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Chapter 2 Leave Travel Concession Scheme 1. SHORT TITLE This scheme may be called `GAIL LEAVE CONCESSION SCHEME'. 2. OBJECTIVE The objective of the scheme is to grant, as a welfare measure, travel assistance to the employee of the GAS AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED (hereinafter called as Company), for journeys to their `HOME TOWN' or `ANT PLACE' in India during leave. 3. APPLICABILITY 3.1 Subject to the provision of 3.2, this scheme shall apply to: a) all regular employees of the Company. b) persons on deputation with the Company, if they opt for GAIL scheme. c) probationers after completion of the year service. d) Persons re-employed after their retirement. 3.2 This scheme will not be applicable to: a) Those who are not inn whole-time employment of GAIL b) Casual/daily rated or work charged staff c) Persons eligible for any other form of Leave Travel Concession d) persons appointed on contract basis. e) Consultants. f) Trainees under the Apprentice Act or under the Company's Training scheme. 3.3 Masculine gender also refers to feminine gender. 3.4 In the case of persons belonging to categories mentioned in clause (b) & (b) of Rule 3.2, Leave Travel Concession (LTC) shall be admissible on completion of one year continuous service under the Company and provided that it is certified by the appropriate authority that the employee concerned is likely to continue to serve under the company for a period of at least two years in the case of LTC to Home Town and at least four years in the case of LTC to any place in India, the period of two/four years to be reckoned from the date of his joining the post in the Company. (NO. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 18.4.91)

CLARIFICATION GETs/ MTs will be entitled to LTC on completion of one year trainingcum-probation period. (NO. CO/Pers/Pol/P-27 dated 17.11.92) 3.5 The employees on deputation to the Company will be entitled to LTC as per rules of their parent department or LTC of GAIL and the cost thereof will be borne by GAIL. The condition of one year's service for eligibility will not apply incase of deputationists. The entitlement of the block year will however be determined with reference to the facility availed of in the parent department. However before allowing LTC facility to the deputationists, concurrence of the parent organisation may be sought. 3.6 In the case of persons appointed on contract basis, where the initial contract is for one year but is later extended, the total duration of the contract will be taken into account for the purpose of LTC. 3.7 In the case of person employed immediately after retirement without any break, the period of re-employed service will be treated as continuous with the persons service for the purpose of LTC and the assistance allowed for the employed period provided that the LTC would have been admissible to the re-employed employee had he not retired but continued as a saving employee. 4. SCOPE ILLUSTRATION If an employee has availed of the concession to visit any place in India in respect of a block of two / four years before his retirement and he is reemployed without any block he cannot avail the assistance till the expiry of the particulars block. The Leave Travel Concession (LTC) will cover the employee and his family. 5. DEFINITIONS In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires:- a) `Company' means the GAS AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED including the projects/units under its management.

b) `Competent Authority' means the authority empowered to sanction LTC as stated in the Delegation of Powered issued by the management from time to time. c) `Block Years' means a set of two or four consecutive calendar years. d) `Employee' means all the regular employees of the Company who have completed one year's continuous service in GAIL including period on probation and would include employees on deputation or on foreign service to GAIL but does not include an Apprentice, a Trainee and a person appointed on contract for a period of less than two years. e) `Entitled Class' means the class and mode of travel a applicable to employees as per Travelling Allowance Rules of the Company (but not higher than rail travel by first class or II Class AC 2-Tier Sleeper). (NO. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 20.7.92) f) `Family' means an employees' spouse and legitimate children, step children and not more than one legally adopted child, parents, unmarried sisters and minor brothers residing with and wholly dependent upon the employee. NOTE: i) In case where an employee's family is not residing at the place of posting owing to the employee being granted only bachelor accommodation or where the employee has retained his/her family at the previous station of posting and the dependent parents/sisters/miner brothers are also residing with the rest of the family or the employee has kept his family members elsewhere with the express permission of the Company, the family may be considered as residing with the employee for entitlement to the facility to LTC. Provided that the above facility will be available only when all the dependent family members of the employee reside at one station as a total unit with the express permission of the Company. In other words, if a part of family stays with the employee and the rest at another place, LTC will not be admissible for those who are not staying with the employee at his place of posting. This condition will however not be applicable in respect of dependent son/daughter who are staying away from the parents in Hostels etc. for their studies. Such a permission on behalf of the Company can be granted by General manager (O&M) or Deputy General Manager, if independent Head of office in respect of Regional / Site offices and by Direct (Personnel) in respect of employees of Corporate Office. (NO. CO/Pers/Pol/LTC dated 19.3.90 & dated 30.3.90)

ia) Special provisions for dependent children who are residing in Hostels etc. for study programmes: Dependent children of the employee pursuing studies at places other than Home Town and residing in Hostels can avail LTC as members of the family of the employee as mentioned at (i) above. Further in such cases the dependent children may avail LTC from the place of study to the Home Town of the employee /any place in India (incase of other than Home Town LTC) and back to the place of study; OR from the Headquarters of the employee to the Home Town of the employee / any place in India (incase of other than Home Town LTC) and back t the Headquarters of the employee; whichever is less. However, if the children are studying at Home Town, as a special case, LTC for one way journey may be allowed to then returning with parents or coming alone from the Home Town where he/she has been pursuing studies. (NO. CO/Pers/Pol/LTC dated 19.6.90 & No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 23.4.92) ii) iii) iv) Only one 'wife' is included in the term family for the purpose of this scheme. Legitimate children will also include legally adopted children. Step children include the children of the spouse from a previous marriage, where the same was dissolved due to legal divorce or death of the other party to such marriage. v) 'Minor' means a person below 18 years of age. vi) vii) viia) A family members will be deemed to be dependent upon the employee if his /her income from all sources is not more than Rs. 750/-p.m. Where both husband and wife are employed in the Company,?. she can avail of the travel concession as a family member of the employee. However, only one of the two will be entitled to avail/encash the LTC in respect of any block. In the case of spouse the necessary condition of entitlement of LTC is 'residing with the employee'. The spouse need not be dependent on the employee. Other members of the family should satisfy both conditions i.e. 'residing with/ and /wholly dependent upon' the employee.

viib) When the spouse of the employee is employed in other PSU /Govt deptt. etc., the employee may avail LTC in respect of his/her spouse from GAIL provided the employee furnishes a certificate as under at the time of preferring hi/her LTC claim: 'Certified that my wife / husband...,(name of the spouse) for whom LTC is claimed by me is employed in...(name & address of the PSU/Govt. deptt./corporation/autonomous body etc) which provide LTC facilities by he/she has not preferred and will not prefer any claim in this behalf to his/her employer.' A copy of the declaration may also be sent to the employer of the spouse for their record. (NO.CO/Pers/Pol/LTC dated 4.9.90) g) `HEAD QUARTERS'1 means the normal place of duty of an employee at the time of outward journey. In case of an employee deputed for training within India, or abroad, the Head Quarters will mean the place of duty from where the employee proceeded on training. However, if his Head Quarters during training has been changed to the place of training in India for the purpose of Travelling Allowance, the same will be treated as Head Quarters for the purpose of LTC as well. h) `Home Town' means the permanent home or village as entered in the service book or other appropriate official record of the employee concerned or such other place, as has been declared by him, duly supported by reasons such as ownership of immovable property, permanent residence of near relatives etc. at the place where he would normally reside but for his absence from such a station for service in GAIL. NOTE (1) The following reasons shall be considered as valid for accepting the `Home Town' declaration:- i) Where the place declared is one which requires the physical presence of the employee at intervals, for discharging domestic and social obligations. ii) iii) A place, where the employee holds property or if he is a member of a joint Family, the place where the family holds property. when the employee's near relations are permanently residing.

iv) When the employee had been living for some time, before joining the service of the Company. (2) The declaration of Home Town once made by an employee shall be final unless in exceptional circumstances, the change is permitted by the Competent Authority, and it shall not permitted more than once during the entire service of an employee in the Company. i) `Any Place' means a place in India other than `Home Town' of the employee concerned. j) `Shortest direct route' means the route which is shortest in terms of distance. k) `Controlling Officer' means the Head of the Department not below the rank of Senior Manager. (NO. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 20.7.92) 6. ADMISSIBILITY OF LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION 6.1 The LTC shall be admissible to persons of categories specified in clause (a), (c) and (d) of Rule 3.1 only if they have completed one year's continuous service in GAIL on the date of journey performed by them or their families, as the case may be, to avail of the concession. Condition of one year service will not apply in cases covered under Clause 3.1(b). 6.2 LTC shall be admissible during any leave including earned leave, casual leave, special casual leave and also extra-ordinary leave without pay. CLARIFICATION 7. ENTITLEMENT LTC shall also be allowed during notice period of resignation However in case of availment, the employee concerned has to complete onward and return journey before the date of his/her release from the Company. (No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 10.3.92) 7.1 The LTC to Home Town shall be admissible irrespective of the distance between the Head Quarters of the employee and his Home Town, once in a block of two calendar years such as 1986-87,1988-89 and so on. 7.2 The LTC to any place in India shall be admissible irrespective of the place of visit from the Head Quarters of the employee, once in a block of four calendar years such as 1986-89, 1990-93 and so on:

Provided that: i) In case of an employee to whom LTC to Home Town is admissible the LTC to any place in India availed of by him shall be in lieu of and adjusted against one of the two blocks of calendar years for Home Town available to him at the time of commencement of the journey. ii) iii) In case the pace of retention of the family is the Home Town of the employee, the leave travel concession for the Home Town will not be admissible to the family, and If it is a place other than Home Town, the LTC will be regulated by taking shorter of the two distances viz. from the employee's place of posting to Home Town/place visited or from the place where family is stationed to Home Town/place visited. 7.3 An employee whose family regularly lives away from him at his Home Town, may also in lieu of all concessions under this scheme, including the LTC to visit any place in India once in India once of 4 years which would otherwise be admissible to him and member of his family, choose to avail LTC for self only to visit the Home Town every year. However, a bachelor who may or may not have a family stationed at his Home Town, is also entitled to avail Home Town LTC every year for self only. In all such cases he/she will not be entitled to any other form of LTC encashment and the LTC to visit any place in India once in a block of 4 years. (No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 16.6.92) 7.4 Advance may be granted to the employees to enable them to enable them to avail themselves of the concession. The amount of such advance in each case shall be limited to 80% of the estimated amount which the Company would have to reimburse in respect of the cost of the journey both ways. Grant of advance and adjustment thereof shall be regulated in terms of the provisions mentioned under Rule - 15. 8. ENCASHMENT OF LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION In case an employee wants to encash Leave Travel Concession available to him to any place in India, he can do so. In that event, the encashment would be restricted to 75% of the rail-fare by the entitled Class not exceeding the first class fare for 1500 Kms. each side. The encashment would be further restricted to 4 tickets i.e. for Self, Spouse and two Children No encashment will be permitted in respect of Home Town LTC.

Also encashment for any admissible block is not permitted in parts or more than one group. (No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 13.4.92 and DATED 2.8.93) 9. DECLARATION OF PLACE OF VISIT UNDER LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION TO ANY PLACE IN INDIA 9.1 When the concession to visit any place in India is proposed to be availed by an employee or any member of the family of such an employee, the intended place of visit shall be declared by the employee in advance to his controlling officer. The declared place of visit may be changed before the commencement of the journey with the approval of the Controlling Officer but it may not be changed after the commencement of the journey except in exceptional circumstances where it is established that the request for change could not be made before the commencement of the journey owing to circumstances beyond the control of the employee. This relaxation may be made by the Head of Department not below the rank of Sr. Manager. 9.2 COUNTING OF LTC AGAINST PARTICULAR BLOCKS An employee and members of his family availing LTC may travel in different groups at different times during a block of two or four years, as the case may be. The concession so availed of will be counted against the block of two years or four years within which the outward journey commenced, even if the return journey was performed after the expiry of the block of two years or four years. This will also apply to availing of LTC carried forward in terms of Rule-9.3 (No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 7.7.92) 9.3 CARRY OVER OF LTC An employee who is unable to encash/avail of the LTC within a particular block of two years or four years may encash/avail of the same within the first year of the next block of two years or four years. 10. PLACE TO BE VISITED BY AN EMPLOYEE AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY UNDER LTC TO ANY PLACE IN INDIA Subject to 9.2 above, an employee and each member of his family may visit different places of their choice during a block of four years. It shall not be necessary for members of family of an employee to visit the same place as that visited by the employee at any time earlier during the same block However, the return journey should be completed within six months from the commencement of that group's

outward journey. No relaxation in this regard will be allowed except? the approval of Director (Personnel) / Chairman & Managing Director. (No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-38 dated 7.7.92) 11. CLASS OF RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION a) The class of Railway accommodation shall be determined with reference to the entitlement of the employee under the TA Rules (not higher than 1st class) applicable in the Company, at the time when the journey undertaken. Employees entitled to rail travel by first class under TA/DA rules of the Company, may at their option travel by IInd Class AC 2 Tier Sleeper while availing LTC for Hometown and other than Home Town. The above entitlement shall also apply for the journey performed by IInd AC 2 Tier Sleeper on Rajdhani Express. (No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-34 dated 20.1.92) b) If for some reason the employee and/or his family travel(s) in higher class, the assistance shall be restricted to the fare of the authorised class only. c) If the journey is performed by a class lower than the authorised class, the assistance shall be limited to the lower class fare actually paid. d) When both husband and wife are employee of the Company, the assistance shall be admissible in respect of one of them in accordance with the entitlement of the husband or wife, at their discretion. NOTE: 1) In addition to fare for the entitled class the reservation / sleeper charges / bed roll changes will be reimbursed. (No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-67 dated 20.3.92) 2) Employees may travel by Superfast or Mail or Express train, at their discretion. 12. ROUTE BY WHICH JOURNEY MAY BE UNDERTAKEN 1) An employee or his family may travel by any route or halt any where on the way to and from the Home Town or place of visit in India. The assistance shall, however, be limited to the fare by the shortest route, calculated on a through ticket basis. The employee before availing of the concession shall declare in advance where he intends to go.

2) If the journey or a part thereof is made by road, the assistance shall be to the extent of the Railway fare by the authorised class or on the basis of the actual expenses incurred by the employee, whichever is less. 3) Journey by Road The Company's assistance towards the cost of journey between the places not connected by rail, will be admissible to employees as under: i) Where a public transport system with vehicles running between fixed points at regular intervals and charging fixed rates exists, the concession will be equal to the fare actually charged by such a system for the appropriate class of accommodation under the transport system. NOTE: `Appropriate Class' means as follows a) Employee entitled to travel by 1st Class on rank by any type of bus including super deluxe, express etc. excluding air conditioned bus. b) Other Employees by ordinary bus only. The claim for travel in express bus may also be admitted if the journey is actually performed by such bus on account of non-availability of seats in ordinary bus. ii) iii) Where a public transport system as aforesaid does not exist, the concession will be regulated as in case of journeys undertaken on transfer under the Travelling Allowance Rules Notwithstanding anything contained in 12(1) & 12(2) & 12(3) (i) & (ii), where an employee travelling by road takes a seat in a bus, van or other vehicle operated by Tourism Development Corporation in the Public Sector, State Transport Corporation and Transport Services run by other Government or local bodies to visit any place in India, the reimbursement shall be either the actual charges or the amount reimbursible on the journey to the declared place of visit had the journey been undertaken by entitled class by rail by the shortest direct route, whichever is less. Reimbursement shall be admissible for journey by a car/scooter owned by an employee subject to his obtaining prior permission form the Company restricting to actuals or the amount admissible by the entitled class, whichever is less. Reimbursement shall not be admissible for a private car (borrowed or hired) or bus, van of other vehicle owned by private operators.

iv) By Air: An employee may travel by air between places not connected by rail and where an alternative means of travel is either not available or more expensive. v) In regard to places in territory of India connected by shipping services, the entitlement of an employee to travel by ship will be regulated as in the case of journeys by ship undertaken on transfer. However, employees entitled to Rail travel by 1st Class may travel by air between Calcutta/Madras and Andaman & Nicobar island (Port Blair) and between Cocchin and Lakshadweep (Kavaratti) for the purpose of LTC. (No. CO/Pers/POL/P-67 dated 7.7.93) vi) Travel between places not connected by any means of transport travel between places not connected by any other means transport, an employee can avail animal transport like pony, elephant, camel, etc. In such cases mileage allowance will be admissible at the same rate as for journeys on transfer. EXPLANATION For the purpose of this scheme `pay' shall means basic pay, personal pay and any other emoluments which may be specifically classified as pay by the Company for this purpose. 12A. SPECIAL PROVISION FOR EXECUTIVES AND EMPLOYEE IN THE GRADE OF S-6 WHEN POSTED IN NORTH-EASTERN STATES. i) An employee whose Home Town is not in North-Eastern States but is posted in North-Eastern States and has kept his family at the place at the place of his posting, shall be entitled to avail Home Town LTC once in a calendar year. In case he has been allowed to keep his family at the previous place of posting, he shall be allowed the concession for himself twice in a calendar year from the station of posting to his home - town or the place where the family is residing. ii) iii) The above LTC facility will be admissible in any calendar year only if the employee has spent 6 months or more at the place of posting in N.E. States. However, no carry-forward from one calendar year to another of this LTC facility is permissible. Also, no encashment for above LTC will be allowed. An employee posted in a N.E. States may at his option either avail 4 Home Town LTC or 3 Home Town LTCs and one other-than-home town LTCs in a block of 4 years. In case 3 Home Town LTCs have been availed by the employee, he will be allowed to encash / avail the other-than-home Town LTC as per rules. In no case is encashment of Home Town LTC permissible.

Similarly, if an employee who has availed LTC for his Home Town three (3) times while posted in N.E. States during a block of 4 years, is transferred to another station, he shall be eligible for LTC for a place other than Home Town during that particular block of 4 years. In other words, LTC for a place other than Home Town will be permissible only once to an employee in a block of 4 years. The special concession has been allowed in respect of availment of Home Town LTC while posted in N.E. States to the extent mentioned above and no encashment of Home Town LTC is admissible. iv) Air journey between Calcutta and place in North Eastern States (e g Agartala, Jorhat, Guwahati, Silchat etc.) for availing LTC shall be allowed to employee who are entitled to rail travel by 1st class under the TA/DA Rules of the Company. (No. CO/Pers/Pol/P-106 dated 12.11.91 & 30.7.93 and No. CO/Pers/Pol/P- 67 dated 7.6.91) GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR GRANT OF LTC 13. REIMBURSEMENT In respect of journeys to Home Town & back and anywhere in India and back, reimbursement will be allowed by the entitled class (not higher than 1st class by rail) or actual class, by which an employee travels. Reimbursement under the Leave Travel Concession Scheme shall however not cover incidental expenses and expenditure incurred on local journeys. Reimbursement for expense is of journeys shall be allowed only on the basis of a point-t-point journey on a through ticket over the shortest direct route. Serial numbers of tickets and/or cash receipt shall be produced with the claims by the employees. In case cash receipts are not issued by Railway Authorities, ticket numbers should be mentioned in the LTC claims. 14. FORFEITURE OF CLAIM A claim for reimbursement of expenditure incurred on journey under this scheme shall be submitted within three months after the completion of the return journey, if no advance had been drawn. Failure to do so will entail forfeiture of claim and no relaxation shall be permissible in this regard. 15. GRANT OF ADVANCE AND ADJUSTEMENT THEREOF 15.1 If the family travels separately from the employee, the advance may also be drawn separately to the extent admissible.

15.2 The advance may be drawn both for the forward and return journey, at the time of commencement of the forward journey provided the period of leave taken by the employee or the period of anticipated absence of the members of the family does not exceed three months 90 days. If this limit is exceeded, then the advance may be drawn for the outward journey. 15.3 If the limit of 3 months or 90 days is exceeded over the advance had already been drawn for both the journeys, 50% of the advance should be refunded to the Company forthwith. 15.4 The advance should be refunded in full if the outward journey is not commenced within 30 days of the grant of advance. However, in cases where reservations can be made 60 days before the proposed date of the outward journey, advance will be granted accordingly. In case it is found later that having drawn the advance no tickets were purchased or tickets were purchased and were subsequently cancelled but the amount not refunded to the Company within 7 days of cancellation, the employee is liable to pay penal interest of 16.5% per annum from the date of drawal of advance till the date of refund. 15.5 Where an advance has been drawn by an employee, the claim for reimbursement of the expenditure incurred on the journey shall be submitted within one month of the completion of the return journey. On an employee's failure to do so, he shall be required to refund the entire amount of advance forthwith in lumpsum. No request for recovery of the advance in installments shall be entertained. 16. FRAUDULENT CLAIM FOR LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION 16.1 If a decision is taken by the Disciplinary Authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings against an employee on the charge of preferring a fraudulent claim of LTC, such employee shall not be allowed the LTTC till finalisation of such disciplinary proceedings. 16.2 If the disciplinary proceedings result in imposition of any of the penalties specified in GAIL Employees' (Conduct, Discipline and Appeal) Rules, the employee shall not be allowed the next two sets of the LTC in addition to the sets already withheld during the tendency of the disciplinary proceedings. For reasons to be recorded in writing, the Controlling Officer can also disallow more than two sets of LTC. EXPLANATION For the purpose of this rule, LTC to Home Town and LTC to any place in India as specified in Rule-7 shall constitute two sets of the LTC.

17. RECKONING THE FIRST BLOCK OF LTC ON ENTRY INTO SERVICE. The block of two years has been reckoned from 1981 i.e. block of two years being 1984-1985, 1986-1987 and so on. An employee who joins the service any time during the first year of the two year block will be entitled for LTC for that block. A person joining service in the second year of the two year block will be entitled to LTC only in the next block of two years. 18. INTERPRETSTTION It there is any doubt regarding any of the provisions in the scheme, the matter shall be referred for decision to CMD through Corporate Personnel Department. 19. POWER TO RELAX Save as otherwise provided in this Scheme, where any Office/Project is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules causes undue hardship in any particular case, that Office/Project, as the case may be, may by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such exceptions and conditions as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner: Provided that no such order shall be made except with the concurrence of the Corporate Personnel Department. 20. SAVING All the existing instructions which are not contrary to any provision of these rules and all instructions which cover matters not specifically covered by these Rules, shall continue to be in force until they are amended, modified or cancelled.

Gas Authority of India Limited Application for Leave Travel Concession (To be Filled in Duplicate) Date... Name:... Employee No... Designation... Department... Basic Pay... LTC is (please specify) to be: a) Encashed... b) Availed... In case of (b) (i.e. availed) whether advance is required YES... NO... LTC for home Town...or Other-than Home Town... Last block availed/encashed: a) Home Town... b) Other-than Home Town... Block year for which LTC is required... Entitled Class of Travel... If Home Town LTC, please specify; Place... Km... Nearest Rly. Station... If LTC is for Other-than Home Town, please specify Place... DETAILS OF FAMILY MEMBERS Sl.No. Name Relationship Age................................................ Total No. of Tickets: FULL... HALF... Contd...(2)/

It is hereby certified that: a) I have not submitted any other claim hitherto for LTC in respect of self or members of my family for the Block of two years or four years i.e. Block... b) My wife/husband is not employed anywhere. c) My wife/husband for whom LTC is claimed by me is employed in... which provided LTC facilities but he/she has not preferred and will not prefer any claim in this behalf to his/her employer. d) My parents/ minor brothers(s) / unmarried sisters/ child/ children is/are wholly dependent on me. The income of my parents from all sources is not more than Rs. 750/- per month. Monthly income of my minor brother(s), unmarried sister(s), and child/ children is also not more than Rs. 750 p.m. e) My parents are residing with me. Further my sister(s)// minor brothers(s)/ child/ children is/are permanently residing with me. True copy of certificate showing age of my minor brother(s) is enclosed. I also certify that the sister(s) for whom LTC has been claimed is/are not married. f) My child/ children who are wholly dependent on me., is/ are residing in Hostels for study programmes. SIGNATURE OF THE EMPLOYEE Entry made in the Service Book. PERSONNAL EXECUTIVE Necessary entry made by EDP Deptt. (AFTER NECESSARY ENTRY, FORM TO BE RETURNED TO PERSONNEL BY EDP) FOR USE OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT No. of Full Tickets... No. of Halt Tickets... Total:... Amount Admissible... Less Tax... Net Payment... Passed for payment of Rs... (Rupees)... Signature of Finance Executive