(1) The competent authority or any other officer to whom this power is delegated by it shall declare what authority shall be the Controlling Officer, for traveling allowance purposes, of each employee or class of employees. The competent authority may, if it thinks fit, declare that any particular employee shall his own controlling officer.
(2) All journeys shall be authorized by the Controlling Officer.
(3) Except where expressly permitted by a competent authority, a Controlling Officer may not delegate to a subordinate his duty of counter signatures.
4. Admissibility of Travelling Allowance:
(1) Traveling allowance shall be admissible only for journeys in connection with bona fide work of the Board.
(2) No bill for traveling allowance shall be paid unless it is signed or countersigned by the Controlling Officer of the employee who presents it.
(3) The right of an employee to traveling allowance is forfeited or deemed to have been relinquished if the claim for it is not preferred within one year from the date on which it became due.
(4) A claim for traveling allowance shall be considered as falling due for payment on the date succeeding the date of completion of journey to which the claim relates.
5. Grading of employees :
(1) For determining the entitlements of traveling allowance, the basic pay of an employee shall be taken into account.
(2) An employee in transit from one post to another ranks in the grade to which the lower of two posts would entitle him.
(3) An employee paid out of contingencies when sent on tour, shall be treated at par with an employee in the lowest scale of pay.
(GSR 1038 (E) dt. 28/10/1988)
(4) For transfer the term 'family' shall also include parents, sisters minor brothers, adopted children, major sons/daughters as well as married and widowed daughters so long as they are residing with and are wholly dependent upon the employee.