Recovery of Transport Allowance during lockdown period

Recovery of Transport Allowance during lockdown period and marking of attendance – Railway Board Order dated 24.06.2021

EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY
Office of the General Manager(Vig)
Hajipur (Bihar)

ECR/Vig/V-27NG/ppu 20200901073/PC/RR/03

Dated: 24.06.2021.

General Manager (P)
East Central Railway
Hajipur

Sub: Recovery of Transport Allowance.

It is found during a preventive check in a unit of ECR that Transport Allowance has been granted in f{/o some official who did not attend office any day in a calendar month during lockdown.

As per existing rule regarding admissibility of Transport allowance issued by Railway Board, it is mentioned that any employee who could not attend office in a whole calendar month are not eligible to draw Transport allowance for that month as these employees had not incurred any expenditure for commuting office. (RBE No.104/2020)

Recoveries of Transport Allowance may please be ensured in all Similar cases where personnel did not attend office any day in a calendar month within the jurisdiction of East Central Railway.

(Ujjawal Anand)
Dy. CVO(A&P)
For GM/Vigilance

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