TA Rules 1996

A.P. Travelling Allowance Rules – 1996

Basis for these Rules

Proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution.

Extent of Rules

These Rules shall apply to all Government employees

(1) Under the administrative control of the A.P. Government.

(2) Subject to the Fundamental Rules.

(3) Whose pay is debitable to the consolidated fund of the state. 

Definitions (Rule 2):

1.    Travelling Allowance -An Allowance to cover the expenses which he/she incurs on travelling in the interest of public service (Rule 2 (i))

2.    Day - Continuous absence of 24 hours from headquarters (Rule 2(ii))

3.    Pay - The basic pay referred to in Fundamental Rule 9 (21) (a) (i), is actually drawn by a Government employee.

4.    Public Conveyance – A train or other conveyance which ply regularly for the conveyance of passengers.

5.    Transfer – The movement from one headquarter station to another such station to take up the duties of a new post or in consequence of a change of his headquarters.

6.    Headquarters – Duty point as defined in the explanation to rule 22. Family – Includes the following, if they are residing with a Government employee and are wholly dependent.

7.    Wife/Husband.

8.    Children including stepchildren and adopted children.

9.    Married daughter till she is placed under her husband’s protection.

10. Widowed daughter.

   11. Father and Mother (excluding step/adopted father and mother) (only for Transfer Travelling Allowance).

Travelling Allowance is admissible for journeys on:
      a)     Official Tours 
      b)   Transfer
      c)    Leave Travel Concession.

Different Kinds of Travelling Allowances:

a)    Fixed Travelling Allowance.

b)   Tour T.A.

c)    Transfer T.A. and

d)   Leave Travel Concession

Ø  Every bill for Travelling Allowance, other than FTA, shall be paid only after it is countersigned by the controlling officer of the claimant. (Rule-3). 

Ø  The controlling officer shall be the head of the office. If the head of the office is NGO, then the immediate superior Gazetted Officer shall be the controlling Officer. In case of Heads of offices themselves, the next superior officer shall be the controlling officer. (Rule 4) 

Ø  Heads of Depts., Chief Justice of A.P. High Court, Govt. Pleaders, Dist. Collectors etc. may present their bills without the countersignature of a Controlling Officer. (Rule 5).

Duties of the Controlling Officer (Rule 7):

a)    Scrutinize the necessity, frequency and duration of journeys and halts. Scrutinize carefully the distances, rates and calculations.

b)   Satisfy himself that the bill is in accordance with the rules in force.

c)    Countersign the TA bill for net amount only in the case of TA bills containing recoveries of advances of TA.

d)   The controlling officers have no discretion to restrict the TA for journeys on transfer to TA admissible for journeys on tour.

Rule-8:

Ø  A Government employee’s claim for TA shall be regulated by the rules in force at the time of performing the journeys.

Ø  TA claims of Govt. employees who are promoted or reverted with retrospective effect should not be revised.

Ø  For the purpose of regulating the TA claims the Govt. employees are divided into three grades. (G.O.Ms.No.124 dt.21.08.99)

Grades of Officers in Revised Pay Scales 2015:

Grade	Scale of pay
	AIS Officers RPS 2010	State Govt. employees	UGC scale 2006
Grade – I	Officers above Jr.Time Scale	Rs.49870-100770 & above	Rs.10000-15200 and Rs.15600-39100 + AGP 7000 and above in the U.G.C. Pay Scales of 1996/2006
Grade – II	Junior Time scale	Rs.28,940-78,910 and up to and inclusive of Rs.46060-98440	Other than the above
Grade – III		Rest of the employees

Ø  Employees continuing in RPS 2015, shall have the same grades prior to the introduction of RPS of Pay 2022.

 (G.O.Ms.No.101 Finance (PC-TA) Dept. dated 11-05-2022.)

Grades & Rates of Daily Allowance:

Grade	D.A. for tours within the State		D.A. for tours to any place outside the State
	Existing	Revised	Existing	Revised
Grade – I	Rs.450/-	Rs.600/-	Rs.600/-	Rs.800/-
Grade – II	Rs.300/-	Rs.400/-	Rs.450/-	Rs.600/-
Grade – III	Rs.225/-	Rs.300/-	Rs.300/-	Rs.400/-

Ø  The Pay Scales assigned for Automatic Advancement Scheme in respect of Government servants/Non-teaching Staff and the Career Advancement Scheme in respect of Teaching Staff shall not be taken into account for determination of Grades indicated in this para. Only the Pay Scales attached to the posts shall be taken into account for determination of the Grade of such employees who perform the tours.

 (G.O.Ms.No.101 Finance (PC-TA) Dept. dated 11-05-2022.)

Travel by Train:

1. All Government employees who are drawing pay in RPS 2015 of Rs.28940-78910 (corresponding to the existing scale of Rs.14860-39540) and above shall be eligible to travel by 1st class. (i.e., Gr.I and II)

2.  All other employees shall be eligible to travel by Second class.

3.  Officers eligible to travel by First Class may travel either in I class or in II A.C or in III A.C or in A.C Chair Car.

4.  Officers eligible to travel by Air may travel by AC first class in rail.

5.  All the employees are permitted to travel by all types of express trains i.e., Super fast Sampark kranti, Rajdhani, Satabdi, Garib Rath, “Duranto’.

6. The pay scales assigned for Automatic Advancement Scheme in r/o Govt. Servants/Non-teaching staff and the Career Adv. Scheme in r/o teaching staff shall not be taken into acct. for determination of the eligibility to travel by train. Only the PayScale attached to the posts shall be taken into a/c for determination of the eligibility to travel by train.

 (G.O.Ms.No.101 Finance (PC-TA) Dept. dated 11-05-2022.)

Travel by Buses of A.P.S.R.T.C.:

1. The employees belonging to Grade-I and Grade-II of Annexure-I of T.A. Rules, are hereby, permitted to travel by Air-conditioned buses of A.P.S.R.T.C., irrespective of whether the places are connected by rail or not.
2. Similarly, the employees belonging to Grade-III are hereby permitted to travel by A.P.S.R.T.C. buses of any type, except by A.C. buses, between the places connected by train also and claim the bus charges actually paid, without restricting the claim to the train fare by the eligible class.
3. The pay scales assigned for the automatic advancement scheme shall not be taken into account to travel by AC buses of APSRTC. Only the pay scale attached to the post shall be taken.
4. Grades II, III RTC buses of any type except AC buses between places connected by train also and claim the bus charges actually paid without restricting the claim to the train fare by the eligible class.
5. Not connected by railway or public motor service – entitled for the payment of mileage allowance as detailed below. 

Category	Scales of pay of the employee	Nature of Conveyance permitted	Rates of Mileage Allowance
1	Officers who are drawing pay in the revised scale of Pay of Rs.57,100-147760 (Corresponding to Rs.37,100-91,450) and above	One Motor Car	a) Rs.15-50ps per K.M., for Petrol driven vehicle; b) Rs.11-50/- per K.M. for Diesel driven vehicle
2	Officers who are drawing pay in the revised scale of Pay of Rs.38720-118390 and above but below the Revised scale of Pay of Rs.57,100-147760	One Motor Cycle/Scooter	Rs.6.40/- per K.M.

Ø  Daily Allowance shall not be paid to the Government servants claiming the Mileage Allowance for their tours.

 (G.O.Ms.No.101 Finance (PC-TA) Dept. dated 11-05-2022.)