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B-203527 1 (1982-03-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkdr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7 DEIE31IBON COF COMPTRCLLUR GNERAL THI5 UNCTEO 3TATUS3 WASHINGTON, O,o, 20540 FILE; B-203527 MATTER OFI DATE Robert E. Lawless March 10, 1982 2 V, LIGES-T: 1, There-is no authority fora dependent tQ travel at Govornment expense to a srvige member's last duty station under his permanent change-of-station orders, where the sole purpose of the member's transfer is retirement processing and he has 'no intention of establishing a permanent home at or near the last duty station. A member is not entitled t have his dependents accompany him at Government expense-o' a temporary assignment for personal convenience to a place where they do not intend to establish a permanent home, 2. The u3vernment maynot be bound by. the erroneous acts or advice of its employees. The miimber's good-faith misunderstanding of advice which he obtained from the Finanpe and Accounting Officer at his post of duty prior to incurring excess transportation expenses does not furnish a basis for refund of the amount the Government collected for those excess expenses by means of deductions from the member's retired pay. Mr. Robert E. Lawless has requested reconsideration of his claim, which was disallowed by our Claims Group, for dependent travel expenses incurred at the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army9 For the reasons which follow, we affirm the Claims Group's disallowance of this claim# Until March 31, 1979, Mr. Lawless was enlisted in the U.S. Army and stationed in Belgium. By a letter dated December 11, 1978, Mr. Lawless sought clarification from the Finance and Accounting officer at his duty sta- tion concerning his entitlement to travel allowances for himself and his dependents on retirement. Based on the information he received, Mr. Lawless and his wife obtained Travel Requests in order to fly at Government expense from 2 12)E -: - -- TW4~,W.fl. Us - *r7~.mfl-.

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