THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

Exception.—However in cases where the period of training exceeds 180 days and the Governmentallow at their discretion stipend or deputation allowance or training allowance for the period of training,only the time actually required for the journeys to and from the training centre shall be permissible.Explanation 2.—Probationers and approved probationers in one service when appointed to thesame or another service by direct recruitment shall be allowed joining time and transit pay, but nottravelling allowance.Such of the Junior Engineers/Supervisors, working under the emergency provisions under theGovernment on their joining duty in the Public Works Department or Highways and Rural WorksDepartment or Industries Department (Construction Branches) consequent on their selection by theTamil Nadu Public Service Commission for regular appointments in Public Works Department orHighways and Rural Works Department or Construction Branch of Industries Department, be allowedthe minimum joining time admissible under the rules. They will not, however, be entitled for transit payand travelling allowance for joining the post to which they are regularly appointed consequent on theirselection by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. Joining time in such cases will not count forincrement.[G.O. Ms. No. 74, Finance (F.R.I), dated 31st January 1976.]Explanation 3.—Medical Officers, Nurses, Pharmacists and Laboratory Technicians who aretemporarily transferred and posted to other stations in the same district for short durations notexceeding three months at a time as the administrative reasons may warrant and who will return totheir original stations on the termination of such temporary duty shall be allowed only journey time ason tour.The amendment hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th May 1974.[G.O. Ms. No. 963, Finance (F.R.I), dated 2nd September 1976.]Explanation 4.—The Indian Police Service probationers are not eligible for joining time after theirtraining in the National Police Academy to join the Army Unit. They shall be allowed full joining timeafter their training in the Army Unit to join the Police Training College.[G.O. Ms. No. 12, Personnel and Administative Reforms (F.R.III) Department, dated 6th January1982—With effect from 19th December 1980.]RULINGS.Admissibility of joining time to Government servants sent for training.(1) If, in addition to the time actually required for the journey to and from the place of training, theneed of a few days’ relief from work to prepare for departure exists, there is no objection to the grantof casual leave for the purpose, provided the grant of the leave does not cause any evasion of therules regarding date of reckoning allowances and change of office.[G.O. Ms. No. 165, Finance, dated 18th March 1926 and Memo. No. 40527, C.S.R., dated 17thDecember 1929.](2) A Government servant, on return from leave of any kind not exceeding six months’ durationand transferred to a post of which he was in additional charge at the time of his proceeding on leave,may be granted joining time as under Fundamental Rule 105(b)(i) provided there is a change ofheadquarters.(Finance Memorandum No.115086-A C.S.R.-2, dated 17th December 1952.)(3) A Government servant who is deputed for training should be deemed to be on duty, while ontraining, in the post he was holding immediately before proceeding on training and if he is posted atthe end of the training to a different place he should be allowed joining time under Fundamental Rule105 (a).(Finance Memorandum No. 57173/C.S.R.-2, dated 26th August 1955.)(4) When Civil Government servants are called for training in the Territorial Army/DefenceReserves/Auxiliary Air Force, the period spent by them in transit from the date of their relief from civilposts to the date on which they report to military authorities and vice versa should be treated asspecial casual leave. During such period which should be restricted to the minimum required for thepurpose, they would be paid pay and allowances at civil rates by their parent department office.(Memorandum No. 124589/F.R./65-6, dated 17th June 1966.)144