(1) Where a Presiding Officer is satisfied that it is in the interest of the public service that he may send his motor-car by railway or by steamer or by any other manner, he may, when travelling on tour on public business, recover the cost of carrying the motor-car, provided that Government is satisfied that the car has been employed for all practical purposes, only as a means of performing in the public interest, a journey off the line of a railway. In cases where the presence of his car has apart from the advantages to Government of the particular tour or journey, saved him expense in hiring a conveyance or served his personal convenience to an appreciable extent, he shall pay 1/5th of the cost of carriage.
1 Subs. by G.N. of 28th June 2007.
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(2) When claiming the cost under this rule, a certificate in following form shall be appended to the travelling allowance bill, namely :— “I certify that the car was employed for all practical purposes only as a means of performing in the public interest a journey off the line of a railway.
The car has/has not saved me expense in hiring a conveyance or served my personal conveyance to an appreciable extent and one-fifth of the cost of carriage may/may not be recovered from me”.