Mileage Allowance and Travel Rules

Flashcards covering the definitions, entitlements, and specific rules for Mileage Allowance and travel modes (Road, Train, Air, and Helicopter) as outlined in the lecture notes.

What is the definition of Mileage Allowance according to the lecture?

It is an allowance calculated on the distance travelled to meet the cost of a particular journey.

How is the journey route determined for Mileage Allowance when multiple routes exist?

The journey is held to have been performed by the shortest of the two or more particular routes or by the cheapest of such routes.

Who has the authority to decide the shortest route in any case of doubt?

The competent authority.

Where is a journey held to commence or end at any station?

At the chief public office, or such other point as may be fixed for the purpose by a competent authority.

What are the three potential modes of travel for Mileage Allowance?

Road, train, or air.

What is the train travel entitlement for a Grade I officer?

First class AC / AC-I.

What is the train travel entitlement for a Grade II officer?

AC-II / First class.

What is the train travel entitlement for a Grade III officer?

AC-III / AC chair car.

What is the train travel entitlement for a Grade IV officer?

Sleeper class / non AC 2nd class.

In addition to the rail fare, what Daily Allowance (DA) is admissible for a completed day of train travel?

One Daily Allowance ($DA$).

For road travel without halting, what is required to receive one full DA?

The total journey performed must be not less than $80\,Kms$.

What are the conditions for receiving $1/2$ DA for road travel without halting?

The total journey is not less than $40\,Kms$ and absence from HQ is not less than six hours.

Under road travel rules for a journey involving a night halt away from HQ, what is admissible if the distance is not less than $40\,Kms$?

Mileage allowance as per admissibility and $2\,DA$ (as specified in the transcript).

Under road travel rules for a journey involving a night halt away from HQ, what is admissible if the distance is not less than $80\,Kms$?

Mileage allowance as per admissibility and full $DA$.

What is the DA rule for the first day of arrival at a place of halt on tour if the journey is less than $80\,Kms$?

$1/2\,DA$ is admissible.

What is the entitlement for a Government Servant (G/S) travelling free in the car of another G/S?

They shall not be entitled to any mileage allowance but only $DA$.

Which officers are entitled to travel by air?

Only Grade I officers of the state and AIS officers in the Senior Scale.

What is admissible for air travel in addition to the mileage allowance equivalent to one standard air fare?

$DA$ is admissible for a completed day.

How is travel by helicopter classified?

Travel by helicopter is classified as 'travel by air'.

How should a claim for a helicopter journey between Shillong-Guwahati-Tura be performed?

It shall be as per the claim for air travel.

If a G/S travels from Shillong to Guwahati airport to avail a flight outside the state, where is the DA admissible from?

DA shall be admissible from Shillong to that destination only; a separate $DA$ for the Shillong to Guwahati airport journey is not admissible.