No TA/DA for Some Transferred CESTAT Members
THE Transfer order states that Mr. Madhu Mohan Damodhar, Member (Technical), at CESTAT, Hyderabad who is transferred to Chennai in administrative exigency and public interest is not entitled for TA/DA etc. as per rules.
When a Member is transferred in administrative exigency and in public interest, why should he be denied TA. It could be that the Member must have requested for a transfer, but he is transferred in public interest and due to an administrative exigency. The Tribunal wants him in Chennai as much as he wants to be in Chennai. After all, any transferred official has to spend quite a bit of money for relocation. It will cost the Government a paltry sum of a lakh of rupees to pay TA, but it will be a substantial amount of money for the official. Tribunal Members work under difficult conditions and they should not denied small benefits like a transfer TA.