GOVERNMENT of PAKISTAN FINANCE DIVISION COMPILATION of GENERAL ORDERS Relating to Travelling Allowance (1947 — 2018)
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For Official Use Only GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN FINANCE DIVISION COMPILATION OF GENERAL ORDERS relating to Travelling Allowance (1947 — 2018) PREFACE This Compilation incorporates all important General Orders relating to Travelling Allowance issued upto 1st January, 2018. Opportunity has also been taken to arrange the orders subject-wise. Orders which have since been cancelled or rendered obsolete by supersession or otherwise, have been omitted from this Compilation. 2. It will be appreciated if any error or omission found in this Compilation is brought to the notice of the Finance Division. FINANCE SECRETARY Government of Pakistan Islamabad Islamabad, the 12th April, 2018. (i) TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. No. Title Page TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE 1. Compensation for loss of personal effects in East Pakistan .............. 01—10 2. Daily Allowance/Mileage Allowance .............................................. 11—70 3. Grant of cost of transportation of personal effects........................... 71—84 Grant of travel assistance to families of Government servants who 4. 85—96 die while in service .......................................................................... 5. Insurance of lives of Government servants travelling by air on duty… 97—104 6. Transfer Grant ................................................................................ 105—114 7. Travelling Allowance on retirement ................................................ 115—122 8. Travelling Concession during leave ................................................ 123—176 9. Travel by Air .................................................................................. 177—187 10. Miscellaneous Orders ..................................................................... 189—247 11. Official Visits Abroad .............................................................. 249—300 12. INDEX ........................................................................................... 301—327 (iii) COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF PERSONAL EFFECTS IN EAST PAKISTAN 3 S. No. 1.— OFFICE MEMORANDUM No. F. 3(3)-R.10/72, DATED THE 24TH JANUARY, 1973. SUBJECT:— Grant of Compensation for loss of personal effects in East Pakistan. The undersigned is directed to state that the question of the grant of compensation to those Central Government servants who were actually (and not merely constructively) posted in East Pakistan on the 16th December, 1971 and who lost their personal effects/property as a result of the enemy occupation of East Pakistan had been under consideration of this Division for some time past. It has now been decided that if any such Central Government servant actually left East Pakistan on or after the 16th December, 1971 and has lost personal effects/property, he may be allowed compensation at the rate and to the extent indicated below: — 1. For officials who were residing in East 2 months‘ *salary subject to a minimum Pakistan on 16-12-1971 without families of Rs.500/- and maximum of Rs.2500/-. 2. For officials who were residing in East 4 months‘ *salary subject to a minimum Pakistan on 16-12-1971 with families of Rs.1000/- and maximum of Rs.5000/-. *The term ―salary‖ will also include special pay, personal pay and technical pay. 2. It has further been decided that powers to award compensation to the extent and at the rates indicated in para 1 above will vest in the Ministry/Division controlling the establishment matters of the Government servant concerned, e.g., Establishment Division in the case of CSP/PSP Officers; Ministry of Finance in the case of PA&AS, PMAS, PTS and PC&ES Officers; Ministry of Defence in the case PMLs & C.S. Officers and officers and men of Defence Services; and so on. The Ministry/Division exercising these powers will be required to certify in the sanction letter, in the case of Government servants residing with families in East Pakistan on 16-12-1971 that they were so residing. 3. Cases involving amounts in excess of the limits specified in para 1 above may be processed on merits in consultation with this Division. For this purpose, case may be referred to this Division with full justification as to why the prescribed limits are felt to be inadequate. 4. The claims of the Government servants pending with the President‘s Secretariat; Establishment Division; Ministry of Defence etc., may be considered and disposed of in the light of these instructions. 4 S. No. 2.— OFFICE MEMORANDUM No. F. 3(3)-R.10/72, DATED THE 29TH JANUARY, 1973. SUBJECT:— Grant of Compensation for loss of personal effects in East Pakistan. The undersigned is directed to state that according to this Division‘s O.M. No. 3(3)-R.10/72, dated the 24th January, 1973, certain Central Government servants have been allowed, ex-gratia, certain compensation on account of loss of personal effects/property as a result of the enemy occupation of East Pakistan. It has been decided that Central Government servants claiming such compensation shall sign a certificate which shall be as follows :— ―Certified that I_________________ employed as ___________________, (name) (designation) in____________________________________ (name of Ministry/Division/Department) (i) was actually (and not merely constructively) posted in East Pakistan on 16-12-1971, and was physically present in East Pakistan on 16-12-1971; (ii) lost personal effects/property as a result of the enemy occupation of East Pakistan; (iii) left East Pakistan on/after 16-12-1971, i.e. on................ as a result of enemy occupation by...................(here state the date) ................................. (here state the means of conveyance); and (iv) was living with/without my family on 16-12-1971 in East Pakistan. Signature 2. Such certificate shall be prepared in duplicate, one copy being retained in the administrative Ministry/Division, and the other being sent to the Audit Department. 3. It has also been decided that the administrative Ministries/Divisions exercising the powers to award such compensation shall, in the sanction letters record a certificate to the following effect: — ―It is certified that ____________________________________ (name) employed as ___________________, in/under this Ministry/Division— (designation) (a) was actually (and not merely constructively) posted in East Pakistan on 16-12-1971, and was physically present in East Pakistan on 16-12-1971; 5 (b) lost personal effects/property as a result of the enemy occupation of East Pakistan; (c) left East Pakistan on/after the 16th December, 1971, i.e., on................ as a result of enemy occupation of East Pakistan; and (d) was living with/without my family on 16-12-1971 in East Pakistan.‖ 4. The above requirements shall also be completed, within one month of the date of issue of this O.M., in respect of such Central Government servants as have already received compensation under this Division‘s O.M. No.F.3(3)-R.10/72, dated 24-1-1973. The Audit Department is being requested to insist upon the fulfilment of this condition, and to make recoveries from the pay-bills of the Central Government servants concerned in case this requirement is not met by them and/or the administrative Ministries/Divisions concerned within the time limit mentioned above. S. No. 3.—OFFICE MEMORANDUM No. F. 3(3)-R.10/72, DATED THE 7TH MARCH, 1973. SUBJECT:— Grant of Compensation for loss of personal effects in East Pakistan. The undersigned is directed to say that it has been decided that the orders issued in this Division‘s Office Memorandum No. F.3(3)-R.10/72 read with O.M. of the same number dated the 29th January, 1973, regarding grant of compensation for loss of personal effects in East Pakistan would be applicable mutatis mutandis to the Central Government servants who were on deputation with Autonomous Bodies/Corporations, e.g., PICIC, IDBP, etc., in East Pakistan. In the matter of incidence of expenditure, however, it has been decided that the expenditure on this account will be recoverable from the Corporation/Autonomous Body concerned in West Pakistan. If the Autonomous Body/Corporation concerned was Provincial, the expenditure will be borne by the Division/Department dealing with the establishment matters of the Government servant concerned. S. No. 4.— OFFICE MEMORANDUM No. F. 10(6)-R.9/73-979, DATED THE 7TH AUGUST, 1973. SUBJECT:— Grant of Compensation for loss of personal effects in East Pakistan. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Division‘s O.M. No. F.3(3)-R.10/72 dated 24-1-1973 and of even number, dated 29-1-1973 on the above subject and to say that the expenditure on account of the compensation granted to Central Government employees shall be adjusted under the Major Head ―57 Miscellaneous – Miscellaneous and unforeseen charges‖ with detailed head ―Compensation on account of loss of personal effects/property as a result of enemy occupation of East Pakistan‖. 6 S. No. 5.— OFFICE MEMORANDUM No. F.2 (1)-R.13/76, DATED THE 17TH MARCH, 1976. SUBJECT:— Grant of Compensation for loss of personal effects in East Pakistan. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Division‘s Office Memorandum No. 3(3)-R.10/72, dated the 24th January, 1973, on the subject noted above and to say that it has been decided that the Central Government servants who were actually (and not merely constructively) posted in former East Pakistan during the period 1st March, 1971 to 15th December, 1971 and the families of such Government servants who died or were killed after 1st March, 1971 and who lost their personal effects as a result of enemy occupation of East Pakistan may be allowed compensation at the rate and to the extent indicated below: — **(a) Federal Government employees who were 2 months‘ *salary subject to residing in the former East Pakistan during the a minimum of Rs.500/- and period 1st March, 1971 to 15th December, 1971 a maximum of Rs.2500/-. without families. (b) Federal Government employees who were 4 months‘ *salary subject to residing in the former East Pakistan during the a minimum of Rs.1000/- and period 1st March, 1971 to 15th December, 1971 a maximum of Rs.5000/-. with families. (c) Families of Federal Government employees who died or were killed in the former East Pakistan -Do- during the period 1st March, 1971 to 15th December, 1971.