REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 207] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1970/AGRAHAYANA 24, 1892
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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th December 1970
G.S.R. 2010.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, 1958 (41 of 1958), the Central Govern- ment hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Supreme Court Judges (Travelling Allowance) Rules, 1959, namely:—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Supreme Court Judges (Travelling Allowance) (Second Amendment) Rules, 1970.
(2) They shall come Into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette.
2. In the Supreme Court Judges (Travelling Allowance) Rules, 1959, in rule 6,
(a) in sub-rule (1),
(i) clause (c) shall be omitted; (ii) clause (d) shall be re-lettered as clause (c); (iii) proviso (iii) thereto shall be omitted;
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993 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—(b) after sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be added, namely:—
"(3) When a Judge retires from service, he and the members of his family shall be entitled to the following expenses for travel and for the transportation of personal effects from the place in which he was on duty prior to his retirement to the permanent residence In his home State declared for the purpose before retirement. If a Judge wishes to settle down at a place other than the permanent residence in his home Stnto, the amount reimbursable to him on account of the expenditure actually incurred by him on his Journey and the journey of the members of his family and for the transportation of personal effects shall be that which would have been admissible to him had he actually proceeded to his permanent residence in hio home State or the amount reimbursable for journey to a place other than the permanent residence in his home State, whichever Is less. The precise entitlement as aforesaid under these rules shall be as follows, namely:—
(a) when travelling by rail,
(I) the Judge himself may travel by a reserved compartment of the highest class, excluding the air conditioned class. The members of the family of the Judge may also travel in such reserved compartment;
(II) members of his family not travelling in the reserved compart- ment may travel in the highest class of accommodation exclud- ing the air conditioned class:
Provided that the Chief Justice may travel in an inspection carriage or In air conditioned coupe of two berths, if one is available;
(b) when travelling by road,
(I) an allowance at the rate of 64 paise per kilometer for the Judge
himself;
(II) for every member of his family either accompanying him or following him or preceding him, an allowance of 32 paise per kilometer for one member of the family, a further allowance of 32 paise per kilometer if two members of the family travel and a further 32 paise per kilometer if more than two members of the family travel:
Provided that when any portion of the journey can be performed by rail, the allowance claimed In respect of that portion shall not exceed the amount admissible had the Judge and the members of his family travelled on such portion by rail by the highest class, exclud- ing air conditioned;
(c) for transportation of one motor car, by passenger train at owner's
risk; and
(d) for transportation of other personal effects, not exceeding the ex- penditure which would be incurred in the transport of 2240 Kilo- grams of goods by road and by goods train and the expenditure incurred In loading and unloading such personal effects: Provided that the above entitlement will lapse if the journey is not com- pleted by the Judge within six months from the date of his retire- ment:
Provided further that the members of his family may follow him within six months or precede him by not more than one month, and the period of six months or one month, as the case may be, shall count from the date of retirement of the Judge.
Explanation.—For the purpose of this rule "members of a Judge's fairuly" means his wife, his children and his step-children, normally residing with and wholly deoendent on him".
[No. 1/31/70-JudUIL]
H. K. L. CAPOOR, Jt. Secy.
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