What is the meaning of bata in 3 days?

thank you madam. so, this has to be paid by the petitioner or respondent and to whom?

BATA is  abbreviation of Boarding Allownce and Travelling Allowance. In olden days if the prospective son-in-law was a Government servant, BATA also would be added to his salary to compute his worth,  though according to Government Rules travelling allowance should not be a source of profit to the Government servant