Haryana Civil Services (Travelling Allowance) Rules, 2016
No: -- Dated: Jul, 19 2016
Haryana Government
Finance Department
Notification
The 19th July, 2016
No. 2/2/2013-4FR/1571:- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Haryana hereby makes the following rules, regulating the terms and conditions for grant of Travelling Allowance to Government employees of the State of Haryana:-
Chapter - I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement:-
(1) These rules may be called the Haryana Civil Services (Travelling Allowance) Rules, 2016.
(2) These rules shall be deemed to have come into force from 19th July, 2016.
2. Extent of application:- Except as otherwise provided, these rules shall apply to all Government employees of Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ including Members of All India Services serving in connection with the affairs of Haryana State, and any other Government employee or class of Government employees to whom the competent authority may, by general or special order, make them applicable.
Note 1:- The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly has agreed under clause (3) article 187 of the Constitution that until a law is made by the Legislature of the State under clause (2) of article 187 of the Constitution or rules are framed by the Governor in consultation with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly under clause (3) of article 187 of the Constitution of India, these rules and amendments thereof, if any, after prior consent of the Speaker, shall apply to the secretarial staff of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Note 2:- The Chairman, Haryana Public Service Commission, has agreed to the application of these rules as amended from time to time, in the case of officers and employees of the Haryana Public Service Commission. Note 3:- If any doubt arises as to whether these rules apply to any person or not, the decision shall lie with the Finance Department.
3. Special provisions, if any, inconsistent with these rules:- When in the opinion of the competent authority, special provisions inconsistent with these rules are required with reference to any particular post or any conditions of service, that authority may, notwithstanding anything otherwise contained in these rules, and subject to the provisions of clause (2) of article 310 of the Constitution of India, provide in the terms and conditions of appointment of the person appointed to such post for any matter in respect of which in the opinion of that authority special provisions are required to be made: Provided that in the terms and conditions of appointment it shall be clarified in respect of any matter for which no special provision has been made in the terms and conditions of appointment, provisions of these rules shall apply.
4. Regulation of claim to travelling allowance:-
(1) A Government employee’s claim to travelling allowance shall be regulated by the rules in force at the time the journeys in respect of which they are made or undertaken.
(2) The travelling allowance of a Government employee, who is promoted or reverted or granted an increased rate of pay with retrospective effect, shall not be reviewed.
5. Power to relax, interpret and amend:- The power to interpret, change, amend, relax and removal of doubt of these rules shall lie with the Finance Department.
Note 1:- Communications regarding the interpretation and alteration of these rules shall be addressed to the Finance Department through the Administrative Department concerned.
Note 2:- Where the Finance Department is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules regulating the conditions of service of Government employees or any class of such Government employees, causes undue hardship in any particular case, it may by order dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such conditions, as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner.
6. Re-delegation of powers:- The Administrative Department/Heads of Departments/ Appointing Authorities competent for any purpose under these rules may re-delegate the powers on their own responsibility and subject to such restrictions as they may like to impose, to the officers working under them at their headquarter offices and also declare as Controlling Officer for the purpose of countersigning the travelling allowance bills. Copies of all such orders shall invariably be supplied to the Finance Department and the Principal Accountant General, Haryana.
7. Repeal:- The Travelling Allowance Rules contained in Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume III in force immediately before the commencement of these rules, are hereby repealed: Provided that any order made or action taken under the rules so repealed shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.