Revision of Travelling Allowance for Telangana Employees

Talangana Govt has issued GO revising the Travelling Allowance for the Govt employees

Telangana Government has issued a GO revising the Travelling Allowance based on the recommendations of the 10th Pay Commission recommendations.

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:

Grade	D.A. for tours within the State		D.A. for tours to any place outside the State
	Existing	Revised	Existing	Revised
Grade-I Rs.49870-100770 & above	Rs.300/-	Rs.450/-	Rs.400/-	Rs.600/-
Grade-IIRs.28,940-78,910 and upto and inclusive of Rs.46060-98440	Rs.200/-	Rs.300/-	Rs.300/-	Rs.450/-
Grade-IIIRest of the employees	Rs.150/-	Rs.225/-	Rs.200/-	Rs.300/-

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.

Grades	At Municipal Corporations either within the state or outside the state except those cities mentioned in columns (3) & (4) (Rs.)	At Hyderabad/ Secunderabad (Rs.)	At Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkota, Benguluru (Rs.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
I	500	750	875
II	300	450	525
III	200	300	350

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.

Grades	At Municipal Corporations either within the state or outside the state except those cities mentioned in columns (3) & (4) (Rs.)	At Hyderabad/ Secunderabad (Rs.)	At Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkota, Benguluru (Rs.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
I	750	1000	1300
II	450	700	1000
III	300	450	700

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.