chandigarh if travel bills of haryana mlas are anything to go by they can commute over 1200 km daily for eight days continuously according to the comptroller and auditor general cag report tabled in haryana assembly on monday 12 mlas availed of free travel facility for an average distance ranging between 500km and 1214 km in a single day continuously for 3 to 32 days sources said most of the mlas claimed that they travelled by taxi or own cars however the auditors could not verify the authenticity of claims in absence of proper documentary evidence raising questions over the claim of mlas the auditors observed that the rules were framed by the assembly in such a manner that provisions of free travel facility proved beneficial to mlas according to the report balwat singh who was mla during 2005 to 2009 travelled 10264 km by covering average 1283 km daily for eight days to claim rs 12 lakh in 2007 amir chand makkar who was mla from hansi constituency of hisar district during the same period travelled around 7000 km in just six days to cover average 1161 km daily in 2009 he claimed rs 119 lakh for this visit another mla dharambir gauba travelled over 5000 km in six days covering average 850 km daily in 2009 and claimed rs 115 lakh the cag report has termed claims of over rs 47 lakh by 24 mlas as irregular not only this according to the report 15 mlas also preferred ta bills for their journey to attend assembly session or attend any meeting for the same period during which they had claimed an amount of rs 2320 lakh on account of reimbursement under free travel facility for visiting various places in the country the auditors also raised questions over nonsubmission of bills by the mlas since the reimbursement of expenses on the basis of mere statement was also against the financial propriety the expenditure incurred could not be vouchsafed in audit and chances of false claims cannot be ruled out the report mentioned vidhan sabha secretary informed the auditors that the matter would be brought to the notice of the speaker for reconsideration and suitable amendment in the rule mla and chairman of public accounts committee sampat singh told toi that the committee has not examined the cag report as yet double payment each mla can claim rs 2 lakh annually but auditors noticed that 26 members were paid free travel facility twice in a financial year resulting in excess payment of rs 5073 lakh 26 reelected mlas of the current tenure were paid free travel facility between november 2009 and february 2010 though they had already availed of the facility between april and june 2009 when they were members of the 11th assembly 20052009 the cag report said