Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

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that the payment if sanctioned by the competent authority;
d) that it is entered and passed in the relevant register.
And that in every way the payment is in accordance with the
procedures and rules stated earlier.
5.10.2 PAYMENT OF MEAL ALLOWANCE
Meal allowance is admissible in the following cases to A & B grade
officers and Scheduled and Non-scheduled staff whose duties are not
essentially of an outdoor nature.
i] To those attending Court cases or Police Stations on behalf of the Undertaking,
requiring their absence from their normal place of work during their normal recess when such
attendance does not form a part of their duties.
ii] To those who are required to work away from their normal place of
work provided that (a) the allowance is not paid for more tan three
consecutive days in one instance, and (b) the new place of work is
more than 5 Kms. From the normal place of work.
iii] to employees engaged in payment of salaries, wages and/or
advances against salaries / wages, at depots or sites of work other
than their own;
iv] to those on shift duties who are required without prior arrangement
or intimation to work two complete consecutive shifts;
v] to employees in receipt of overtime, when they work for more than 5
hours continuously before or after their normal duty hours and A &
B Grade Officers when they are called upon to work for more
than 10 Hrs. except those who are otherwise compensated by
special or Compensatory Pay/Allowance for such attendance.
No meal allowance will be payable to the A & B Grade Officers
and Scheduled and Non-scheduled employees who are essentially outdoor, except in the
following cases;
i] Accident Inspectors attending courts;
ii] M.V. Drivers and Nawghanies attached to grainshop and
entrusted with the work of collecting grains from Govt.