Government officers can now skip submitting boarding passes for travelling allowance
Bharti Jain,TNN | Oct 8, 2014, 07.44 PM ISTRELATED
NEW DELHI: Government officers no longer need to submit boarding passes while claiming travelling allowance (TA).
The department of personnel and training (DoPT), in view of difficulties expressed by various quarters in production of original boarding passes along with TA claims, has decided to do away with the stipulation and settle for a mere undertaking from the concerned officer that the journey was performed.
"It has been decided with the approval of the competent authority that in order to simplify the procedure of settlement of TA claims, the condition of submission of boarding pass along with settlement of TA claim is dispensed with...however, the officer concerned, preferring travelling allowance, will have to attach an undertaking alongwith TA claims that the journey, as mentioned therein, has actually been performed by him/her," said a DoPT order issued on Tuesday.
The order further clarified that "notwithstanding the above, in case of extreme doubt, the controlling officer may be asked to verify the genuineness of the claim".
The DoPT circular, issued by director (administration) Shri Prakash, reminded the officers that the air tickets against which the TA is to be claimed must be purchased only from the authorized travel agent, that is, M/s Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd and at the cheapest rate after comparing the available fare from the websites of reputed travel agents. However, in case Air India is offering cheaper rates, the air tickets may be bought directly from the national carrier.
The department of personnel and training (DoPT), in view of difficulties expressed by various quarters in production of original boarding passes along with TA claims, has decided to do away with the stipulation and settle for a mere undertaking from the concerned officer that the journey was performed.
"It has been decided with the approval of the competent authority that in order to simplify the procedure of settlement of TA claims, the condition of submission of boarding pass along with settlement of TA claim is dispensed with...however, the officer concerned, preferring travelling allowance, will have to attach an undertaking alongwith TA claims that the journey, as mentioned therein, has actually been performed by him/her," said a DoPT order issued on Tuesday.
The order further clarified that "notwithstanding the above, in case of extreme doubt, the controlling officer may be asked to verify the genuineness of the claim".
The DoPT circular, issued by director (administration) Shri Prakash, reminded the officers that the air tickets against which the TA is to be claimed must be purchased only from the authorized travel agent, that is, M/s Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd and at the cheapest rate after comparing the available fare from the websites of reputed travel agents. However, in case Air India is offering cheaper rates, the air tickets may be bought directly from the national carrier.
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