GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
ALLOWANCES - Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Travelling Allowance) Rules
Travelling Allowance on Tour - Recommendations of Pay Revision Commission,
2005 - Orders - Issued.
FINANCE (TA) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.336 Dated:29-10-2005.
Read the following:-
1. G.O.Ms.No.124, Finance & Planning (FW:TA) Department, dated: 21-08-1999.
2. G.O.(P).No.213, Finance & Planning (FW:PC-I) Department, dated: 27 -08-2005.
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ORDER:
The Pay Revision Commissioner, 2005, has reviewed the existing Travelling
Allowance Rules and recommended on the following items:
1. Revision of Pay ranges of Grades according to Revised Pay Scales, 2005.
2. Enhancement of Daily Allowance rates payable to Government Servants
while on tour within the State and outside the State.
3. Enhancement of rates in specified places in respect of Lodging Charges
within State and outside the State.
4. Enhancement of rates of Conveyance Charges payable to Government
Servants at places outside the State, while on tour.
5. Enhancement of Mileage Allowance for travel by Motor Car/Motor Cycle.
6. Revision of eligibility to travel by train in first class.
7. Extension of the facility of engaging of private taxi on hire by the
Secretaries to Government on official tours to all places outside the State.
2. Government after careful consideration has decided to accept the
recommendations of the Pay Revision Commission, 2005.
Grade & Rate of Daily Allowance:
3.1 The classification of officers into grades and the rates of daily allowance
admissible within and outside the state shall be as indicated below:
D.A. for tours D.A. for tours to
Grade within the any place outside
State the State
Rs. Rs.
Grade-I
Rs.14305-25965 and above 200/- 250/-
Grade-II
Rs.7770-17455 to Rs.13285 – 25315 125/- 150/-
Grade-III
Rest of the employees 100/- 125/-
3.2 The Pay Scales assigned for Automatic Advancement Scheme in respect of
Government servants/Non-teaching Staff and the Career Advancement Scheme in
respect of Teaching Staff shall not be taken into account for determination of Grades
indicated in this para. Only the Pay Scales attached to the posts shall be taken into
account for determination of the Grade of such employees who perform the tours.
This principle shall be adopted for determination of eligibility to travel by first class
in Train also.
3.3 All Government Employees are eligible to draw full daily allowance for the
entire duration of their official tour.
Reckoning of day for the purpose of calculation of D.A:
4. The period of absence from the headquarters of a Government employee for
purposes of regulating Daily Allowance shall be as indicated below irrespective of the
mode of the travel:
(i) A day should be reckoned as to cover 24 hours of absence from the
headquarters commencing from the minute the officer leaves the
headquarters. For every 24 hours of absence from head-quarters one
daily allowance is admissible.
(ii) For any fraction of 24 hours of absence the rates of Daily Allowance
shall be as follows:
(a) Absence of 12 hours and more --- 1 Daily allowance.
(b) Absence of Six hours and more --- 1/2 Daily allowance.
(c) Absence of less than six hours --- No Daily Allowance.
Lodging Charges within the state:
5 Government servant, visiting, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupathi,
Kurnool, Guntur, Warangal and Hyderabad/Secunderabad on official duty shall be
paid Lodging Charges as indicated below subject to the following conditions.
Rates of reimbursement
a) Grade-I Not exceeding Rs.250/-
b) Grade-II Not exceeding Rs.200/-
c) Grade-III not exceeding Rs.100/-
(i) on certification by the concerned touring officer that Government
accommodation was not available
(ii) production of the original receipt from the Lodging House (including
the T.T.D. Guest House).
Lodging Charges outside the State:
6. Government Servants visiting the places outside the state on official duty
shall be eligible for reimbursement of Lodging Charges as indicated below subject to
the following conditions:
Rates of Reimbursement:
Grade A Class B Class Other Classes
Rs. Rs. Rs.
(a) Grade-I not exceeding 500/- 350/- 300/-
(b) Grade-II not exceeding 300/- 250/- 200/-
(c) Grade-III not exceeding 200/- 150/- 125/-
(i) On certification by the concerned touring officer that Government
accommodation was not available
(ii) Production of the original receipt from the Lodging House.
Note: (1) For this purpose, the classification of
places into A1 Class, A Class and other
classes shall be as laid down by Government of India.
(2) In the case of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and
Banglore the reimbursement of Lodging Charges shall be
increased by 75 % of normal rates.
Travel by Train:
7 Government servants drawing pay in the revised pay scale of
Rs. 7770 – 17455 and above shall be eligible to travel by Ist class. All other
employees shall be eligible to travel by II class.
Note:- (1) Officers eligible to travel by air may travel by Ist class
A.C.
(2) Officers eligible to travel by Ist class may travel by A.C.
Chair Car or AC.II Tier Sleeper or A.C. III Tier Sleeper
while on official tour.
Payment of Conveyance Charges outside the State:
8.1 Government employees on official tour to Delhi and other places outside the
State shall be eligible to claim actual taxi or Auto fare if they travel by taxi from
arrival point to place of stay and from place of stay to Departure point.
8.2 Government servants shall also be eligible to claim actual taxi or Auto fare
subject to a maximum of Rs. 200/- per day for visiting the offices of the Government
of India and Ministries or any other offices on official work. A certificate to the effect
that Government vehicle was not provided to them and they have engaged Taxi/Auto,
shall be appended to the bill claiming the amount.
8.3 The facility to hire a private taxi by the officers of the rank of Secretary to
Government and above visiting Delhi, Mumbai and Clacutta for official purposes
shall be extended to all places outside the State. The expenditure on hiring of taxi
shall be reimbursed to the touring officer.
8.4 There shall be no reduction in daily allowance for claiming conveyance
charges mentioned in this para.
Mileage Allowance:
9.1 The rates of mileage for travel by officers who are entitled to maintain and
use own Motor Car/Motor Cycle/Scooter on tour shall be as follows:-
Motor Car Motor Cycle/Scooter
Rs.10/- per K.M. Rs.3/- per K.M.
9.2 For the journeys exceedings 8 Kms. but not exceeding 32 Kms., all the
officers who perform their tours in their own cars can claim mileage at the rate of
Rs.10/- per Km. subject to the condition that this mileage allowance does not exceed
one full Daily Allowance at ordinary rates to which the officer is entitled. Officers
who are entitled to travel by Motor Car may also travel by Motor Cycle/Scooter and
claim mileage allowance prescribed subject to the same condition i.e. the mileage
allowance does not exceed one full Daily Allowance.
9.3. The Officers who undertake tour beyond 32 Kms. will continue to be eligible
to claim mileage as per Rule 24 (4) of Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Travelling
Allowance) Rules, 1996.
9.4. Daily Allowance shall not be paid to the Government servants claiming the
Mileage Allowance for their tours.
10.1 The claims already settled otherwise need not be reopened. Claims, which
are not preferred but are pending, shall be admitted in audit accordance with these
orders.
10.2 The existing Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Travelling Allowance) Rules,
1996 and orders issued from time to time shall continue to apply except as provided
for in this order.
Application of these orders to Officers of All India Service, employees
drawing pay in the Andhra Pradesh Revised Pay Scales 1999
and employees drawing pay in the U.G.C. scales. 1996
11.1 In so far as officers, belonging to All India Service who are in Central Scales
of pay, the classification of Grades shall be as follows:-
(a) Officers of AIS in Junior Time scale shall be under Grade II under
these orders.
(b) Other officers belonging to AIS shall come under Grade I under these
orders.
11.2 For the employees continuing in the Revised Scales of Pay, 1999, the
classification shall be the same as was in force prior to the introduction of Revised
Scales of Pay, 2005, i.e. in the G.O. first read above.
11.3 For the employees drawing pay in the U.G.C. Pay Scales 1996, the
classification shall be as follows :-
(a) Government Servants drawing Pay in the Pay Scales of
Rs.10,000-15,200 and above in the U.G.C. Pay Scales 1996 shall be
under Grade-I under these orders.
(b) Other Government Servants drawing pay in the U.G.C. Pay Scales,
1996 shall come under Grade-II under these orders.
12. These orders shall come into force with effect from the date of issue of this G.O
13. Necessary amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Travelling
Allowance) Rules, 1996 shall be issued in due course.
14. The G.O. is available on Internet and can be accessed at the address
http://www.aponline.gov.in
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
RANJEEV R.ACHARYA
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (FP)
