Travelling allowance rules-Journey on Transfer/Retirement

Railway Board Letter No
F(E)I/2011/AL-28/26 dated 01.09.2011
Date
RBE No
118/2011
Circular Subject
Travelling allowance rules-Journey on Transfer/Retirement
Ref
Board’s letter Nos. E(W)2004 PS 5-9/1 dated 01.08.2011 & dated 17.06.2009 and No. F(E)I/2008/AL28/15 dated 29.12.2010

 

1. In terms of Board’s letter No. E(W)2004 PS 5-9/1 dated 01.08.2011, personal effects up to the specified weight limits and/or conveyance up to the prescribed scale/rates as prescribed under Board’s letter No.E(W) 2004 PS 5-9/1 dated 17.06.2009 may be permitted to be transported by road on reimbursement basis in lieu of Kit Pass to the place of posting on transfer/place of settlement after retirement. Reimbursement on account of personal effects/conveyance would be regulated as under:-

I. Transportation of Conveyance on Transfer/settlement after retirement:

WHEN CONVEYANCE IS SENT UNDER ITS OWN PROPULSION

Between places connected by rail

Between places not connected by rail

Prescribed rates limited to expenditure on
transportation by passenger train on rail.

Prescribed rates.*

WHEN CONVEYENANCE IS SENT LOADED ON A TRUCK

Between places connected by rail

Between places not connected by rail

Actual expenses limited to prescribed rates or
expenditure on transportation by passenger train on rail, whichever is less

Actual expenses limited to prescribed rates.*

* Prescribed rates means, the rates notified by the concerned Directorate of Transport, for taxi and auto rickshaw, at the starting point, subject to a maximum of Rs. 20/- for taxi and Rs. 10/- for auto rickshaw as prescribed/revised vide Board’s letter of even number dated 1.12.2008 and No. F(E)I/2011/AL-28/18 dated 13.06.2011.

II. Transportation of Personnel effects on Transfer/Settlement after retirement:

(1.)  Between places connected by rail

(i)  If  the  transportation  of  personal  effects  is
made by rail

Rates prescribed in terms of Board’s letter number
F(E)I/2008/AL28/15 dated 29.12.2010 and revised vide Board’s letter No. F(E)I/2011/AL-28/18 dated
13.06.2011 would be applicable for transportation of personal effects by Road from the place of residence to the Railway Station at the old headquarters and from Railway Station to the place of residence at the new headquarters.

(ii) If the transportation of personal effects is
made by road

Reimbursement of actual expenditure by road limited
to presumptive railway freight.

 (2.) Between placed not connected by rail-

The rates of transportation of personal effects by road between places not connected by rail would be the rates as prescribed in terms of Board’s letter number F(E)I/2008/AL28/15 dated 29.12.2010 and revised vide Board’s letter No. F(E)I/2011/AL-28/18 dated 13.06.2011