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West Pakistan Travelling Allowance Rules- -- R. 4(3)(i) - Travelling allowance to retiring civil servants­ Purpose -To compensate for expenses for return to Home Town­ Provisions, held, not intended to allow expenses for settling any­where on the globe-Retiring Officer declaring intention to settle in Madina Munawara (Saudi Arabia) and claiming T. A. for journey to Madina Munawara-Claim, held, rightly rejected. Appellant in person. Hasan Akbar, A. A.-G. for Respondent. JUDGMENT MUSHTAK ALI KAZI (CHAIRMAN). The appellant having been aggrieved by an order, rejecting his claim for Travelling Allowance from the place of his retirement to the place where he has settled after retire­ment, namely, Madina Munawara has preferred this appeal under section 4 of the Service Tribunals Act. The facts in brief are that the appellant retired from service as Additional Secretary, S & G. A. D. on 14th March, 1982 on attaining the age of 60 years. Since the appellant intended to settle at Madina Munawara he requested for payment of his pension in Saudi Arabian Currency. On 24th June, 1982 the appellant alongwith his family and dependants left Karachi for Madina Munawara. He then sent a T. A. Bill to the Accountant-General, Sind, through the Chief Secretary claiming his T. A. expenditure of about Rs. 23,000. The claim was passed on to the Finance Department for sanction. The Secretary, Finance Department, however, expressed his inability to agree to allow T. A. to the appellant from Karachi to Saudi Arabia on his retirement, for reasons for rejection reference was made to the clarification contained in an office memorandum on the subject issued by Government of Pakistan, dated 16th February, 1983. The appellant has accordingly preferred this appeal. It is the case of the appellant that under the West Pakistan Travelling Allowance Rules, rule 4, 3(i) "a Government servant retiring from Government Service may draw travelling allowance as on transfer from his last headquarters to the place where the controlling officer certifies he is due to settle. The appellant has argued that on retirement he had declared his intention that he wanted to settle down in Saudi Arabia and he had…

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