Preliminary .

FUNDAMENTAL RULES AND SUBSIDIARY RULES (APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF SERVICES UNDER THE RULE-MAKING CONTROL OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER I

Extent of Application

F.R.1. These rules may be called the Fundamental Rules. They shall come into force with effect from the 1st January, 1940.

Note. The statutory rules framed by Government have effect from the date on which they are passed sub

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DEFINITIONS

F.R.9. Unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context the terms defined in this Chapter are used in the rules in the sense here explained ;

F.R.9. (1) The “Act” means the Government of India, Act, 1935.

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

PART II

F.R.10. Except as provided by this rule, no person may be substantively appointed to a permanent post in Government service without a medical certificate of health. The (State) Government may make rules prescribing the form in which medical certif

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PAY

F.R.19. The fixation of pay is within the competence of the State Government : Provided that, except in the case of personal pay granted in the circumstances defined in R. 9 (23) (a), the pay of a Government servant shall not be so increased as to exceed the pay sanctioned for his post without the sanction of an authority competent to create a post in the same cadre on a rate of pay equal to his pay w

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Additions to Pay

F.R.44. Compensatory allowances. - Subject to the general rule the amount of a compensatory allowance should be so regulated that allowance is not on the whole a source of profit to the recipient; the State Government may grant such allowances to any Government servant under its control and may make rules prescribing their amounts and the conditions under which they may be drawn.

Note. The

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COMBINATION OF APPOINTMENTS

F.R.49. The State Government may appoint the Government servant to hold substantively, as a temporary measure, or to officiate in two or more independent posts at one time. In such cases his pay is regulated as follows:

(a) where a Government servant is formally appointed to hold full charge of the duties of a

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DEPUTATION OUT OF INDIA

F.R.50. The Governor may sanction the deputation out of India of one or more Government servants of the State for any duty connected with State affairs.

Audit Instruction. - The period of the deputation runs from the date on which the Government servant makes

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DISMISSAL, REMOVAL AND SUSPENSION

F.R.52. The pay and allowances of a Government servant who is dismissed or removed from service cease from the date of such dismissal or removal.

F.R.53. (1) A Government servant under suspension shall be entitled to the following payments, namely :

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COMPULSORY RETIREMENT

F.R.56. (a) The date of compulsory retirement of a Government servant is the date on which he attains the age of 55 years. He may be retained in service after this age with the sanction of the State Government on public grounds which must be recorded in writing, and proposal for the retention of a Government servant in service after his age should not be made except in ver

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LEAVE

Section I-Extent of application

F.R.58. Unless in any case it be otherwise distinctly provided in Section VI of this Chapter, the rule in Sections I to V of this Chapter shall apply to all Government servants to whom the Fundamental Rules as a whole apply ; provided that a Governme

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JOINING TIME

F.R.105. Joining time may be granted to a Government servant to enable him-

(a) to join a new post either at the same or a new station without availing himself of any leave on relinquishing charge of his old post ;

(b) to join in new station on return from-

FOREIGN SERVICE

F.R.109. The rules in this Chapter apply to those Government servants only who are transferred to foreign service after the 1st January, 1922.

F.R.110. (a) No Government servant may be transferred to foreign service against his will; provided that this sub-rule

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SERVICE UNDER LOCAL FUNDS

F.R.128. Government servants paid from local funds which are administered by Government are subject to the provisions of Chapter I to XI of these rules.

Audit Instructions. - (1) Employers of local funds administration by Government who are not Government servants are subject to the provisions

Division.1 .

Definitions

S.R.152. Unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, the terms defined in this division are used in the Travelling Allowance Rules in the sense here explained :

(1) “Actual travelling expenses” means the actual cost of transporting a Government servant with his servants and personal luggage, including charges for ferry and other

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Grades of Government servants/distribution of grades

S.R.153. (1) For the purpose of calculating travelling allowance,. Government servants are divided into five grades as shown in the Schedule below.

(2) A Government servant officiating in, or appointed to perform all the duties of, a post specified in a higher grade or to which a particular

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DIVISION III

DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES

S.R.157. The following are the different kinds of travelling allowances which may be drawn in different circumstances by Government servants :

(a) Permanent travelling allowance ;

(b

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PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE

S.R.158. A permanent monthly travelling allowance may be granted by a competent authority to any Government servant whose duties require him to travel extensively. Such an allowance is granted in lieu of all other forms of travelling allowance for journeys within the Government servant's sphere of duty and is drawn all the year round whether the Government serva

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CONVEYANCE AND HORSE ALLOWANCE

S.R.162. A competent authority may grant on such conditions as it thinks tit to impose, a monthly conveyance or horse allowance to any Government servant who is required to travel extensively at or within a short distance from his headquarter under condition which do not render him eligible for daily allowance.

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MILEAGE ALLOWANCE

(i) General

S.R.166. A mileage allowance is an allowance calculated on the distance travelled which is given to meet the cost of a particular journey.

S.R.167. (a) For the purpose of calculating mileage allowance,

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DAILY ALLOWANCE

S.R.186. A daily allowance is a uniform allowance for each day of absence from headquarters, which is intended to cover the ordinary daily charges incurred by a Government servant in consequence of such absence.

S.R.187. Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in these rules, a daily allowance may be drawn while on tour by eve

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Actual expenses

S.R.190. Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in these rules, no Government servant is entitled to be provided with means of conveyance by or at the expenses of Government, or to draw as travelling allowance the actual cost of or part of actual cost of travelling.

State Government's decision. - (1) It has been decided, with

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Travelling allowance admissible for different classes of journeys

S.R.192. A Government servant appointed as Director or Member of the Board of Management or in any similar capacity in any Corporation or statutory Body shall draw Travelling Allowance as well as sitting fees or other remuneration of a like nature from such Corporation or Statutory Body at suc

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Journey on tour

(i) General rules

S.R.197. The State Government may define the limits of the sphere of duty of any Government servant.

(1) The jurisdiction of Deputy Rangers and Forester not in charge of Rangers and Forest guards is the Range to which they are attached.

JOURNEY OF A NEWLY APPOINTED GOVERNMENT SERVANT TO JOIN HIS FIRST POST

S.R.235. Except as otherwise provided in this Division travelling allowance is not admissible to any person for the journey to join his first post in Government service.

S.R.236. A competent authority may, by general of special orde

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JOURNEYS ON TRANSFER

S.R.241. (1) Travelling allowance may not be drawn under this Division by a Government servant on transfer from one station to another unless the transfer is made for the public convenience and the officer is entitled to pay during the period occupied by the journey. A transfer, at his own request should not be treated as a transfer for the public convenience, unless the authority

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JOURNEYS TO HILLS STATIONS

S.R.258. Government servant who travels on duty to a hill station within his sphere of duty, or is required by the order of a superior authority to travel to hill station on duty may draw travelling allowance during his absence as for a journey on tour. Such a Government servant will, however, forfeit all claims to travelling allowance, for journey and halt, other than

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JOURNEYS TO ATTEND AN EXAMINATION

S.R.263. A Government servant is entitled to draw travelling allowance for the journey to and from the place at which he appears for an examination of any the following kinds :

(a) An obligatory departmental or language examination ;

(b) An examination h

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JOURNEY WHEN PROCEEDING ON OR RETURNING FROM LEAVE

S.R.267. Except as otherwise provided in these rules a Government servant is not entitled to any travelling allowance for a journey made during leave or while proceeding on or returning from leave.

S.R.268. A competent authority may, for special reasons which should be re

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JOURNEYS ON RETIREMENT, DISMISSAL OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

S.R.272. Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in this Division, no person is entitled to any travelling allowance for journey made after retirement or dismissal from Government service or after the termination of such service.

S.R.273. A competent authority may, for a sp

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JOURNEYS TO GIVE EVIDENCE

S.R.276. The following provisions apply to a Government servant who is summoned to give evidence :

(a) in a criminal case, a case before a court-martial, a civil case to which Government is a party or a departmental inquiry held by a properly constituted authority in India ; or

JOURNEYS TO OBTAIN MEDICAL ADVICE

S.R.279. If a Government servant is compelled to leave a station at which he is posted and travel to another station, in order to obtain the advice of the Medical Officer to whose services he is entitled, or who may under departmental rules be consulted on his case, he may, on production of a certificate from the Medical Officer consulted that the journey was, in his opinion absol

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OURNEYS IN ATTENDANCE ON AN INCAPACITATED GOVERNMENT SERVANT

S.R.288. If a Government servant, under the advice of a Civil Surgeon, or other Medical Officer of Government whose duty it is to attend him professionally, is required to travel to a Presidency town or elsewhere, either when proceeding on leave or in order to obtain further medical advice, and the Medi

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DIVISION XX

JOURNEYS ON A COURSE OF TRAINING

S.R.289. When a Government servant or a student not already in Government service is selected to undergo a course of training, a competent authority may decide the scale, if any, on which he shall draw-

(a) travelling allowance for the original

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DIVISION XXI

I. JOURNEYS TO ATTEND A DARBAR OR A LEAVE

S.R.290. A Government servant on duty who is permitted to attend a darbar or a levee elsewhere than at his headquarters may draw travelling allowance for the journey as for a journey on tour.

TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ADMISSIBLE WHEN THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE MEANS OF CONVEYANCE IS SUPPLIED WITHOUT CHARGE

(i) Journeys by Railway

S.R.295. [Deleted].

S.R.296. When a Government servant is entitled to or is allowed free transi

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JOURNEYS ON TRANSFER TO OR REVERTING FROM FOREIGN SERVICE

S.R.304. Travelling allowance of a Government servant both when proceeding on transfer to foreign service and when reverting to duty under Government shall be borne by the foreign employer.

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JOURNEYS OF GOVERNMENT SERVANT IN MILITARY EMPLOY

S.R.305. Except as provided in S.R. 306, the travelling allowance admissible to Government servants in Military employ is governed by Military Regulations.

S.R.306. When a Commissioned Indian Military Officer of the regular forces, the military police or the militia whether

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JOURNEYS OF OTHER PERSONS

S.R.307. A Honorary Magistrate, not being a Government servant may, when employed on Government work under the order of a District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Officer at a distance exceeding 8 Kms. from his headquarters, or when the bench which he attends is situated at a similar distance from his residence, draw for journeys by railway one and half second class fare and

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CONTROLLING OFFICERS' SIGNATURE ON TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE BILL

S.R.310. A list of controlling authorities as declared by Government for travelling allowance purposes in respect of each Government servant or class of Government servants is given in Appendix 30. Government may amend the list from time to time and may, where they think fit, declare that any particular Government servant shall be his own con