No. Fin (C)-B (7)-1/2009
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Finance (Regulation) Department
Shimla -171002, dated 20thApril, 2012.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Amendment of existing provisions and revision of entitlements of Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance to the State Government employees.
The matter regarding revision of entitlement/ rates of Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance was receiving attention of the Government for some time. After careful consideration of the matter, the Governor, Himachal Pradesh in partial modification of this Department O.M. No. Fin (C) -B(7)-14/98, dated the 8th December, 1998 and subsequent OM dated the 2nd June, 2006, is pleased to order amendments of existing provisions and revision of entitlements / rates of TA/DA in respect of State Government employees in the manner as under:-
I. GRADATION: The existing Grading pattern as prescribed in Para 2 (1) of Finance Department O.M. No. Fin -(c) -B (7)-14/98, dated the 8th December, 1998 is substituted as under:-
|
Existing Grading Pattern |
Category |
|
I |
A |
|
II |
B |
|
III |
C |
|
IV |
D |
|
V & VI |
E |
|
CATEGORY |
Grade Pay/Pay Scale
(i) Grade Pay in the case of State Govt. officials (ii) Pay Scale in the case of Judicial Officers.
|
|
A |
(i) Grade Pay Rs.10,000 /- and above (ii) Pay Scale of Post –Rs,57,000 /- and above |
|
B |
(i)Grade Pay from Rs.6600/- and above but less than Rs.10,000/- (ii)Pay Scale of the post- Rs.33,090/-and above but less than the Pay Scale of the post- Rs.57,700/-
|
|
C |
(i) Grade Pay from Rs.5000/- and above but less than the Grade Pay of Rs.6600/- (ii) Pay Scale of post –Rs.27,700/- and above but less than the Pay scale of the post- Rs.33,090/- |
|
D |
(i) Grade Pay from Rs.3000/- and above but less than Rs.5000/- |
|
E |
(i) Grade Pay from Rs.1300/- and above but less than Rs.3000/- |
The existing Grading pattern as prescribed in Para 2 (2) and 2 (3) of Finance Department O.M. No. Fin- C- B (7)-14/98, dated the 8th December, 1998 stand deleted
II. Existing Para 4 (1) of Finance Department O.M. No. Fin-C-B (7)-14/98, dated the 8th December, 1998 which stood substituted vide O.M. No. Fin(C)- B(7)-14/98, dated 2nd June, 2006 is further amended as under:-
Para 4(1) Rates of Daily Allowance within Himachal Pradesh
|
CATEGORY |
Revised Rates of Daily Allowance Within the State of H.P.( Rs per day) |
|
A |
250 |
|
B |
200 |
|
C |
180 |
|
D |
160 |
|
E |
130 |
Existing Para 4(3) of Finance Dept. O.M. No. Fin-C-B (7)-14/98, dated the 8th December, 1998 stands substituted as under:
III. Existing Para 4(3) (a), (b) and (c) of Finance Department O.M. No. Fin-C- B(7)-14/98,dated the 8th December,1998 stands substituted by the following:-
Para 4(3) The whole State of Himachal Pradesh is uniformly categorized in one group
IV. Existing Para 4(4) of Finance Department O.M. No. Fin-(C)-B (7)-14/98, dated 2nd June, 2006 is further amended as follows:-
(a) Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are added to the category of Metros for the purpose of Daily Allowance outside Himachal Pradesh.
(b) Rates of Daily Allowance outside Himachal Pradesh
|
CATEGORY |
Rate of Daily Allowance for Delhi/Chennai/Mumbai/Calcutta/ Bangalore/Hyderabad/ Ahmedabad Metros (Rs. Per day) |
Other Places (Rs. Per day) |
|
A |
500 |
400 |
|
B |
350 |
300 |
|
C |
250 |
200 |
|
D |
250 |
200 |
|
E |
250 |
200 |
V. Existing Para 5(1) of Finance Department O.M. No. Fin-C-B(7)-14/98, dated the 8th December, 1998 which stood substituted vide O.M. No. Fin (C)-B(7)-14/98, dated 2nd June, 2006 is further amended as follows:-
Para 5(1): Rates for Re-imbursement of Hotel Rent.
The maximum rates of re-imbursement of hotel rent to the State Government employee who stay in hotels, guest houses run on commercial lines while on duty, on production of receipt shall be as follows:-
|
CATEGORY |
Rates admissible in Delhi/Chennai/Mumbai/Calcutta/ Bangalore/Hyderabad/Ahmedabad/ (Rs. Per day )
|
Rates admissible in other places outside the State (Rs. Per day) |
|
A |
5000 |
1600 |
|
B |
3000 |
1200 |
|
C |
1500 |
800 |
|
D |
1000 |
600 |
|
E |
1000 |
500 |
This is the maximum limit as per entitlement subject to the production of actual receipt of Hotel rent. There will, however be re-imbursement for food. However, in case of Delhi reimbursement is allowed only on non-availability of accommodation in Himachal Bhawan and Himachal Sadan at New Delhi and for Chandigarh on non- availability of accommodation at Himachal Bhawan as per the guidelines issued by the GAD.
VI. Existing Para 8 of O.M. No. Fin-C-B (7)-14/98, dared 8th December, 1998 is amended as follows:-
Para 8 Public Transport Entitlement
|
GROUP |
Entitlements |
|
A,B & C |
A.C. Bus |
|
D |
Deluxe Bus |
|
E |
Ordinary Bus |
VII. Existing Para 14 (1) of O.M. No .Fin-C-B (7)-14/98, dated 8th December 1998 is amended as under:-
Para 14(1) Local Transportation Allowance on tour and Training
Metropolitan cities i.e. Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, the entitlement of fixed amount for meeting local transportation cost will be as under:-
|
GROUP |
Terminal Transportation Allowance (Rs. per day ) |
|
A to C |
500 |
|
D to F |
250 |
VIII. Existing Para-15 (2) of O.M. No. Fin-C- B (7)-14/98, dated 8th December 1998 is amended as under:-
Para 15 (2) Terminal Transportation Charges
For the tour stations specified in Para 15 (3), terminal transportation charges shall be admissible at the following rates:-
|
GROUP |
Terminal Transportation Charges (Rs. Per station) |
|
A to C |
200/- |
|
D to E |
100/- |
The rest of the provision of T.A/D.A. entitlements/rates etc. shall continue to be applicable as heretofore as per the Finance Department O.M. No. Fin-C-B(7)-14/98, dated 8th December, 1998 and 2nd June, 2006 respectively.
The revised entitlements/rates of T.A/D.A. shall be allowed with effect from 1st April, 2012 onwards.
Dr. Shrikant Baldi
Pr.Secretary (Finance) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Source- http://himachal.gov.in/finance/Regulations/TAApr2012_A1b.pdf
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