Office of the Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Roadi, Palam Delhi Cantt. 10
CIRCULAR
No. AT/IV/4523/Orders
Dated :- 06th May 2013
To,
PCsDA/CDAs
PCoA (Fys) Kolkata.
Sub :- Grant of Additional Free Railway Warrant to ranks all of the armed forces Serving in field/high altitude counter insurgency counter terrorism OP Area.
A copy of Government of India, Ministry of Defence's letter No.5(1)12007/D(Mov)(1) dated 07th March 2013 on the above mentioned subject is forwarded herewith for information, guidance and necessary action.
Sd/-
(Upendra Kumar)
Accounts Officer (AT- IV
No.5(1)/2007/D(Mov)(1)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
New Delhi, 7th Mar, 2013
To
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff
Subject:- GRANT OF ADDITIONAL FREE RAILWAY WARRANT TO RANKS ALL OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVING IN FIELD/HIGH ALTITUDE/COUNTER INSURGENCY/ COUNTER TERRORISM OP AREA
Sir,
I am directed to refer to the Ministry's letter No.5(1)/2007/D(Mov)(1) dated 20 Aug 2007 on the subject noted above and to state that doubts have been raised on the applicability of facility of additional railway warrant to all ranks of the Armed Forces serving in Field/High Altitude/Counter Insurgency/Counter Terrorism Operational areas. Though not amplified in the ibid orders, it is clarified that this facility is available only to troops serving in these areas and living away from their families.
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
(Deepak Narang)
Under Secretary to the Govt of India
Source: http://cgda.nic.in/audit/rw060513.pdf
