1. Revised DA and Halt DA-G.0.307 Dated-13-10-2007 &
2. TA Rules-2005
Daily Allowance Rule -39.
(b) Daily allowance admissible for fractions of absence from headquarters which is less than 24 hours will be as shown below:
(i) 6 hours and below : 30% daily allowance
(ii) Exceeding 6 hours : 70% of daily allowance upto 12 hours
(iii) Exceeding 12 hours : Full
42. Daily allowance shall be drawn only when a Government servant reaches a point outside a radius of eight kilometres from his headquarters or returns to his headquarters from a similar point.
43(a). Daily allowance may be drawn for holidays occurring during a tour, if the Government servant is actually in camp. A Government servant who takes casual leave or avails himself of Saturday, Sunday, any other holiday or restricted holidays while on tour, is not entitled to draw daily allowance during such leave or holidays.
(b) If a Government servant on tour is allowed free board and lodging, He may draw daily allowance as below:—
Free Board and lodging : 1/4th rate of Daily Allowance
Free Board : 1/2 rate of Daily Allowance
Free Lodging : 3/4th rate of Daily Allowance
RULINGS (1) Government Servants who go on official duty abroad and choose to stay as house quests with foreign service officers and staff posted abroad, shall be allowed one fourth admissible daily allowance.
44. (1)(a) A daily allowance shall be drawn for continuous halts upto 60 days at any one place.
(b) If the absence from headquarters, exceeds 60 days at any one place, the Government servant is deemed to have been transferred to that place and transfer travelling allowance shall only be admissible.
45(a). After a continuous halt of thirty days’ duration, the halting place shall be regarded as the Government servant’s temporary headquarters.
(c) In calculating the duration of a halt, any day on which a Government servant travels to or halts at a distance from the halting place exceeding eight kilometres shall be excluded. Saturdays and Sundays or holidays spent outside the camp or periods of casual leave shall be excluded.
For Journes of Training and Halt Purpose Rule 106(a).
Ruling Note (2) Officers, who will necessarily have to stay in a hostel, shall be reimbursed the actual cost of boarding and lodging or permitted to draw three fourths daily allowance for the entire period, whichever is less.
Incidental Charge-Rule.46.
The rate of incidental charge is one half of the daily allowance admissible and it shall be drawn for each of the day of departure from headquarters and the day of arrival back at headquarters if the period of absence is 24 hours or more. If the period of absence is less than 24 hours, one half daily allowance.
(2) A Government servant is not entitled to this allowance for a journey performed by conveyances provided by Government or for a journey for which mileage is admissible.
(4) In the case of Journeys to and from places outside the State, incidental charge shall be calculated on the basis of the rates of daily allowance admissible for journeys to and from these places.
(5) Incidental charge is not admissible to Government servants who proceed to treasury mainly for presentation or encashment of bills and for reconciliation or similar work.
(8) For a straight journey from headquarters to camp and back to headquarters, incidental charge is allowed at the rates at headquarters. The allowance allowed during camp shall be calculated with reference to the rate admissible at that place.
(9) The incidental charge admissible to an officer on tour for his journey from Chennai and back is calculated with reference to Chennai rates of daily allowance.
(10) Incidental charge is admissible only for journeys on tour to places at a distance of 160 kilometres or more from headquarters or camp.
(11) Incidental charge shall be allowed for journey on tour even if the journey is commenced or ended at a point which is 160 Kms away from headquarters after 24 hours from one camp to another camp or return to headquarters and each journey need not be a distance of 160 Kms after an initial travel of 160 Kms from headquarters on that particular tour.
Flat Chagres: Rule.46(A).
(5) If a Government servant performs journeys to more than one place on a single day, the eligibility for the flat charge shall be restricted to that of any two places only. (Maximum 4 Flat Charges)
(6) Flat charge is not admissible for journeys performed by Government conveyance or by car for which mileage is drawn.
(7) Terminal charges (Flat chargers) shall be allowed to the Government servants and members of the family undertaking the journey both at the old station and at the new station, while on transfer.
(b) If a Government servant on tour is allowed free board and lodging, he may draw daily allowance as below:— Free Board and lodging : 1/4th rate of Daily Allowance Free Board : 1/2 rate of Daily Allowance Fee Lodging : 3/4th rate of Daily Allowance
2. Mileage Allowance Rules: (Rules 21)
The head of the department may, for specially recorded reasons, permit a Government servant to travel by and draw mileage allowance by a route other than the shortest
TA Rules 23, Ruling (2) Daily allowance is also allowed to Government servants drawing mileage.
All TA Claims Restricted 320Kms: Rule 27:
NOTE (1) The restriction of 200 miles (320 Kms) laid down, be made applicable to both own cars of the officers as well as staff Cars attached to their departments, either right from their headquarters or in between the journey. The T.A. claims will be restricted to 320 Kms. Only and T.A. claims for journeys exceeding this limit will not be allowed.
NOTE (2) The distance of 320 Km. is the total distance travelled and not one way only but both ways to be taken into account.
