Gauhati University Travelling Allowance Rules, 1966

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    "title": "Gauhati University Travelling Allowance Rules, 1966",
    "short_title": "Gauhati University Travelling Allowance Rules, 1966",
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    "act_year": 1966,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "description": "Gauhati University Travelling Allowance Rules, 1966",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(i) 'University' means the Gauhati University.\n(ii) 'Court' , 'Executive Council' , 'Academic Council' , 'Faculties' means respectively the 'Court' , 'Executive Council' , 'Academic Council' , and 'Faculties' of the Gauhati University.\n(iii) 'Members' means members of the authorities and committees of the University other than employees of the University.\n(iv) 'Employees' for the purposes of these Rules means officers, teachers, clerical staff and employees of similar cadres and employees below the rank of office assistants of the University and includes a person temporarily appointed for a specific purpose on a fixed remuneration.\n(v) 'Heads of administrative Departments' means the Registrar, the treasurer, the Secretary, University Classes and the Controller of Examinations.\n(vi) 'Controlling Officer' means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.\n(vii) 'Affiliated colleges' means colleges affiliated to the Gauhati University.\n(viii) 'Usual place of residence or business' or 'headquarters' means the place where a person ordinarily resides or carries on business for at least six months in a year.\n(ix) 'Day' means a calendar day beginning and ending at mid-night; but absence from headquarters which does not exceed twenty-four hours shall be reckoned for the purpose of daily allowance as one day at whatever hours the absence begins or ends.\n(x) 'Pay' means the monthly substantive pay of an employee.\n(xi) 'Public conveyance' means a train, steamer, or other conveyance which plies regularly for the conveyance of passengers.\n(xii) Words and expressions not defined in these Rules shall have the same meanings as in the Gauhati University Act, 1947.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Different kinds of travelling allowance.",
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            "content": "(a) Daily of allowance.\n(b) Mileage allowance.\n(c) Actual cost of travelling and halting outside headquarters.\n4.\nGrade\nDaily Allowance\n(1) Senior grade :\nRs. 12.50\n(i) Members of the authorities of the University as defined under Section 7 of the Gauhati University Act, 1947 as amended up to date and of any other committee appointed by any of the authorities of the University.\n(ii) Distinguished educationists, visiting professors or other persons specially invited to address convocations.\n(iii) Employees of the University whose basic pay is Rs. 1,000 and above.\n(2) First grade :\nRs. 10.50\n(i) Employees of the University whose basic pay is Rs. 700 and above but below Rs. 1,000.\n(ii) Members of Committees of Courses and Studies.\n(iii) Members of University Boards.\n(iv) Head Examiners, Zonal Officers, External Practical Examiners, Chairman of the Board of Examiners in Degree and higher examinations, Officers deputed by the u to conduct or supervise examinations at centres, tabulators, moderators and persons other than employees of the University and of the affiliated colleges temporarily engaged in connection with University examinations on fixed remuneration.\n(3) Second grade :\nRs. 7.00\nEmployees of the University whose basic pay is Rs. 300 and above but below Rs. 700.\n(4) Third grade :\nRs. 5.00\nEmployees other than 4th grade employees of the u whose basic pay is Rs. 125 and above but below Rs. 500.\n(5) Fourth grade :\nRs. 2.50\nAll employees of the University below the rank of assistants.\n5.\n(ii) Daily allowance may not be drawn for any day on which a member or an employee does not reach a point outside a radius of fifteen kilometers from his headquarters or return to his headquarters from a similar point.\n(iii) The rate so daily allowance shown in Section 4 are admissible in the State of Assam. A member or an employee while on tour outside the State of Assam may draw daily allowance at double the rate admissible to him under Section 4. Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 5(i) and (ii) above, a member whose headquarters or place of residence is at Gauhati shall he entitled to draw daily allowance admissible to him under the rules in lieu of mileage allowance for attending meetings of the University at Jalukbari from Gauhati.\n(iv) No travelling allowance is admissible for journeys within a radius of 8 kilometers from residence or headquarters.\n(v) Principals and teachers of affiliated colleges and other persons within the State of Assam and Manipur temporarily engaged as Head Examiner, Chairman of the Board of Examiners in Degree and higher examinations, officers to conduct or to superise examinations at examination centres or external practical examiners shall be governed by the rules applicable to University employees according to their substantive pay in the post held by them.\n(vi) Daily allowance may not be drawn for a continuous halt for more than ten days at one place :\n(vii) In case of halt on tour half the daily allowance may be drawn in addition to mileage allowance on the day of arrival of the member or employee at the place of halt and on the day of departure ; provided that no daily allowance will be permissible in respect of a place of halt from which the member or employee departs on the same day on which he arrived at it.\nNote. - (1) The day of arrival and the day of departure shall he treated as one day and must be included within the limit of ten days for the purpose of Section 5 (vi) :\nNote.\nProvided that if the return journey is made on the day next to the day of arrival and the total absence from headquarters exceeds twenty-four hours it shall be considered as one day and a half for the purpose of daily allowance.\n(2) The expression place of halt in the above rules does not include a temporary halt at a railway or State Transport station or airport in the course of a journey ; provided that if such halt at a railway or State Transport junction or airport exceeds twelve hours due to unavoidable circumstances the member or employee shall be entitled to draw the usual daily allowance.\n(viii) In the case of halt on tour if a person is required to travel to a place on duty beyond 8 kilometers from the place of halt he will be entitled to mileage allowance in addition to usual daily allowance.\nMileage Allowance-General\n6.\n(a) For the purpose of calculating mileage allowance, a journey between two places is held to have been performed by the shortest of two or more practicable routes, or by the cheapest of such routes as may be equally short ; provided that when there are alternative railway routes and the difference between them in point of time and cost is not great, mileage allowance should be calculated on the route actually used.\n(b) The shortest route is that by which the traveller can most speedily reach his destination by the ordinary modes of travelling. In case of doubt the controlling officer may decide which shall be regarded as the shortest of the two or more routes.\n* * * * * *  * *\n8.\n9.\n10.\n11.\n(i) Vice-Chancellor : 1-½ of Air conditioned or 1st Class\n(ii) Senior grade : 1-½ of 1st Class\n(iii) First grade : 1-½ of 1st Class\n(iv) Second grade : 1-½ of 2nd Class\n(v) Third grade : 1-½ of 2nd Class\n(vi) Fourth grade : 1-½ of 3rd Class\n12.\nGrade\nState Transport\nPublic vehicles other than State Transport\n(paise per kilometer)\n(1)\nSenior grade : 1-½ of 1st Class\n10\n(2)\nFirst grade : 1-½ of 1st Class\n10\n(3)\nSecond grade : 1-½ of 2nd Class\n8\n(4)\nThird grade : 1-½ of Upper Class\n6\n(5)\nFourth grade : 1-½ of Lower Class\n4\n(ii) The above rule shall also be applicable to all river steamer service.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n17.\n18.\n19.\n20.\n21.\n(ii) Persons from outside the State of Assam and Nagaland and Manipur, Tripura and N.E.F.A. called for interview for selection for candidates for posts of Professors, Readers and Senior grade officers of the University shall be paid the actual first class fare by railway or upper class fare by recognised road transport or steamer service but no daily allowance and those called for interview for posts of Lecturers and other officers of the University shall be paid actual second class fare by railway or upper class fare by recognised road transport but no daily allowance. In absence of recognised public conveyance they will be entitled to road mileage admissible to first or second grade employees as the case may be under Rule 12.\n22.\n23.\n24.\n25.\n26.\n27.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass160]",
        "Act Number": "",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1966",
        "Short Title": "Gauhati University Travelling Allowance Rules, 1966",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}