(1) When the place at which the patient falls ill is not the headquarters of the authorised medical attendant:-
(a) the patient shall be entitled to travelling allowance for the journey to and from such headquarters; or
(b) if the patient is too ill to travel, the authorised medical attendant shall be entitled to travelling allowance for the journey to and from the place 1[where the patient is; or] 1 1 Substituted in Notification No. GAD 14 OMR 63 dated 29th February 1964 2[(c) if the patient is unable to travel by himself and the authorised medical attendant certifies to this effect, the person accompanying such patient shall be entitled for the journey to and from such headquarters;
(i) if such person is a Government servant, to draw travelling allowance as for a journey on tour; and
(ii) if such person is not a Government servant, to draw single railway fare of the class to which the patient is entitled or the actual expenses whichever is less or the bus fare, as the case may be] 2.
2 Inserted in Notification No. GAD 14 OMR 63 dated 29th February 1964.
(2) Applications for travelling allowance under sub rule (1) shall be accompanied by a certificate in writing by the authorised medical attendant stating that medical attendance was necessary, and if the application is under clause (b) of that sub rule, that the patient was too ill to travel.
3 [11-A. Conveyance Allowance.- Where a journey is undertaken within the same City, Town or other area within the jurisdiction of a municipal body and the distance travelled is more than eight kilometers each way, a Government servant and members of his family shall be entitled to conveyance allowance as indicated below, if it is certified by the authorised medical attendant that it was necessary for the Government servant or a member of his family to travel by a conveyance for purposes of treatment.
(i) if the patient is a Government servant actual conveyance charges limited to mileage allowance without daily allowance as for a journey on tour, and
(ii) if the patient is a member of the family of Government servant, actual conveyance charges limited to half the mileage allowance without daily allowance as for a journey on tour] 3.
3 Inserted in Notification No. GAD 4 SMR 66 dated 6th April 1967.