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(a) between places not connected by rail, or
(b) between places connected by road as well as by rail when the road route is the
shorter; or when the journey by rail, although shorter in distance, would cause
inordinate delay :
Provided that the Superintendent of Police certifies on the travelling allowance bill
that the journey was necessary in the public interest and that no other form of
travelling allowance has been drawn.
Note 1 - In certifying that the journey was necessary in the public interest the Superintendent of Police
shall verify that the purpose of the journey was one for which travelling allowance is
ordinarily admissible under the provisions of the Punjab Travelling Allowance Rules.
Note 2 - See also Police Rule 22.43.
Exception No. VI - The staff employed on the mobile police patrol when the distance
travelled is more than 20 miles from headquarters. (Appendix to the Travelling
Allowance Rules).
Exception No. VII - Sergeants of Police employed to control motor traffic on the
Rawalpindi-Murree and Pathankot-Dharamasala roads will be entitled to draw
daily allowance for any day on which they are absent from their headquarters for
more than eight consecutive hours.
Exception No. VIII - Police Officers are permitted to draw travelling allowance of
journeys by road within their sphere of duty made in public motor vehicles; provided
that the amount is not more than the railway fare between the two places
and provided also that the journeys if it had not been performed by a public motor
vehicle would have been performed by rail.
Exception No. IX - Police Officers below the rank of Inspector may draw travelling
allowance within their sphere of duty for journeys performed by road which are
certified to be necessary in the public interest by the Superintendent of Police,
- vide Exception V in Appendix-4 of the Punjab Travelling Allowance Rules.
Rule 10.134
10.134. Special provisions regarding tours. - (1) The Inspector-General may authorise
a police officer, who is compelled by a sudden emergency to leave his camp and travel
rapidly to a place more than twenty miles distant, to draw, in addition to mileage and daily
allowance, the actual cost of maintaining his camp, up to the amount of the rate of daily
allowance admissible to such officer. (Rule 2.64, T.A. Rules).
(2) The Inspector-General may, by special order in each case, allow an officer to draw
in addition to daily or mileage allowance or both, the actual cost of transporting by rail or
boat his horse, motor car or other means of conveyance and camp equipment, provided
he is satisfied that the interests of the public service are served by such action. (For detailed
conditions see rule 2.66, T.A. Rules).
(3) Tent pitchers, not being enrolled police officers, may draw allowance, when accompanying
an officer on tour for which travelling is not drawn for more than two men of the
menial establishment. Constables employed as tent pitchers will draw the travelling allowance
admissible to their rank. [Rule 2.50 (note 3) T.A. Rules].
(4) By special order in each case the Inspector-General may permit the recovery of the
actual cost of maintaining camp equipage during halts at or within a five-miles radius
headquarters (Rule 2.71, T.A. Rules).
Rule 10.135
10.135. Travelling allowance admissible to Railway Police. - The special provisions
governing the travelling allowances admissible to railway police officers on tour are contained
in rule 2.68 of the Travelling Allowance Rules. The Assistant Inspector-General,
Government Railway Police, is responsible that those provisions are understood and observed
by police officers and clerks serving under him. (Rule 2.68, T.A. Rules).