Told to travel during tour/duty as per entitlement

Chandigarh, September 15, 2015: The Punjab Government today issued a clarification that government servants on duty/tour/transfer are not allowed to travel in premium trains . Disclosing this here an official spokesman of Punjab Government said that Government servants were not allowed to travel in premium trains during their Official duty/training/transfers etc. He said that therefore the fare charged for premium trains by Indian Railways for the journey shall not be reimbursed. The spokesman said that in cases where journey on duty/training/tour/transfers etc has already been performed by premium trains , the amount reimbursed shall be restricted to the admissible normal fare for the entitled class of the train travel or the actual fair paid whichever is less.