HLA Rules 9

Section 9 · Travelling allowance of members

(1)

Subject to the proviso to section 5 of the Act, there shall be paid travelling allowance to each member in respect of every journey performed by him for the purpose of attending a session of the Assembly or a meeting of a committee or for the purpose of attending to any other business under orders of the Speaker connected with his duties as a member from his usual place of residence to the place where the session or the meeting is held or the other business is to be transacted and for the return journey from such place to his usual place of residence, -

(a)

if the journey is performed by rail, an amount equal to one first class fare plus one half first class fare as incidental expenses for each such journey;

(b)

for journeys performed by road between places not connected by rail, at the rate of [five rupees] [Substituted by Haryana Notification No. 83-TA (GNL)/98/54 dated 11.8.1998.] per kilometre.

(c)

[ there shall be paid to each member a halting allowance at the rate of [four hundred] [Clauses (c) and (d) added by Haryana Notification No. 83-TA(GNL)-97/140 dated 14.8.1997.] rupees per day for each day of attendance at a meeting of the Assembly or committee or in respect of journeys undertaken under the orders of the Speaker for any other business anywhere connected with his duties as a member; and

(d)

a member shall be entitled to an incidental allowance at the rate of five rupees for the day of departure from and an incidental allowance at the rate of five years per day for the day of arrival at the usual place of residence of the member when he leaves his usual place of residence to attend a meeting and returns thereto after the meeting.]

(2)

Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), a member who performs a journey by road between places connected by rail, either wholly or in part, may draw the mileage allowances referred to in clause (b) of sub-rule (1) or the travelling allowance which would have been admissible to him, had he travelled by rail whichever is less :Provided that in the case of a journey performed by road, the Chief Public Office shall be deemed to be the point of commencement and termination of the journey.Note 1. - For the purpose of calculating travelling allowance, a journey between two stations shall be deemed to be performed by the shortest or the cheapest of two or more practicable routes, whichever is less.Note 2. - If the usual place of residence of a member is outside Haryana, the travelling allowance shall be calculated as from and to the headquarters of the constituency from which he is elected. For the purpose of this note, Delhi shall be deemed to be within Haryana.Explanation. - For the purposes of this note, the phrase "headquarters of the constituency" shall be interpreted as under :-

(a)

in the case of a constituency comprising a part of a district it shall mean the place by which the constituency in question is known; and

(b)

in the case of a constituency consisting of parts of more than one district, it shall mean the headquarters of any one of such districts.

Note 3. - When under the rules of the railway, return tickets are issued and the route of the return journey and the period within which it will be performed are covered by such rules, return tickets at reduced rates should always be purchased. The mileage allowance for the forward and the return journeys admissible under this rule, wherever such return tickets are available and are purchased or could have been purchased will be the actual cost of the return tickets plus the usual allowance admissible for incidental expenses each way. The Secretary shall be competent to decide whether a member should have known that he could return within the time allowed for return tickets and have taken a return ticket.

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