Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

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case of horses shoeing, and the cost of such articles of stable gear as are not provided under
rule 4.27(2) from the equipment fund shall be paid by the recipients of horse or camel
allowances.
(2) Scales of feeding shall be laid down and arrangements, for the purchase of grain and
fodder, as directed in rule 7.25 shall be made in each district in which mounted police are
posted. The Sub-Inspector or head constable in charge of the mounted police shall be personally
responsible for the feeding of horses and camels according to the prescribed scale,
under the direct supervision of the Superintendent himself, or of a gazetted officer specially
designated by him for the purpose.
(3) Accounts shall be kept by the officer in charge of the mounted police in a register
in Form 7.24(3) showing the detail of supplies issued and debitable monthly to the horse
or camel allowance of each individual mounted policeman. These accounts shall be made
up to the twentieth of each month and a statement of the deductions to be made, as shown
in column 7 of the register, shall be forwarded on the twenty-first to the accountant for incorporation
in, and attachment to, the acquittance rolls.
(4) At the time of disbursal of pay the details of each man’s account of deductions as
shown in the register shall be explained to him by the Lines Officer in the presence of the
officer-incharge of the mounted police, and any contested item, which cannot be settled
on the spot, shall be referred to the Superintendent for orders, disbursement being made
meanwhile in accordance with the acquittance rolls.
(5) Negligence, inefficiency or dishonesty on the part of a sub-inspector or head constable
of mounted police in the exercise of the responsibility laid upon him by this rule
shall, in the absence of mitigating circumstances, entail a punishment not less severe than
that of reduction.
Rule 7.25
7.25. Purchase and retail of grain and fodder. - Fodder and grain for the mounted police
shall be purchased in bulk according to requirements and to conditions as to storage
room and availability of supplies. Advances for the purchase will be made from the Remount
Fund which will be recouped as recoveries are made from the mounted police to
whom fodder and grain are issued. All supplies so purchased shall be examined by a
chanda committee as to weight and quality and such committee shall fix the rates at which
such supplies shall be retailed to mounted policemen. Rates shall be fixed monthly in advance
to cover the average purchase price of supplies issuable during the ensuing month,
carriage and any other incidental charges, together with a surcharge of one anna in the rupee
to protect the fund against losses in bulk occurring in the ordinary course of storing
and handling. Payment for purchases shall not be made until supported by the report of
the chanda committee in Form 7.16(2). Retail rates fixed by the chanda committee shall
be entered in the order book, copies of the order being made over to the officer in charge
of the mounted police and hung up in the mounted police barrack for the information of
the men.
Rule 7.26
7.26. Feeding of camels. - In districts where the mounted police are mounted on camels,
the Deputy Inspector-General shall decide, in consultation with the Superintendent of
Police, whether to allow each subscriber to the fund to feed the camel belonging or allotted
to him by direct purchase of grain and fodder paid for from his allowance, or to
introduce the system prescribed for troops mounted on horses. In the former case the accounts
ordered in rule 7.24(3) need not be kept.
Rule 7.27
7.27. Horses and camels of men sick, on leave and under suspension. - The horses
and camels of mounted policeman sick or on leave shall be made over to the Lines Officer
or Officer in charge of the mounted police, who shall be responsible for the feeding and
keeping of such animals. No conveyance allowance shall be drawn for the absentee ex-