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Revision of Time-limit for submission of claim for Travelling Allowance (TA) upto 1 year succeeding the date of completion of the journey – Finmin order

Revision of Time-limit for submission of claim for Travelling Allowance (TA) upto 1 year succeeding the date of
completion of the journey – Finmin order

No.19030/1/2017-E.IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, the 13th March, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM


Sub: Time-limit for submission of claims for Travelling Allowances – regarding.

Consequent upon the issuance of General Financial Rule (GFR)-2017, vide Rule 290 of GFR-2017, time-limit for submission of claim for Travelling Allowance (TA) has been changed from one year to sixty days succeeding the date of completion of the journey. Accordingly, in supersession of this Department’s OM NO.F.5(16)-E.IV(8)/67 dated 13.06.1967 & OM No. 19038/1/75-E.IV (B) dated 18.02.1976, it has been decided with the approval of competent Authority that the claim of a Govt. servant to Travelling Allowance/Daily Allowance on Tour/Transfer/Training/Journey on Retirement, is forfeited or deemed to have been relinquished if the claim for it is not preferred within sixty days succeeding the date of completion of the journey.
2. In respect of claim for Travelling Allowance for journey performed separately by the officer and members of his family, the dates should be reckoned separately for each journey and the claim shall be submitted within sixty days succeeding the date of completion of each individual journey. Similarly, TA claims in r/o transportation of personal effects and conveyance shall be submitted within sixty days succeeding the date on which these are actually delivered to the Govt. servant at the new station.
3. The date of submission of the claims shall be determined as indicated below :- 
(i) ln the case of Officers who are their own Controlling
Officer.
The date of presentation of the claim at the Treasury/Cash
Section.
(ii) ln the case of Officers who are not their own Controlling
Officer.
The date of submission of the claim to the Head of
Office/Controlling Officer.
4. In the case of claims falling under category 3(ii), which are presented to the Treasury after a period of sixty days succeeding the date of completion of journey, the date of submission of the claim will be counted from the date when it was submitted by the Govt. servant to the Head of office/Controlling Officer within prescribed time-limit of sixty days.
5. A claim for Travelling Allowance of a Govt, servant which has been allowed to remain in abeyance for a period exceeding one year should be investigated by the Head of the Department concerned, If the Head of Department is satisfied about the genuineness of the claim on the basis of the supportive documents and there are valid reasons for the delay in preferring the claims, the claims should be paid by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer or Accounts Officer, as the case may be, after usual checks.
6. These orders are not applicable in r/o Leave Travel Concession (LTC) claims which are governed by separate set of rules of DoPT.
7. These orders shall be effective from the date of issue of this O.M
8. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department are concerned, this order issues in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India 

COMMENTS

WORDPRESS: 3
  • If you have taken advance you should submit claims within one month after that 10.5% penal interest will be charged upto your submission of claim.

  • Unknown 5 years ago

    Sir, I have transferred from one station to another station on 09.09.2018 and I have applied transfer travelling allowances claim on 24.11.2018. Sir, is there any provision for condonation of delay of 16 days in filing of claim?

  • Sir, I am working in central government department, transferred on promotion in August 2017 and accordingly joined at new station. An OM regarding submission of TA bill issued on 13.03.2018. I have submitted my transfer TA bill on 04.04.2018. please let me know is it submitted in due course of time or not ?