1 THE KARNATAKA MINISTERS TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES RULES,1958 2 THE KARNATAKA MINISTERS TRAVELLING RULES,1959 NOTIFICATION No. GAD 3 SAM 57, Bangalore, dated the 18th February 1959 (Magha 29, Saka Era 1880).
In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 15 of the Karnataka Ministers Salaries and Allowances Act, 1956 (Karnataka Act 5 of 1957), The Government of Karnataka hereby makes the following rules, namely._
1. These rules may be called the Karnataka Ministers, 1[Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers] Travelling Allowances Rules, 1959.
2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires.-
(a) “Act” means the Karnataka Ministers Salaries and Allowances Act, 1956;
(b) “Advance” means a repayable advance made to a Minister 1[Minister of State]1 or Deputy Minister on account of travelling and daily allowance;
(c) “Day” means a calendar day beginning and ending at midnight; but an absence from Headquarters which does not exceed twentyfour hours shall be reckoned for all purposes as one day, at whatever hour the absence begins or ends.
2[3. When a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister travels by road, rail or air and claims road mileage railway or air fare respectively, the Daily Allowance shall not be claimed in addition to road mileage, railway or air fare,
1. Sub. By Notification No. GAD 38 (1) GAM 68, dated 7th August 1968.
2. Sub. By Notification No. GAD 28 GAM 59, dated 7th November 1959.
3 as the case may be, except in cases of minimum absence of eight hours from headquarters on any Calendar day]1.
1[4. when a journey by air or by train by a Minister of state or Deputy Minister is cancelled due to official reasons or reasons beyond his control, he shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Government, any deductions made by an Air Transport or Railway authority; while refunding the fare on account of the cancellation of the air passage or the railway journey, as the case may be.]1
5. (1) A Minister, 2[Minister of State]2 or Deputy Minister shall be entitled to an advance of travelling and daily allowance in respect of tours undertaken by him in the discharge of his official duties, whether by road, rail or air.
(2) An advance drawn shall be adjusted in the appropriate Travelling Allowance Bill before the end of the month following the month in which the advance is drawn.
6. When no motor car is taken with him while on tour outside the State, a Minister 2[Minister of State]2 or Deputy Minister shall be entitled, at his option, on surrendering the conveyance allowance for the day and any road mileage to which he may be entitled to, to recover actual hire charges of a motor car if one is hired by him at the place of halt in the interest of public service. A certificate to the effect that the hiring of a motor car was necessary in the public interest shall be furnished by the Minister or Deputy Minister with the bill.
3[6A. When a 2[Minister, Minister of State]3 or Deputy Minister while making a journey by road in a motor car provided by the State Government, has to
1. Substituted by Notification GAD 4 GAM 67, dated 6th February, 1968.
2. Substituted by Notification No. GAD 38(i) GAM 68, dated 7th August, 1968.
3. inserted by Notification GAD 20 GAM 66, dated 2nd December 1969 (GSR 542).
4 undertake in the public interest, further journey by train or by air, he shall be entitled to the petrol charges incurred by him for the return of the motor car to Bangalore from the place at which he ceases to use the motor car.]3
7. Whenever a 1[Minister of State]1 or Deputy Minister uses in the public interest a Government Departmental vehicle, including a vehicle maintained for guests by a Government Guest House, he shall be entitled 2[at his option, to use the vehicle and pay the full charges prescribed for the use of Government Vehicles and draw daily allowance, conveyance allowance and road mileage for the days on which the vehicle is so used, or]2 2[to use the vehicle free of all charges and in such a case, he shall not be entitled to road mileage but shall be entitled to draw daily allowance as well as proportionate conveyance allowance for the days on which the vehicle is so used.
8 . A Minister 2[Minister of State] or Deputy Minister shall, while on tour on duty, be entitled to accommodation in Travellers’ Bungalows or Guest Houses maintained by Government on payment of rent at such rates as are applicable to 3[Government servants of the highest class]3 occupying such accommodation.
2[ 8-A. when a Minister 1[Minister of State or Deputy Minister travels by Air, he shall be entitled to an insurance premium of ten rupees per trip each way insurance against accidents during such journeys, provided the claim is supported by receipts or policies issued by the insurer.]
1. Substituted by Notification No. GAD 38 (1) GAM 68, dated 7th August,
1968.
2. Inserted by Notification No. GAD 27 GAM 60, dated 23rd January 1961.
3. Substituted by Notification No. GAD 4 BAM 60, dated 24th February 1960.
4. Substituted by ibid.
5 1[9. x x x x]1
10. The concessional rates allowed by Air Transport or Railway authorities, shall be availed of by a Minister 2[Minister of State] or Deputy Minister if the return journey is expected to be performed within the period during which a return ticket is available.
11. A Minister, or 2[Minister of State]2 Deputy Minister shall be his own controlling officer. The signature of a Minister 2[Minister of State] or Deputy Minister on his travelling allowance bill (or on the railway requisition) shall be accepted as an authority for the journey, without requiring any further orders of Government.
12. All sums due from Government to a Minister 2[Minister of State] or Deputy Minister which are outstanding on the day on which he relinquishes office, shall be paid to the Minister 2[Minister of State] or Deputy Minister after Pre- audit by the Account General.
13. (1) In respect of any matter for which no specific provision has been made in these rules, the provisions contained in Part VIII of the Karnataka Civil Service Rules, 1958, governing payment of travelling allowance to the highest class State Government servants shall mutatis mutandis be applicable to Minister a 2[Minister of State]2 or Deputy Minster:
Provided that the Provisions of Rule 497 of the said Rules shall not be applicable to a Minister, 2[Minister of State]2 or Deputy Minister.
3[(2) x x x x x x]3.
By Order and in the name of the Governor of mysore P.V.R. RAO, Chief Secretary to Government.
1. Rule 9 omitted by Notification No. GAD 3 GAM 64, dated 21st October 1965(GSR 719)
2. Substituted by Notification No. GAD 38 (1) GAM 68, dated 7th August,
1968.
3. Omitted by Notification No. GAD 28 BAM 59, dated 18th March 1960.