Advances to non-gazetted servants

(a) Government servants on the executive establishment.

(b) Clerks employed in range offices elsewhere than at the headquarters of divisional offices.

(c) Clerks and inferior staff who are required to accompany gazetted government servants on continuous tour likely to last for more than a month.

The scope of such advances should be limited to cases where the need for it arises out of the peculiar circumstances of service in the department, for instance, advances may be granted for the following purposes :

(i) To meet expenses in connection with equipment and purchase of provisions before proceeding or while on tour.

(ii) To meet expenses incurred on account·purchase of paddy or other grain, in localities when supplies are not readily available.

(iii) To meet expenses incurred on the purchase of articles and clothing on account of theft of property if the theft occurs on tour.

(iv) To meet medical expenses incurred by nongazetted government `servants on the permanent establishment on their own account or on account of members of their families.

152. Divisional officers may sanction an advance to the extent of one month’s pay, not exceeding Rs.5 in each case, to the same classes of non-gazetted government servants on the permanent establishment serving under their orders and on the same conditions as set out in paragraph 151.