(1) when a Railway servant, gazetted or non-gazetted, in Grade Pay Rs. 4600 (PB-2) & above and drawing pay not less than Rs. 18050 in the Pay Band (excluding Grade Pay) under Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008, undertakes a journey on duty at or within a radius of 8 kilometres from his headquarters, he may be permitted to claim reimbursement of taxi hire/conveyance charges as follows:- (IREC - 1641)
(i) If a taxi is engaged/own car is used, the rate prescribed by the Director of Transport for taxi;
(ii) If an auto-rickshaw is engaged/one’s own motor cycle or own scooter is used the rates prescribed by the Director of Transport for auto-rickshaw.
(2) Railway servants not entitled to engage a taxi in terms of Rule 1641 (1) may be permitted to claim conveyance hire as follows:-
(Authority: Railway Board’s letter No. F(E)I/2008/AL-28/42 dated 19.08.2010)
When an auto-rickshaw is engaged or own motor car/motor cycle/scooter is used, the rate prescribed by the Director of Transport for auto-rickshaw.
(3) The conveyance charges admissible for journeys performed by sharing the hire charge or by taking a single seat in a taxi/auto-rickshaw, will be the actual of hire charges limited to the amount calculated at half of the rates prescribed by the Director of Transport for taxi/auto-rickshaw.
(4) The total amount of taxi hire/(reimbursement of) conveyance charges drawn for journeys on a particular day, shall not exceed the rate of Daily Allowance applicable to the Railway servant for ordinary locality.
(5) The conveyance allowance/taxi hire shall not be granted in respect of journeys performed on a day on which a railway servant draws daily allowance unless the journeys are unconnected with journeys on tour.
(6) Taxi hire shall not be allowed to a railway servant in receipt of permanent traveling allowance or conveyance allowance of any kind.
(7) Deleted.(Authority:- Railway Board's letter No.F(E)I/99/AL-7/1 dated 26.3.99)
(8) Taxi hire shall not, in any circumstances, be allowed for journeys from residence to office or vice versa.
(9) A statement of taxi hire conveyance charges actually incurred shall be submitted by the Railway servant at the end of each month for sanction (and counter-signature) of the Head of his Department or office.
(10) The Rules do not apply to Railway doctors who draw conveyance allowance under different orders issued by the Railway Board.
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