Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

124 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 7
Rule 7.9
7.9. The Chanda Fund. - One General Provincial Chanda Fund shall be maintained
under the regulations hereinafter contained.
Rule 7.10
7.10. Membership of Chanda Fund. - (1) All members of the mounted police shall
subscribe to the Chanda Fund. Upper subordinates of the foot police, who are required
to be mounted on horses and who draw horse allowance accordingly, may become subscribers
either on permanent appointment to upper subordinate rank or at any time
subsequently, but shall not thereafter cease to be subscribers so long as they continue to
draw horse allowance.
(2) No subscription should be recovered during the period that a member of the
mounted police is without a remount and draws no conveyance allowance.
(3) Rates of monthly subscription will be published from time to time, in the police Gazette.
Rule 7.11
7.11. Chanda deposit. - (1) When a vacancy occurs in the mounted police the man
posted to fill it shall pay into the Chanda Fund Rs. 300 or Rs. 250 according as he is joining
as a horse or a camel-sowar. In the case of man joining as a camel-sowar, the
Superintendent may at his discretion allow him to produce his own camel provided (a)
that there is a vacancy in the establishment of camels, (b) that the camel produced is up
to the standard laid down in rule 7.17(3).
(2) Such new member of the fund shall, on payment in full of his deposit, or on the acceptance
of the camel produced by him, become entitled, subject to his continued
payment of his monthly subscription, to be provided with a horse or camel, according to
the amount of his deposit, throughout the period of his membership of the fund.
Rule 7.12
7.12. Refund of Chanda deposit. - When a mounted police ceases to be a subscriber
to the fund he shall receive back from the fund the amount which he deposited on joining
it; provided that -
(a) The horse or camel allotted to him at the time of his ceasing to be a member of
the fund shall be examined by a Chanda committee (vide rule 7.16(1). If such
committee is of opinion that such horse or camel has been rendered permanently
unfit for police service, or is at the time of examination unfit for service from injury
or illness caused in either case by the misconduct or neglect of the subscriber,
it may record a finding that the subscriber should forfeit either the whole
or part of his deposit. Such finding shall be submitted to the Deputy Inspector-
General, whose order in confirmation or modification thereof shall be final.
(b) If, in the course of his service as a subscriber to the fund, a Chanda committee
shall record a finding that he has been responsible through misconduct or neglect
for the death of any horse or camel allotted to him, or for the injury or illness
of such animal necessitating its being cast as unfit for police service, he
shall, at the time of his ceasing to be a subscriber, forfeit the whole or a part of
his deposit according to the final award of the Deputy Inspector-General recorded
on such finding.
(c) A subscriber who, on joining the fund, has been permitted to bring his own
camel in lieu of paying in a deposit shall, if he is still in possession of the same
camel or another camel, produced by himself, have the option, when ceasing to
be a member of the fund, of either taking away his camel or offering it to the
fund. In the latter case the camel shall be examined by a Chanda Committee and
shall be accepted and taken over by the fund, provided it is found to be in consideration
of its age and length of service, in good condition and to show no
signs of neglect or ill-treatment. If the camel is accepted by the fund, the sub-