Travelling Allowance Rules - FAQS

T.A. RULES

1. What are the responsibilities of the controlling officer in regard to TA claims

      A: Rule 7 of AP TA Rules , he has to take up the correctness

 

2. What are the emoluments taken into consideration for purpose of TA claims

     A: Basic pay  is to be taken into consideration

3. How was the claims towards fares regulated when a Government employee travels between places connected by public motor transport

      A: Under Rue 23(iv) the claim must be restricted to the extent of admissibility

4. How is the mileage claim regulated when the journey not exceeding 32 kms by car is performed by an officer eligible to travel by car

       A: As per the admissibility under Annexure-1 of TA rules

5. Is mileage permissible for his journey by road in a hired conveyance

      A:  Under rule 23(iv) of APTA rules  and the extent of admissibility

6. What is the criteria to allow an officer to travel by 1^st class air conditioned in respect of rail journeys

       A: As per normal rates

7. Supposing two officers are traveling in a borrowing conveyancing and the entire charges for running the vehicle are borne equally by them. Can both of them claim mileage

       A:   As per provisions contained in Rule 27  those officers who are entitled

 

8. What is the criteria to allow journeys by air by government officials

     A: Rule 33&34 of  APTA Rules.  AIS officers and DS are eligible to travel in air journeys

9. Are conveyance  charges permissible in addition to DA for the journeys covered by an employee for visiting local offices while on camp

      A:  Rule 36(i)  which provides DA  which includes lodging and boarding charges

10. Is DA permissible for a  day  or halt in a camp  when some journeys are made on that day and mileage also has been claimed for that pay

       A: As per rule 40  DA is not permisable

11. How are the TA claims regulated when a journey is performed by government vehicle not specifically  supplied to the government servant but the government servant himself  meets the expenditure on petrol and oil

A: Under Rule 43 sub rule (2) where a journey performed by government employee to meeting the expenditure of petrol and diesel 1/3 of mileage will be paid

12. How the  claim of daily allowance  regulated  where a claim towards lodging charges is made for the government employee for halts made by him on tour

       A: Rule 41 sub rule (4)  where lodging charges are claimed by government employee 25% cut should be imposed on DA

13. Who is the competent authority to permit government servant tour outside the jurisdiction

       A: Rule 47 sub rule 2 stipulates the controlling officer may permit the subordinate

14. Is it permissible to allow TA for the return journey from camp of an officer  when he avails CL while on camp and  does not resume back to duty before proceeding on the return journey

       A: Rule 48 sub rule 4  no TA is permisable

 

15. What are the circumstances under which TA is permissible to a government employee appointed  to government service on newly appointment

A:  No TA is permisable  to newly appointed government servants

16. How are the claims of TA  of Government employee transferred to government dept to foreign service or repatriated to foreign service to govt service regulated

      A:Rule 55 of  APTA rules onward and return journeys  the expenditure towards transfer TA should be borne by the foreign employee only

17. Is it permissible to reduce the quantum of transfer tA

   A:   Under Rule 55

18. How are the transfer TA claims and his spouse who are govt servants regulated and when both of them are transferred to the same place from different stations

     A: Rule 55 which permits the claiming of transfer TA by both the wife and husband  both are government employees

      

19. How are the Transfer TA claims  for self of a Government employee regulated when he performs the journey in his own car between places partly connected by train and partly connected by road

    A: Rule 56(iii) stipulates an employee is not permissible for the actual charges for the transport of car

20. How are the claims towards transport of personal effects of government employee regulated when he transports his personal effects by a motor car transport company when the transfer is between the places partly connected by rail and partly connected by road

    A: Rule 58  As per eligibility

21. When a government servant is transferred to from place to other whether the family members residing with him at the old station can perform the journey to a place other than the new head quarters of the government employee

      A: Yes.     Permissable

22. When the motor car of a government is transferred from old to new station under its own power whether the driver is entitled to fares

     A: No, Rule 61 (iii)

23. What the scale of personal servants allowed to a government servants when he is transferred to from place to other

     A: Rule 62  Grade I officers – Two personal servants and others are entitled to one personal servant

24. Is the government servant permitted transfer TA if transfer from one place to other while on leave

     A:Rule 60 permits the admission of Transfer TA to government employee if he is on any kind of leave not exceeding 4 months of leave

25. Is a government employee who is on leave entitled to TA for the journeys performed by him in public interest

     A: As per exception 3 rule 75 a government servant who performs the journey in public interest while on leave for TA Government sanction is to be obtained

26. Is a government servant who is on leave and recalled to duty entitled to TA for the return journey performed by him to join the new post

  A: Yes

27. is a government employee entitled to TA for the journeys performed by him while on leave to tender evidence before a court of law in connection with matters which have to come to his official knowledge while on duty

A:  Yes . As per rule 82 sub rule iv  TA is permisable

28. How are the claims of TA of a government employee when he performs journeys to appear before the medical officer to obtain a certificate regarding his extention of leave regulated

     A: Rule 84  for the journeys performed by government employee medical fitness to rejoining duty are not permisable

 

29. Is TA permisable to a journey performed by government employee to receive an incentive award

    A: Yes . As per Rule 87 subrule 9  TA is permisable

30. Is a Government servant who participate in a tournament as a player entitled to TA for the journeys made by him in that connection

     A: Rule 87 sub rule (2) .They are eligible for TA

31. What are the responsibilities of the claimant in regard to his TA claim

      The duties and responsibilities of Government servant in regard to TA claims under Rule 93 of APTA rules , he should furnish all the particulars about the journey in the claim form

32. What are the certificates to be furnished by the claimant and the controlling officer in regard to regulation of Tour TA and Transfer TA Claims

  A:   Rule 94 of APTA rules  it contains certificates to be furnished by the controlling officer.