TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE CHAPTER 1:
TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE CHAPTER 1
SECTION I
GRADES OF OFFICERS
1. For the purpose of calculating Travelling Allowances, officers are classified into the following four grades :¬യാത്രാ അലവൻസുകൾ കണക്കാക്കുന്നതിനായി, ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരെ ഇനിപ്പറയുന്ന നാല് ഗ്രേഡുകളായി തിരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു:
(50400-120000)70000 & above
(70000-166800)GRADE II(a)GRADE II(b)GRADE IIIGRADE IV
| 42500 & above below 50400 (42500-50399) | 59300 & above BELOW 70000 (59300-69999) |
| 27800 & above below 42500 (27800-42499) | 39300 & above BELOW 59300 (39000-59299) |
| 18000 & above below 27800 (18000-27700) | 25100 & above BELOW 39300 (25100-38299) |
| BELEOW 18000 (16500-17999) | BELOW 25100 (23000-25099) |
| 1. For the purpose of T.A. officers are classified in to grades: (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 4 |
Note- 1.-
All Private Secretaries to Ministers and the Private Secretary to the Speaker will be treated as Grade I Officers from 28th June 1969 and 2nd September 1969 respectively for purposes of Travelling Allowances, irrespective of the pay drawn by them. മന്ത്രിമാർക്കുള്ള എല്ലാ പ്രൈവറ്റ് സെക്രട്ടറിമാരെയും സ്പീക്കറുടെ പ്രൈവറ്റ് സെക്രട്ടറിയെയും യഥാക്രമം ഗ്രേഡ് I ഓഫീസർമാരായി 1969 ജൂൺ 28 നും 1969 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2 നും ട്രാവൽ അലവൻസ് ആവശ്യങ്ങൾക്കായി പരിഗണിക്കും.
*Note 2.–
For the purpose of calculating the T.A. for accompanying the Governor, Advisers or Ministers on tour, non-gazetted officers, other than those in the last grade, will be treated as Second Grade (b) officers irrespective of the “actual pay” drawn by them.
ടി.എ കണക്കുകൂട്ടുന്നതിനായി. പര്യടനത്തിൽ ഗവർണർ, ഉപദേഷ്ടാക്കൾ, മന്ത്രിമാർ എന്നിവരോടൊപ്പം, ലാസ്റ്റ് ഗ്രേഡ് ജീവനക്കാരെ ഗ്രേഡിലുള്ളവരൊഴികെ ഗസറ്റഡ് ഇതര ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരെ രണ്ടാം ഗ്രേഡ് (ബി) ഓഫീസർമാരായി കണക്കാക്കും.
| (1) For the purpose of calculating the Travelling Allowance for accompanying the Ministers on tour, the grade of a non gazetted officer other than those in the last grade will be treated as: (A)Grade III (B) Grade ll(a) (C) Grade II (b) (D) Grade l (2) The grade of a Lower Division Clerk accompanying the Finance Minister on tour to the calculation of traveling allowance is considered as: (A) Grade I (B) Grade II (a) (C) Grade II (b) (D) Grade III |
Note 3.-
The term ‘pay’ occurring in this part of the rules should be deemed to include only – Pay as defined in Rule 12 (23) (i) and (iii) of Part I, Kerala Service Rules, and personal pay, dearness pay and special pay treated as coming under classes I and II under Appendix IV, Kerala Service Rules.
Note 4.-
The classification of a re-employed pensioner for purposes of Travelling Allowances will be determined on the following basis –
(a) Where the pension is held in abeyance during the period of re¬employment, the grade of the re-employed pensioner shall be determined, in accordance with the pay actually received from time to time.
(b) Where a pension is allowed to be drawn in addition to pay, the re¬employed pensioner should be deemed to be in receipt of actual pay equivalent to his re-employed pay plus pension, subject to the proviso that if the sum of such pay plus pension exceeds the pay of the post if it is on a fixed rate of pay or the maximum pay of the post, if it is on a time-scale of pay, such excess shall be ignored.
| (1) Re-employed pensioners, drawing pension is addition to pay and allowances, will be classified for the purpose of Travelling Allowance : (a) On the basis of basic pay (b) on the basis of basic pay and pension (c) on the basis of basic pay and dearness relief (d) None of the above (2) A pensioner drawing a pension of Rs. 6,500 was re-employment in a post on a timescale of pay 10400 -18300. A consolidated amount of Rs. 12,000 was given to him as pay and the last pay drawn while in service was Rs. 13,000. The pay for the purpose of calculation of Travelling Allowance is : (a) Rs. 18,500 (b) Rs. 13,000 (c) Rs. 12,000 (d) Rs. 18,300 (32)A Pensioner drawing a pension of Rs. 18,000 was re-employed on 1.7.2018 in a post on a time scale of pay of 18000-41500 and the pay is fixed Rs. 28,500. The pay of the re-employed pensioner for the purpose of calculating travelling allowance will be: A:-Rs. 28,500 B:- Rs. 18,000 C:- Rs. 46,500 D:-Rs. 41,500 Correct Answer:- Option-C |
(c) If a portion of the pension has been commuted, the amount of pension to be taken into account for the purpose of clause (b) will be the amount including the pensionary equivalent of the commuted value. The amount of pension to be taken into account will also include the pension equivalent of the death-cum-retirement gratuity, if any.
Note 5.–
Class IV employees drawing pay of 18000 (PR 2014) and above consequent on getting time bound grade promotion shall be included under Third Grade for the limited purpose of Travelling Allowance/Daily Allowance claims.
| (1)For the purpose of calculating TA for accompanying the Governor, non gazetted officers other than those in the last grade will be treated as A:-Gr. III officers B:-Gr. II (b) officers C:-Gr. II (a) D:-Irrespective of position treated as Gr. I as accompanying Governor PR 2014 (2). For the purpose of calculating Travelling Allowance, which grade will be assigned to a Deputy Director of Education Department, drawing an actual basic pay of Rs. 87,000 on a scale of pay of 63700-123700 working as Private secretary to a Minister? A:-Grade II (a) B:-Grade II (b) C:-Grade I D:-Grade III PR 2014 4. A Junior IAS Officer drawing an actual pay of Rs. 48,000 claimed T.A as applicable to Grade I officer which was objected to by the Treasury Officer. Which among the statements is true? (a) Since the officer belongs to the IAS Cadre, irrespective of the pay drawn by him, he can claim T.A as applicable to Grade I officers. Hence the objection is not in order (b) Since there is no special order, the officer cannot draw T. A as applicable to Grade I officers. Hence the objection is in order. (c) Only if an officer draws a basic pay of Rs. 25,280 can be treated as a Grade I officer. Hence the objection is in order (d) Since the officer is a Junior IAS officer, he cannot draw T.A as applicable to Grade I officer. Hence the objection is in order. |
- The Government may, for reasons which should be recorded, order that any officer or grade of officers shall be included in a grade higher or lower than that prescribed in the above rule.
- An officer in transit from one post to anotherranks in the grade to which thelower of the two posts would entitle him.
| 🆀.An Officer is transferred from higher post to a lower post, the grade of the officer for calculation of transfer TA is based on: (A) Higher post (B) Higher on lower post at the discretion of the Officer (C) Higher post only if the Head of Office/Controlling Officer permits (D) Lower Correct Answer:-(D) Lower |
- The Travelling Allowance of an officer who is promoted or reverted with retrospective effect, should not be revised in respect of the period intervening between the date of promotion or reversion, and that on which it is ordered.
Government Decision No. 1
In all cases of belated grant of increments, other than those where such increments have been specifically withheld under competent orders, where the class or grade of officers for drawal of T.A. has been changed consequent on such belated grant of increments, the officers concerned will be eligible to draw the enhanced rate of T.A. with retrospective effect, i.e., from the date on which the increment has actually fallen due.
| The Travelling Allowance of an officer can be revised with retrospective effect : (a) When the belated grant of increment was due to routine reasons (b) When the belated grant of increment was due to the fault of the officer (c) When reverted with retrospective effect (d) Revision not admissible In one of the following cases, a revised TA claim is admissible A:-Belated grant of increment, due to no fault of the officer D:-Reversion with retrospective effect (a) When promoted with retrospective effect (b) In case of belated grant of increment other than those were the increment was withheld under Competent Orders (c) when reverted with retrospective effect (d) In case of belated issue of pay slip due to the fault of the officer |
Government Decision No. 2
# In cases of belated issue of pay slips for ordinary increments, which do not depend on the passing of tests, completion of probation, retrospective confirmation, promotion, revision of pay scales, etc., but are delayed for some routine reason or other, the officers concerned will be eligible to draw the enhanced rate of T.A. with retrospective effect, i.e., from the date on which the increment has actually fallen due. But such claims for arrears of T.A will be paid by the Treasury Officers only after special audit by the Accountant General.
| Arrears of traveling Allowance of a Gazetted Officer due to belated sanctioning of increment for issue of pay slip will be paid by Treasury: (A) Only after special audit by Accountant General (B) Only after special sanction from Finance Department (C) Only after concurrence of Department Head (D) Only after sanction from Administrative Department |
Government Decision No. 3
*It is clarified that the above Decision No. 2 is applicable to all cases of belated issue of pay slips, when the delay in issue of pay slips is not due to any fault of the officer, i.e., it is only when increments are delayed on account of specific orders of competent authorities that the benefit contemplated in the above decision shall be denied.
| Under what circumstances is an officer entitled to revise the claim for Travelling Allowance with retrospective effect? A:-Promoted with retrospective effect B:-Due to delay in issue of pay slip due to non-completion of probation C:-Due to delay in issue of pay slip not due to the fault of the officer or some routine reason D:-Reverted with retrospective effectAn officer will be eligible to revise the travelling allowance with retrospective effect:(A) when promoted with retrospective effect(B) when reverted with retrospective effect (C) belated issue of pay slip due to the fault of the officer (D) in case of belated grant of increment other than those where the movement was withheld under competent authority. |
- The following are thedifferent kinds of Travelling Allowances which may be drawn in different circumstances by officers:¬
(a) Permanent Travelling Allowance
(b) Conveyance Allowance
(c) Mileage Allowance
(d) Daily Allowance
(e) Actual Travelling Expenses.
| The Rules in this Chapter explain the nature of these allowances and the method of calculating them. The circumstances, in which they may be drawn for particular journeys, are described in Chapters II to IV. |
| (1) The different kinds of Travelling Allowance does not include: (A)Daily allowance (B) Dearness Allowance (C) Conveyance Allowance (D) Actual Travel Expense (2) An allowance which is not treated as Travelling Allowance is : (A) Daily Allowance (B) Mileage Allowance (C)Compassionate Allowance (D) Permanent Travelling Allowance (3) One of the following is not treated as a kind of travelling allowance (a) Conveyance Allowance (b) Dearness Allowance (c) Daily allowances (d) Mileage allowance (4) Which of the following is not coming under the term Travelling Allowance? |
Government Decision No. 1
The expressions ‘road mileage’ and ‘mileage allowance’ wherever they occur shall be assigned meaning as referring to distance in kilometres.
Government Decision No. 2
An Officer of Government required to attend meetings of the Board of Directors or Committees of an Industrial Concern or a Bank or a Joint Stock Company on behalf of Government shall receive T.A. and D.A. from Government according to rules. The officer should credit the entire T.A. and sitting fee paid by the Industrial Concern or Bank to the receipt head corresponding to the head of account to which his T.A. is debited. He will also forward to the Accountant General in advance a statement of T.A. and sitting fee to which he is entitled for attending such meetings in a month so as to enable the Accountant General to watch recovery. The practice of crediting to Government the T.A. received from the University of Kerala according to its rules and receiving T.A. according to State T.A. rules as laid down in G.O. (Ms.) 330/59/Fin., dated 29th June 1959 will be discontinued from 1st August 1960 in respect of Government officers travelling on University business and instead they will be allowed to receive T.A. direct from the University according to its rules.
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5A. The right of a Government servant to Travelling Allowance including daily allowance shall be forfeited or deemed to have been relinquished if the claim for it is not preferred to the drawing officer or controlling officer within one year from the date on which it fell due.
(1) A claim for travelling allowance will not be sanctioned, if it is presented to the drawing officer or controlling officer:
(a) after two year of due date
(b) after one year of due date
(c) within one year of due date
(d) none of the above
- A permanent monthly Travelling Allowance may be granted byGovernmentto any officer whose duties require him to travel extensively(=ബൃഹത്തായ). Such an allowance is granted in lieu of all other forms of Travelling Allowance for journeys within the officer’s sphere of duty and is drawn all the year round, whether the officer is absent from his headquarters or not.
| A permanent monthly travelling allowance may be granted by ________ to any officer whose duties require him to travel extensively A:-Accountant general B:-Head of office C:-Controlling officer D:-Government 🆀An officer whose duties required him to travel extensively may be granted a _______ by Government in lieu of all other forms of travelling allowance for his journeys with in the sphere of duties. 🆀 Permanent conveyance allowance is granted when A:-The officer is frequently to travel within his jurisdiction B:-The officer is extensively to travel within Headquarters C:-The officer has to travel for official purpose to the office of the Head of Department outside Headquarter D:-None of the above 🆀 An officer whose duties required him to travel extensively may be granted by Govt. in lieu of all other forms of travelling allowance for his journeys with in the sphere of duties: (A) Transfer TA (B) Tour TA (C) P.T.A.. (D) PCA |
Government Decision No. 1
Since Permanent Travelling Allowance is fixed at a monthly rate it is not necessary that the officer should be on tour beyond 8 kilometres from headquarters on all days of the month. Even for days he is not on tour outside 8 kilometres from headquarters he can draw Permanent Travelling Allowance. This does not however mean that Permanent Travelling Allowance can be drawn without leaving headquarters on any day of the month. The drawal of the allowance will be governed by the order fixing the rate of Permanent Travelling Allowance and prescribing the terms and conditions for its drawal. For the drawal of full amount of Permanent Travelling Allowance an officer should be on tour outside 8 kilometres from headquarters for 15 days in a month and should spend at least 6 hours outside headquarters on each such day. If the minimum number of days of travel is not performed reduction has to be made as per the terms and conditions of the Permanent Travelling Allowance
This decision shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 9th December 1970.
| (1) An officer may draw Permanent Travelling Allowance : (a)During joining time (b) During Leave (c) Even for days not on tour outside 8 kms (d) During Temporary transfer (2) The drawal of Permanent Travelling Allowance is admissible: (A) even for days not on tour outside 8 km (B) during leaves (C) during joining time (D) during temporary transfer (3) Permanent travelling allowance is admissible at full rate in a month, if the officer travelled 8 km from his headquarters for a minimum period of (4) PTA is admissible only officers spend at least ….. hours outside HQ on each day (a) 8 (b) 6 (C) 24 (d) 12 |
Government Decision No. 2
The following procedure will be followed for drawal of P.T.A in cases where an officer is on duty for a part of a month and also in cases where the officer has been on duty for the whole month but has not toured for the minimum number of days prescribed :¬
(a) If an officer is on duty for a part of a month he will be allowed proportionate P.T.A. for the days he is on duty provided that the officer is on tour for the proportionate number of days with reference to the minimum days of tour prescribed.
(b) For every day short toured, a deduction of will ( I x PTA) / Y be made where Y is the minimum number of days of tour prescribed.
Example.-Suppose an officer whose P.T.A. is 40 per mensem, and whose minimum period of touring is fixed as 20 days per month, is on duty only for 20 days in a month of 30 days. He is entitled to a P.T.A. of (20 x 40)/30 = 26.67 provided, he puts in not less than the proportionate number of tour days, i.e., (20 x 20)/30 = 13 days. For every day short toured by him a deduction of 1/20 of 40 will be made (i.e., if he tours only for 12 days, an amount of 2 will be deducted from 26.67).
(c) In cases where the officer is on duty for the whole month but has not toured for the minimum number of days prescribed, a deduction of (X x P.T.A) / Y will be made where X and Y are the shortfall in the number of days of tour and the minimum number of days of tour prescribed in a month respectively.
Example.-Suppose an officer whose P.T.A is 40 per mensem and whose minimum number of tour days is fixed as 20 per month, is on duty for the whole month and tours only for 15 days, a deduction of 5 x 40/20 = 10 is to be made from his P.T.A. of 40 per mensem.
Effective from 8th June 1962.
| (1) The permanent travelling allowance (PTA) of an officer is Rs.300 per month and the minimum number of tour days prescribed is 15. If he has been on duty for the whole month and travelled only 10 days, the PTA admissible is: (A) Rs.300 (B) Rs. 150 (C) Rs. 100 (D) Rs.200 1015×300=200″ height=”46″ src=”https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/hu_ktiobtnEQY9cg_bP_BflgcLge5D5HkwsYw5d5WFQoq1wSic-b3T57nb-PGI9pcEBQ0CvA_onPd7FfXxDtyO3B_AtS5spTFNsdKUH4zI3Nu7zp4wyc9Df2i7LplmGKy76Wt8r7=w130-h46″ title=”10 over 15 cross times 300 equals 200″ width=”130″ style=”user-select: text !important; padding: 8px; background: transparent; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-radius: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;”> (2) A block development officer whose monthly PTA is Rs. 300 per month and the minimum number of days prescribed for tour in a month is 20 days. If he has travelled only 15 days in a month, his entitlement=അര്‍ഹത for PTA is: (A) 225 (B) 75 (C) 200 (D) 1C Correct Answer:-(A) 225 (3)The minimum tour days prescribed for getting PT.A. is 15 in a month. He was duty 20 days in a month of 30 days. Proportionate no. of tour day is : (A%2 |