Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

Establishments 11
may be varied for adequate reasons in special cases. The staff of outposts shall be calculated
strictly in accordance with the duty it is required to perform.
(4) In division C, headquarter establishment shall be calculated in exact detail of authorised
posts to be filled. Under this heading shall be included all enrolled personnel of
the Lines establishment, instructors, orderlies, of all descriptions, and upper subordinates,
who do not come under any other division. Guards shall be calculated at the actual
strength required to form each guard, four constables being allotted to each sentry post,
the number of constables allotted to each sentry post being fixed in accordance with rule
18.5(5), and a second head constable being provided for each guard which furnishes more
than two sentries. The strength required for escorts shall be calculated on the scales laid
down in Chapter XVIII in relation to the average demands in the district for treasure and
prisoners escorts, other than the escorting of under-trial prisoners to and from the courts.
Provision may be made, if necessary, for escorts at sub-divisions as well as at headquarters.
The staff of specialists shall include the special detective staff or traffic staff and
such other personnel as may be authorized for particular duties not included in any other
division. The strength required for traffic duties shall be calculated on the lines prescribed
in sub-rule (2) above for watch and ward duties; other special staff shall be
calculated in strict accordance with actual duties to be performed.
(5) Court and office duties (division D) shall be calculated according to the actual number
of posts to be filled both at district headquarters and at sub- divisions and other
magisterial headquarters on the scale prescribed by Police Rules or other competent
authority. In addition, establishment shall be provided, on the scale prescribed in Chapter
XVIII and on the basis of the average daily number, for the escort of under-trial prisoners
to and from the courts, and the guarding of such prisoners in court, at district headquarters
and all other places where such escorts are permanently required.
(6) In the calculation of fixed duties no provision shall be made for reserves, or for reliefs
otherwise than as provided in the foregoing sub- rules. Deficiencies in strength of
short duration shall be met by curtailment of duties; those of longer duration caused by
leave; other than casual leave, resignations, etc., shall be made good from the reserves referred
to in rule 2.3 below.
Rule 2.3
2.3. Reserves. - Reserves in the various ranks are fixed to provide for casualties and
training. Reserves in the ranks of gazetted officers are included in the cadres, as fixed by
the Secretary of the State and Government of India. The reserve in the rank of sergeants
is fixed at 10 per cent. of the sanctioned number of European inspectors and sergeants;
that in the rank of sub-inspectors at 15 per cent of the sanctioned number of Indian inspectors
and sub-inspectors; that in the rank of head constable at 14 per cent. of the sanctioned
number of assistant sub-inspectors and head constables and that in the rank of constable
at 16.5 per cent. of the number of constables sanctioned for fixed duties. The strength of
armed reserves and mounted police is fixed for each district in accordance with the orders
of the Provincial Government.
Rule 2.4
2.4. Authorized duties. - In calculating establishments every duty for which proper
authority exists shall be included, and authority shall be obtained from the Inspector General
for any duty the necessity of which can be established, if it is not already authorized.
Police shall on no account be supplied, except as provided in rule 2.16 or for other emergent
and purely temporary occasions, for duties which are not so authorized.
Rule 2.5
2.5. Permanent additions to the ordinary force. - All proposals for the revision of establishment
shall be submitted officially through (1) the District Magistrate, (2) Deputy
Inspector-General of Police, (3) Commissioner and (4) the Inspector-General of Police of
the orders of Government. A proposition statement in Civil Account Form No. 5 shall be
submitted in cases which relate to a general revision of establishment or which cannot be