Travelling allowance of a Minister travelling on tour on public business by air shall be regulated as follows, namely :—
(1) Where a Minister is permitted under a special or general order of Government free transit by air in a Government aero plane, or in an aero plane chartered by Government for the purpose, he shall be entitled to travelling allowance as follows, namely :—
(a) If he has not to provide separate conveyance at his own expense for his peons or luggage, he may draw the daily, allowance admissible to him, and may not exchange it for mileage allowance. If, however, part of the journey is made by other means of locomotion, he may, at his option, draw in lieu of or in addition to the daily allowance, the mileage allowance admissible for that part provided the condition of rule 26 are fulfilled in respect of that part taken independently, except in Bombay.
(b) If he has to provide separate conveyance at his own expenses for his peons or luggage, he may—
(i) if the journey is between places connected by rail or steamer, draw one-half or one fare as the case may be, of the class of accommodation in which he is entitled to travel, or 15 1 Subs. by G.N. of 20-2-1986.
(ii) if the journey is between places not connected by rail or steamer, draw the daily allowance as admissible to him or half the mileage allowance calculated for the journey. If, however, a part of the journey is performed by other means of locomotion, he may draw the travelling allowance admissible for that part, subject to the condition laid down in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-rule (2) of rule 25.
(2) For journeys performed in an aero plane of public air transport companies regularly plying for hire :—
(a) a Minister travelling in respect of tour on public business by air shall be entitled to the mileage allowance equal to one standard air fare for the journey plus an allowance for incidental expenses at one-fifth on the standard air fare limited to a maximum of 1[Rs. 75 for each journey within the State and Rs. 100 for each journey outside the State.]
Explanation.—(i) ―Standard air fare‖ means the actual single journey air fare payable for the service by which the journey is performed, including the 1st class fare in a Boeing aircraft provided the journey is actually performed by that class in a Boeing aircraft.
(ii) The limit of 1[Rs. 75 for each journey within the State and Rs. 100 for each journey outside the State] on the amount for the incidental expenses in respect of journeys by air shall apply to the total air journey between the starting station and destination even if the journey by air between those stations is performed by more than one service.
However, if any official duty is required to be performed by a Minister at the place of termination of one service before he avails of another service, each of the journeys from the starting station to that intermediate station and from the latter to the destination, shall be treated as a single air journey for the purpose of the aforesaid limit of 1[Rs. 75 for each journeys within the State and Rs. 100 for each journey outside the State] for incidental expenses.
16 1 Subs. by G.N. of 20-2-1986.
(iii) In the case of air journeys involving an overnight halt (either due to non-availability of connecting service or to the cancellation of the connecting service at an intermediate station, for which the Indian Airlines Corporation does not provide at its expense, any facility for boarding or lodging to the touring Minister, half daily allowance at the rate applicable to that intermediate station may be drawn by him in respect of each such over-night halt, in addition to the allowance for incidental expenses admissible for the air journey.
(iv) Drawl of daily allowance for a halt at an intermediate station which in necessitated by the performance of official duty at that station shall be regulated under rules 21 to 24.
(v) Minister who are allowed free transit by air in a Government aero plane or an aero plane chartered by Government for the purpose shall be paid incidental charges on the same scale as admissible to Minister travelling by regular air service planes.
(vi) For forward and return journeys, when the return ticket at a reduced rate is purchased the actual cost of the return ticket plus two-fifths of the standard air fare for a single journey or 1[Rs. 150 for journey within the State or Rs. 200 for journey outside the State, whichever is less (the two-fifths being limited respectively to Rs. 150 or Rs. 200 only)] as incidental expenses shall be admissible. If available, a return ticket at reduced rate shall always be purchased, when a Minister expects to perform the return air journey within the period during which such return ticket is available.
(3) A Minister, who is allowed free transit by air in a Government aero plane or an aero plane chartered by Government for the purpose shall be paid incidentals on the same scale as are admissible to a Minister travelling by regular air service planes. These are related to standard air fares. Where standard fares do not obtain for routes not served by the scheduled air services, a Minister shall be paid incidental charges at the rate of 1[10 paise per kilometer limited to Rs.
75 for each journey within, the State and 15 paise per kilometer limited to Rs.
100 for each journey outside the State]. In case where a Minister undertakes more than one journey between places not connected by scheduled air services, on the same day, he shall be paid incidental expenses on the same scale as admissible to the Minister travelling by regular air service planes or as mentioned above, subject to the overall limit of 1[Rs. 75 for each journey within the State and Rs. 100 for each journey outside the State] for all air journey performed on that day.
17 1 Subs. by G.N. of 6-5-1982.
2 Subs. by G.N. of 17-8-1993.
3 Subs. by G.N. of 14-3-2000.
4 Subs. by G.N. of 11-10-2005.
5 Subs. by G.N. of 3-2-2011.
6 Subs. by G.N. of 3-2-2011.
7 Subs. by G.N. of 6-7-2018.
(4) (i) The Chief Minister, wherever he travels on duty by commercial airlines in any part of India with his spouse, shall be entitled to reserve and occupy two seats in the plane at Government cost and to use the second seat for taking his spouse with him.
1[(ii) Each Minister or Minister of State or Deputy Minister shall also be entitled to the facility provided under sub-rule (1) while travelling on duty by commercial Airlines, but in their case the facility will be available at Government cost only 4[for six return journeys in the state] 5[for twelve return journeys in the state and six return journeys in any part of India] outside the State, during a financial year, and for any such journey or journeys, exceeding the limits aforesaid, undertaken by him with the spouse, the difference between the fare for the journey by air and the fare for journey by railway in an air-conditioned compartment will have to be borne by the Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister, as the case may be.]