REIMBURSMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHARGES

 
The policy hitherto followed by the Department for reimbursement of transportation charges to the URCs was to the extent of actual hire charges incurred by the URCs or the freight charges incurred by the Department in despatching the stores by rail to the nearest rail head on Military Tariff rate, which ever was less. However, due to disproportionate increase in the road transport charges compared to the increase in Military Tariff rates and also in consideration of the disadvantages faced by many of the units which are located away from the feeding depots as well as from the rail heads, it has been decided to authorise the Depot Manager to reimburse to the URCs by floating Credit Note upto 50% of the difference between the freight rate by the road transport and the rate admissible as per M.C. note subject to the following conditions:

a.

Transportation charges are not reimbursable if the stores are conveyed by the URCs in service transport.

b.

This increased reimbursement will be allowed only to those URCs which are located at a distance of more than 25 Kms. from their rail head. URC claiming increased reimbursement will have to render a certificate from their Station Headquaters clearly indicating the distance of their location from the NRS(Nearest Railway Station). URCs within 25 Kms. from their NRS shall be entitled to reimbursement equal to the value of M.C. note from the CSD Area Depot railhead.

c.

For those URCs whose NRS is common with their feeding depots, reimbursement shall be allowed equal to the value of M.C. note from depot railhead to their nearest out-agency.

d.

All claims for reimbursement of transportation charges must be submitted to the Feeding Depot showing, interalia, the Invoice Number and Date, value of goods, number of packages and the gate pass/packing note reference etc. within 30 days of collection of stores. Claims received after 30 days are liable to be disallowed.

e.

All such claims shall be accompanied with a certificate from the OC Unit to the effect that the goods relating to the particular invoice have been received in their canteen and the expences claimed have actually been incurred, mode of conveyance and freight expences etc. duly supported with the original transportation bill to the Depot Manager for his verification and return, if considered necessary.

e.

Under no circumstances, will the reimbursement be made in cash by the feeding depot.