5th Pay Commission – Decisions of Government relating to grant of Transport Allowance of Railway Servants
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BHARAT SARKAR
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS/RAIL MANTRALAYA
(RAILWAY BOARD)
S.No.PC-V.22
RBE.N0.179/97
No.PC-97/I/7/12
New Delhi, dated 16.12.97
The GMsCAO(R) OSDs.
All Indian Railways &
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Sub: Recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission – Decisions of Government relating to grant of Transport Allowance of Railway Servants.
Consequent upon the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission relating to Transport Allowance (to suitably compensate for the cost incurred on account of commuting between the place of residence and place of duty) vide Ministry of Finance’s resolution No.50(1)/IC:97 dated 30:9.97 and promulgation of the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules 1997, the President is pleased to decide that the Railway employees shall be entitled to Transport Allowance at the following rates :-
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Pay Scale of the Employee |
Rate of Transport Allowance per month (in Rupees) |
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“A-1” “A” |
Other Places |
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1 |
Employees drawing pay in the scale of Rs.8000-13500 or above |
800 |
400 |
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2 |
Employees drawing pay in the scale of Rs.6500-10500 or above but below the scale of Rs.8000-13500 |
400 |
200 |
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3 |
Employees drawing pay below the scale of Rs.6500-10500 |
100 |
75 |
2. The grant of transport allowance under these orders shall be regulated according to, and will be subject to the following conditions:
(i) The cities to as “A” and “A-1” in then orders shall be the same as those classified as such for the purpose of Compensatory (City) Allowance (CCA) in terms of the orders issued Separately regulating grant of CCA to the Central Government Employees.
(ii) The Allowance shall not be admissible to those employees who are provided Government accommodation within a distance of 1 Km. or with in a campus housing the places of work and residence.
Note 1 : The grant of the allowance under these orders would be subject to furnishing of a certificate by the Railway employee that the accommodation is not located within 1 Km. from the place of work of the concerned employee or within a campus housing the places of work and residence.
Note 2 : The allowance shall also not be admissible to railway employees posted at wayside stations for whom
(a) Railway accommodation is specifically earmarked or
(b) whose occupation of railway Quarters is essential for easy accessibility during emergency essential discharge of duties etc. in the following instances:-
(i) in case they surrender such accommodation
(ii) do not submit application for such accommodation or
(iii) who after submitting application for such accommodation refause to accept it when offered or allowed.
Note 3 : In the case of employees who are presently availing the facility of residentila card passes of any type (including for spouse and children, Children’s school RCp etc), an option may be given to the employee. In case they opt for the transport allowance they may be paid the allowance at rates as apr.plicable to them subject to the condition that the existing facility of RCP of any type as well as the facility of travelling on card pass!metal pass on suburban sections for non-official duties would be withdrawn from the date they opt for the transport
allowance.
Note 4 : In the case of the employees presently availing of the facility of workmen trains, an option is to be given to the employees as a group to either avail themselves of the existing facility or lo switch over to the payment of transport allowance as admissible under these orders.
Note 5 : In the case of Gang men of Engineering Department, the distance of 1 Km. for the place of work shall be measured from the Tool Box.
Note 6 : “Campus” as referred to above will be decided as A self-concerned unit with residence and office is an exclusive railway area.
(iii) the allowance snail not be admissible to those employees who have been provided with the facility of Government Transport .
(iv) In case of employees who have speed to draw pay in the pre-revised scales of pay, the transport allowance shall be regulated in incordance with the revised scales of pay to which such employees would have been entitled to had they speed to come over to revised scales.
(v) In case of officers of the level of Head of Department (SAC) in Rs.18400-22400 and above and officers in the scale Rs.16400-20000 if in the tield and designated as HOD. who have been provided with the facility of staff car for commuting between office and residence on prescribed payment basis under Railway Board’s order No.E.G.95 AL 4-9 dated 06.11.95. an option may be given to them either to avail themselves of the existing facility or to switch over to the payment of Transport Allowance. as admissible under :hese orders. In case they opt for the latter. they may be paid the allowance at rates as applicable to them. subject to the condition that the existing facility of staff car shall be withdrawn from the date they opt for the allowance. In case they opt for the former, the allowance shall not be admissible to them and they would not be required to make any payment for the facility of staff car between residence and office.
(vi) In terms of Board’s orders No.R(E)I-78/AL-7/5 dated 23.10.78 as amended from time to time, conveyance allowance is admissible to such of the Railway employees borne on regular establishment (including work-charged staff) as are blind or are orthographically handicapped with disability of lower extremities. Consequent upon coming into force of these orders, such conveyance allowance shall be abolished and instead all such employees may now be paid transport allowance at double the normal rates prescribed under these orders. In case, however, such handicapped employees have been provided with Government accommodation within a distance of one kilometer from the place of work or within a campus housing the places of work and residence, the allowance shall be admissible at normal rates as applicable under these orders. The allowance shall not be admissible in case such employees have been provided with the facility of Government transport.
(vii) This allowance will not be admissible during absence from duty exceeding 30 days due to leave including prefixing and suffixing of holidays ) training tour.etc.
3. These order and …………..
4. This issues with the incorrence of the Finance Directorate of the ministry of Railways.
5. Hindi version of these orders is enclosed.
(R.Kashyap)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAY COMMISSION
RAILWAY BOARD