Civil Service Personnel Rule 122

122. In respect of allowing the joining time:
(a) if it is transferred from a post to another in the same duty station, one day of joining time is allowed. No preparation day shall be allowed;
(b) if it is transferred from one duty station to another, five preparation days and the days to cover the actual journey shall be allowed;
(c) the route shall be the ordinary route commonly used by the public and the mode of travel shall be the one which shall ordinarily be used according to the rank of their post;
(d) the maximum period of the joining time is 30 days and all gazetted holidays shall be counted in it;
(e) when a service personnel has to transfer from one duty station to another, the supervisor shall scrutinize case by case and reduce the joining time if it is considered to be longer than necessary. It may also be extended if it is assumed to be necessary provided that such extention does not exceed 30 days.