Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

132 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 7
Entries shall be made on horses, including remounts in replacement of cast horses, being
passed under rule 7.33 below.
Rule 7.33
7.33. Rules regarding horses of police officers who are not subscribers to the
chanda fund. - (1) All horses purchased by police officers as chargers, either with funds
advances to them by Government or in order to qualify for a conveyance allowance (vide
rule 10.75), shall be produced before a Chanda Committee constituted in accordance with
rule 7.16(1) and no horse shall be accepted as qualifying the officer producing it for the
grant of conveyance allowance, unless it has been passed by such committee; provided
that -
(a) in the case of horses purchased by Assistant Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents
of Police, the Superintendent shall himself preside over the committee.
(b) a horse purchased by a Superintendent shall be produced before the Deputy Inspector-General
instead of a chanda committee.
(c) a horse purchased by a purchasing officer (rule 7.18) shall be accepted without
further examination.
(2) If, in the opinion of the Superintendent, a horse not borne on the chanda, for which
conveyance allowance is drawn, is unfit for the duty it is required to perform, it shall be
produced before a chanda committee. If such committee reports the horse to be permanently
unfit for the duty required of it, the owner shall be required to dispose of it and
produce a suitable horse for examination within one month; provided that this period may
be extended by one month by order of the Deputy Inspector-General for adequate reasons.
Alternatively to reporting a horse totally unfit, a chanda committee may in such cases
make such recommendation as it thinks fit, to provide for the removal of temporary unfitness
and as to responsibility for such unfitness. The Superintendent shall deal with
such recommendation at his discretion, subject to the proviso that officers, who are not
subscribers to the chanda fund, are not entitled to free veterinary services or any assistance
from the fund or from Government in the treatment of their horses.
Rule 7.34
7.34. Branding of horses and camels. - Horses and camels brought on to the Chanda
shall be branded in the right ear by the method in use for cattle- branding. Each animal
will be branded with the district cypher letters and a district serial number. When an animal
is cast from the chanda, it shall be branded in the left ear with the letter "C" and the
last two figures of the year in which the casting took place, e.g., "C. 28", Ink and branding
implements may be obtained on application to the Deputy Inspector-General, Criminal
Investigation Department, and paid for from the equipment fund.