Reserved on 04.12.2025 CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ALLAHABAD BENCH, ALLAHABAD This the 18th day of December, 2025 Original Application No. 865 of 2025 Present:

Hon'ble Mr. Anjani Nandan Sharan, Member- (Administrative)

Arun Kumar Srivastava aged about 61 years, S/O- Sri Rajendra Kishore Srivastava, R/O- Mohalla Neem Tola, Khaga, District Fatehpur.

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Applicant By Advocate: Shri Saiyed Jafar Ishtiaque Versus

1. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, New Delhi-110011.

2. The Comptroller & Auditor General Of India, through Dy. Comptroller General (Admn.), O/O- Comptroller General Of India, 9, Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay New Delhi 110011.

3. The Accountant General (Accounts & Entitlement), 20 Sarojini Naidu Marg, Civil Lines Prayagraj-211001.

4. The Pay & Accounts Officer O/O- The Accountant General (Accounts & Entitlement), 20 Sarojini Naidu Marg, Civil Lines Prayagraj-211001.

…Respondents By Advocate: Shri Manu Vardhan

ORDER

Heard Shri Saiyed Jafar Ishtiaque, learned counsel appearing for the applicant and Shri Manu Vardhan, learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

SAHIL 2. The instant Original Application, under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, has been filed seeking following reliefs:

“8.1 To issue a writ, order or direction in nature of mandamus directing the respondents to reimburse the sum of Rs.91,246/- as a CTG claim which is still remained unreimbursed which is liable to be paid along with an interest thereon @ 18/% per annum

8.2 To issue such other and further order or direction which this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem fit and proper in the nature and circumstances of the present case.

8.3 To award the cost of the Original Application to the applicants.”

3. The facts of the case, as narrated by the applicant, are that the applicant was an employee of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department and he retired as Assistant Accounts officer on 11.01.2024 while serving in Prayagraj. The home town declared by the applicant as well as accepted by the respondent nos. 2 and 3 is Mohalla Neem Tola, Khaga, Fatehpur, U.P.-212655 which can be seen in all the papers of the applicant connected with the payments after retirement, issued by the respondents. As per the Retirement Travelling Allowance Rules, the Central Government allows reimbursement of expenses of traveling for setting down after retirement, including journey of the employees and their family and transporting all personnel effects.

3.1 As per the rules, the Central Government employees are entitled for TA for the journey from their last duty station to their home town or the place where they settle after retirement, even if it is not their declared home town. As per the rules, Composite Transfer Grant (CTG) is paid 80% of the last month’s basic pay for those who settle at a place more than 20 km away from their last duty station. In the instant case, the applicant submitted the TA Bills as per rules on 21.05.2024 for his journey to his declared home town. During his service period, he used to reside at 181- B/153-C, Sulem Sarai, Dhoomanganj, Prayagraj-211011 in a house owned by him. However, Respondent no.3 raised certain SHARMA objections on his CTG claim regarding place of residence of the applicant which have been alleged by the applicant to be uncalled for and frivolous. The bill was returned in original to the applicant with the remarks that the competent authority has rejected the CTG claim. Feeling aggrieved, the applicant has filed the instant Original Application.

4. In the counter affidavit, the respondents have stated that the home town declared by the applicant in his service record is Mohalla Neem Tola, Khaga Fatehpur U.P.-212655 but the applicant has not relocated to his home town which is established by various facts, and, accordingly, competent authority under SR 147 - GOI Orders-5, has rejected the claim of the applicant and returned the original CTG papers. In the meantime, a letter was sent to Pawan Road Lines