Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

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of recall reaches him, are from the port of landing in cases of recall from overseas,
to the station to which he is recalled. The authority ordering the recall has
discretion to grant mileage allowance if the leave is curtailed by less than one
month. (Rule 2.108, T.A. Rules). Allowances cannot be drawn under this rule
in addition to those admissible under rule 10.140(3).
(ii) to a non-gazetted officer compulsory recalled from leave exceeding four months
and posted, on pay not exceeding Rs. 400 per mensem, to a station more than
200 miles distant from his old station - allowances as for a journey on transfer
for himself and his family, subject to the maxima and conditions prescribed in
rule 2.84 of the Travelling Allowance Rules. (Rules 2.110, Travelling Allowance
Rules).
Rule 10.148
10.148. Travelling allowance for journeys to give evidence. - The following provisions
govern the grant of travelling allowance to a police officer who is summoned to give
evidence -
(a) in a criminal case, a case before a court-martial, a civil case to which Government
is a party or a departmental enquiry held by a properly constituted authority
in British India, or
(b) before a court in an Indian State or in foreign territory :
Provided that the facts as to which he is to give evidence have come to his knowledge
in the discharge of his public duties :-
(i) He may draw travelling allowance as for a journey on tour attaching to his bill
a certificate of attendance given by the court or other authority which summoned
him.
(ii) When he draws travelling allowance, he may not accept any payment of his expenses
from the court or authority. Any fees which may be deposited in the
court for the travelling and subsistence allowance of the witness must be credited
to Government.
(iii) If the court in which he gives evidence is situated within five miles of his headquarters
and no travelling allowance is therefore admissible for the journey, he
may accept such payment of actual travelling expenses as the court may make.
(Rule 2.118, T.A. Rules.)
Note. 1 - A police officer summoned to give evidence who has to undertake a journey for the purpose
while on leave is entitled to the concession described in this rule.
Note. 2 - When a police officer summoned as a witness in a criminal case, or in a civil case to which
Government is a party, claims travelling allowance under this rule a certificate from the court
should be attached to the bill showing that he has been paid no travelling or subsistence allowance
under the rules of the court.
Rule 10.149
10.149. Payment of expenses in cases where travelling allowance is not drawn. - A
police officer summoned to give evidence in circumstances other than those described in
rule 10.148 is not entitled to any payments other than those admissible by the rules of the
court. If the court pays him any sum as subsistence allowance or compensation, apart
from payment for travelling expenses, he must credit that sum to Government before
drawing full pay for the day or days of absence. (Rules 2.120, T.A. Rules).
Rule 10.150
10.150. Travelling allowance to Police officers charged in criminal civil cases. -
The local Government may sanction travelling allowance under rule 10.148 in cases in
which police officers are compelled to answer criminal or civil cases brought against them
in respect of acts done by them in the discharge of their official duty, and in which Government
has decided to undertake their defence at the public cost. (Rule 2.121, T.A.
Rules).