Journey to obtain medical treatment advice or certificates or to appear before medical boards.
1. Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, no travelling allowance shall be admissible to a railway servant performing a journey to visit a Dental Practitioner or in connection with any treatment or advice other than a treatment or advice by a Medical Officer, a physician specialist or a surgeon specialist. (IRCE 1673)
Journeys for procuring Health Certificates.-- Travelling allowance is not admissible for a journey undertaken to procure health certificate on first appointment to Government servants. (IRCE 1674)
2. (IRCE 1675)(1) A railway servant who is sent by the authorised medical attendant to a specialist in the service of Government or other Medical Officer at the nearest station under note 3 to Rule 603(3) RI shall draw a travelling allowance as for a journey on tour, but no daily allowance shall be drawn for halts on the journey. If a member of a railway servant’s family is similarly sent, free passes of the class admissible to the railway servant himself under the Railway servant (Pass) Rules, 1986 may be issued for the outward and return journeys.
NOTE. -Travelling allowance is payable to the railway servant even if the journey performed is treated as leave provided that other conditions governing the grant of travelling allowance in such cases are satisfied.
(2) In the alternative, if a specialist or other Medical Officer is summoned to attend upon the railway servant (patient), he shall, on production of a certificate in writing from the authorized medical attendant in this behalf, be entitled to travelling allowance under the rules applicable to him.
3. (IRCE 1676)(1) A railway servant suffering from Cancer, Tuberculosis or Polio myelitis who is sent to a hospital referred in Rule 643 RI for treatment on the advice of the authorized Medical Attendant shall be entitled to travelling allowance as for a journey on tour to and from the place of treatment, but no daily allowance shall be admissible for any halts;
(2) In respect of a member of the family of a railway servant suffering from Cancer, Tuberculosis or Polio myelitis who is similarly sent for treatment, a railway servant shall be entitled to free passes of the class to which he himself is entitled for the journey by rail to and from the place of treatment and the actual expenditure on road journeys not exceeding mileage allowance admissible to the railway servant himself.
(3) If the authorised Medical Attendant certifies in writing that in the case of a railway servant or a member of his family suffering from Cancer, Tuberculosis or Polio myelitis, it is unsafe for the patient to travel unattended and that it is necessary for an attendant to accompany the patient to the place of treatment, an attendant may be allowed to accompany the patient to the place of treatment. The attendant, (a) if a railway servant, shall be deemed to have been travelling on duty and may draw travelling allowance for the outward and inward journeys as for a journey on tour, and (b) if not a railway servant, may be allowed a free railway pass of the same class as allowed to the patient, or of a lower class for the journeys by rail to and from the place of treatment of the patient, and for road journey, actual expenditure exceeding the mileage allowance admissible to the railway servant himself.
NOTE. - (i) No cost of conveyance of personal effects may be allowed.
(ii) Extra railway pass and daily allowance may be allowed for journeys undertaken by the railway servant after completion of treatment for periodical check-ups at the nearest Government recognized or Cancer, Tuberculosis or other hospital providing facilities for the treatment of Cancer and Tuberculosis where the railway servant received treatment, on the advice of the Authorised Medical attendant or the specific advice of the authorities of the hospitals where the treatment was received.
(4) If, in order to obtain anti-rabic treatment, a railway servant is compelled to leave a station at which he falls ill and at which anti-rabic treatment is not available, and travels to the nearest station where the said treatment is available, he may, on production of a certificate from the Railway Medical Officer of the Division that the journey was in his opinion absolutely necessary, draw travelling allowance for the journey. The concession is also admissible to a railway servant on leave.
4. (IRCE 1677) (1) A railway servant suffering from mental diseases, when sent for consultation/treatment in a Mental Hospital referred to in Rule 644-RI on advice of the authorized Medical Attendant, may be given free passes for the outward and return journeys to the Mental hospital as admissible under the rules but no daily allowance is to be paid. For the road portion of the journey, travelling expenses incurred, subject to a maximum at half the rate of mileage allowance calculated for the road journey, may be reimbursed.
(2) If the authorized Medical attendant certifies in writing that in the case of railway servant suffering from mental disease it is unsafe for the patient to travel unattended and that an attendant is necessary to accompany him to the place of consultation/treatment, a free railway pass by the same or lower class may be allowed for the attendant for both ways. For the road journey of the attendant, same concession as for the railway servant may be allowed.
NOTE. -- (i) The outward journey should be deemed to have commenced from the headquarters of the railway servant or from which the patient actually travels, which is nearer to the place of consultation/treatment. Likewise, the return journey will be deemed to have ended at the headquarters or at the place to which the patient actually travels whichever is nearer.
(ii) As regards travelling expenses for the road portion of the journey or for the journey between station connected by road only claimed by an attendant, he/she may be allowed the actual cost of transit not exceeding the travelling allowance admissible to the railway servant concerned. This will cover journey not only to the nearest railway station but also long journey by road to the nearest railway station or the hospital concerned where there is no rail link.
5. The journeys contemplated by Rule 1677 should not be undertaken without the previous permission of the Controlling Officer if such permission can be obtained without risk to the railway servant requiring medical advice. (IRCE 1678)
6. (IRCE 1679) (1) A railway servant who is directed by his official superior, in the interests of the public service, to apply for an invalid pension, may, if he be required to make journey in order to appear before a Medical Board, draw his actual travelling expenses subject to a maximum of the amount of travelling allowance calculated for the journey. If it be necessary for him to return to his headquarters after appearing before the Medical Board, he may draw his actual expenses subject to the same maximum. For either journey, his traveling allowance bill must be supported by a certificate that he was directed to apply for an invalid pension in the interest of the public service and that he did not voluntarily ask to retire.
(2) A Head of a Department may allow actual expenses, as limited by sub-rule (1) of this rule, to be drawn by a railway servant who voluntarily applies for an invalid pension provided that he is satisfied that the circumstances for applicant are such as to justify the concession.
Auditor-General’s Decision
Journeys after having been invalided. A non-gazetted Government servant after having been invalided by a Civil Surgeon with effect from the 30th Jan., 1935, had to undertake subsequent to that date, for obtaining the attestation of the Medical certificate under Rule 2514-RII (1975 edition) several journeys to appear before the Medial Board which ultimately confirmed the Civil Surgeon’s certificate retrospectively with effect from the 30th January,. 1935. The Government servant put in a claim for the reimbursement of travelling allowance in respect of these journeys and a doubt was felt whether the case could be covered by the ordinary rules for travelling allowance. It has been decided that rule 1679 does not become inoperative if, in a case like this, retirement takes retrospective effect from a date prior to the date on which the journey to appear before the Medical Board is performed.
7. When a non-gazetted railway servant performs a journey to undergo a periodical medical examination required by or under the rules applicable to him, he may draw travelling allowance for such period as may be certified by medical authority concerned to be absolutely necessary for the purpose.
8. Except as provided in rule 1680, no travelling allowance is admissible for a journey undertaken in order to appear before a Medical Board. (IRCE 1681)
9. Travelling allowance under Rules 1674 to 1680 shall be calculated as for a journey on tour, but except in a case covered by rule 1680 no allowance shall be drawn for halts on the journey. (IRCE 1682)
10. (IRCE 1683) (1) A Medical Officer who considers that a railway servant on whom it is his duty to attend professionally should leave his station to obtain medical advice or treatment or to proceed on leave, and that it is unsafe for him to travel unattended, may, if he does not himself accompany him, arrange for an attendant to do so; and the attendant (a) if a railway servant, shall be deemed to have been traveling on duty and may draw travelling allowance for the outward and return journey on tour, and (b) if not a railway servant, may draw actual expenses.
(2) When the Medical Officer’s opinion as to the necessity for the journey and for attendant during it can be obtained before its commencement, a certificate from him that the journey with an attendant was necessary, is sufficient for the purpose of this rule.
(3) This rule also applies to attendant on members of railway servant’s family when entitled to travelling allowance under rule1676.
NOTE. -- Grant of traveling allowance for the attendant shall be regularized on the lines of the provision contained in rule 1676 (i), (ii) and (iii).
Journeys by Railway medical officers for attending on Railway servants and their families at outstation.
(IRCE 1684) When a Railway Medical Officer is called to render medical assistance to a Railway servant or his family at outstation, he may be granted travelling allowance, as on tour, when the medical service rendered is gratuitous.
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