auditors should have to apply some rational logic in finalizing CEA claims without detrimental to the Govt’s intention. At the same time claimants are also having the responsibility to get such unquestionable Receipts/evidences from the School authorities/books shops for gaining the full fruits of the scheme.

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HARINARAYAN.R.NAIR said on Saturday, July 3, 2010, 10:54

DEFINE SET OF NOTEBOOKS? IS THERE ANY PRESCRIPTION FOR THE NUMBER OF NOTEBOOKS PURCHASED OR AS PRESCRIBED BY THE SCHOOL?

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admin Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 3:07 pm
number of books is not defined in CEA orders

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HARINARAYAN.R.NAIR said on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 8:32

IS IT MANDATORY THAT THE CASH MEMOS PRODUCED ALONG WITH THE CLAIM SHOULD CONTAIN THE NAME OF THE CHILD. CAN A CLAIM BE RESTRICTED BY THE AUDIT AUTHORITY SIMPLY BECAUSE THE NAME HAS NOT BEEN PUT BY THE SHOPKEEPER WHICH THEY HARDLY DO. CLARIFY

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admin Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
This is a superficial audit. Government has provided the procedure for reimbursement through the CEA order as follows (Para 2)

“2. In order to ensure that Government servants have no difficulty in claiming
reimbursement, the procedure under this Scheme is being kept simple.
Reimbursement should henceforth be made on the submission of original receipts on
the basis of self-certification by the Government servant.”

So there are only two conditions 1. submission of original receipt 2.self certification by the Government Servant.

If you have satisfied these two conditions you can very well represent against the rejection of claim.

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srinivasan said on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 17:40

I’ve come accross that some office while reimbursing uniforms reimburse two sets each of summer (blue colour-2 sets, white which is for once in a week – 2 sets) and also for winter (gray colour- 2 sets with coat, sweaters etc), some other offices only admit two set of unforms for the whole year wheter it is for summer or winter or one each for both.
Please clarify.

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P Ramachandramurthy said on Monday, July 12, 2010, 13:12

My office refused my application for CEA on submission of my application on 08.07.2010. My office told my to submit it after completion of one quarter of school functioning i.e as per them in September 2010 only I have to submit my application for reimbursement. Please clarify. I have paid annual fee in April, 2010 and Purchased books, uniform and shoes in July. In July I have submitted my application for reimbursement but advised me to submit in September, 2010.

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admin Reply:
July 14th, 2010 at 9:42 am
It is not correct. The only condition given in the original CEA order, reimbursement are allowed once in 3 months.

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Rajeev M M said on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 11:15

In the order it says “One set Text Book, Note Book, 2 sets of Uniform……..” From this it is clear that we can claim reimbursement for 1 set Text Book and 2 sets of Uniform. But what about Note Books ? At the start of the academic year one cannot predict how many Note Books one may need. Moreover Kendriya Vidyalayas insist thin Notes Books for children as part of reducing the weight the children carry. In that case can we submit claim for additional Note Books throughout the year ?

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admin Reply:
July 15th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Of course. In any case total reimbursement shall not exceed Rs.12000

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